Kate Searancke > Tompkins Wake > Hamilton, New Zealand > Lawyer Profile
Tompkins Wake Offices
WESTPAC HOUSE, LEVEL 8
430 VICTORIA STREET, PO BOX 258
HAMILTON
New Zealand
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Kate Searancke
Work Department
Commercial Property
Position
Partner
Career
Kate is a senior Commercial Lawyer specialising in leasing and commercial property transactions. Kate works with developers and investors across their commercial property portfolio’s to facilitate the sale and acquisition of property including due diligence and financing.
Of Ngati Maniapoto descent, Kate has a strong focus on her own iwi interests and the wider Maori community and is a representative for her hapu Ngawaero on Waipa District Council’s consultative committee Nga Iwi o Topu o Waipa.
Kate has been practicing law since 2004 and joined Tompkins Wake in 2014 having previously worked at Bell Gully in Auckland and Blake Dawson in Sydney.
Languages
English, Te Reo/Maori, French
Education
BA, LLB, Univeristy of Waikato
Lawyer Rankings
New Zealand > Real estate and construction
Tompkins Wake‘s practice provides a full range of property services throughout New Zealand. Scott Ratuki leads the commercial property department and has an excellent track record in handling large-scale commercial developments and subdivisions. Property and real estate lawyer Peter Duncan is well known for advising on local government property matters. Peter Fanning‘s workload includes infrastructure, agriculture, and commercial property mandates, and Rotorua-based Catriona Gordon‘s broad practice takes in commercial property developments and transactions. Kate Searancke and Campbell Stewart are noted for their commercial property and overseas investor expertise respectively. In April 2023 Gemma Bodle and Rotorua-based Jasmine Findlater made partner, bolstering the team with their expertise in commercial and residential property, covering leasing, transactions, and local government matters. Unless stated otherwise, all named individuals are based in the Hamilton office.