Tompkins Wake

Property and Real Estate | Private Client and Trusts

Partner | Property and Real Estate

Peter is a property law specialist, with expertise in agribusiness and rural law. Peter has significant experience practising law across the agriculture and commercial sectors, joining Tompkins Wake as a partner in 2009.

Peter's experience includes acting on large and complex infrastructure, farming and commercial property transactions, developments and land acquisitions.

A significant part of Peter's practice also specialises in personal asset planning for Tompkins Wakes private clients. Peter is a qualified practitioner and member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

Peter has acted for a wide range of Māori clients and entities including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Māori Incorporations and Assembled Māori owners with various appearances in the Māori Land Court. Work included advising in respect of the Te Ture Whenua Act, forestry, farming (both pastoral and dairying), power generation and ownership structuring with national and international generation entities, long-term leasing and sale arrangements, constitutional and trust advice.

Peter has acted for and advised:

Staggered acquisitions of land from SOE for a significant strategic roading project valued in excess of $100m. Variation of power generators interests protecting geothermal resource. Major commercial subdivisions of significant value. Providing advice in respect of Central North Island electricity project valued in excess of $100m. Syndication of various farming interests. Rural leasing and profit a prendre work. Providing general property advice to one of New Zealand’s large private dairy farming groups and one of New Zealand’s largest Kiwifruit producers.

Board of Partners, Tompkins Wake NZ Law Society Property Section - Treasurer NZ Law Society Rural Law Committee STEP, Society of Trust and Estate Planners

BA, LLB, TEP, University of Otago