Tompkins Wake is the lead legal provider to WEL Networks on all aspects of its ultrafast broadband strategy. Achievements by WEL within a 12 month period include negotiations with the Government to establish the partnership between WEL and Crown Fibre Holdings, the $202 million contract with Transfield for the design, rollout and maintenance of the fibre optic network, the contract with the key technology provider to the network, Huawei, and the roll-in of the partially community-owned fibre network company Velocity. Read more »
Special Counsel Lawyer brings Specialist Skills to Hamilton
After very careful consideration, Robert Bycroft has made a career move he sees as eminently positive. After 28 years experience with Chapman Tripp, he has joined Tompkins Wake as Special Counsel. Read more »
LINZ Accreditation adds a new level of service for our clients
Tompkins Wake is delighted to announce it has been granted Crown Property accreditation as a supplier of property services to the New Zealand Government (Crown). Read more »
Face to face still important – Young Graduates form new network
In a sleek room overlooking Hamilton City a group of 45 young people are engaged in lively conversation.
Jamie is a website administrator; Steph and Alice are lawyers. Finn works with corporate clients at the ANZ Bank. The average age in the room is 25. These young people know the value of social media; between them they have thousands of Facebook friends. But they’re also aware of the benefits of face-to- face contact. This is the inaugural meeting of the Hamilton Young Business Professionals Group, established to encourage contact between the city’s brightest young graduates. Read more »