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Duncan Cotterill

New Zealand

3

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Duncan Cotterill regularly advises on complex technology matters, from commercial, corporate, and M&A transactions to privacy and cybersecurity policy developments. The team is co-led by Peter Fernando, an expert in tech commercial agreements and procurement, alongside Michael Moyes, a highly regarded technology lawyer. Gareth Clendinning, promoted to partner in April 2025, further strengthens the practice’s depth and expertise.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Duncan Cotterill have a specialist technology-focussed team which makes it very efficient for us when dealing with them. Their ability to quickly understand the issues we have and also the "why" is extremely comforting. They have an exceptional turnaround time no matter what the project and continue to make our other advisers look average in this regard.’
  • ‘The responsiveness of Peter Fernando is top-notch, to the point where it almost feels as though we have an in-house resource. Peter's understanding of our business and the technology sector is a huge asset for us. Mark Cathro is another individual whom we have great trust in and is often involved in our conversations.’

Key clients

  • PaySauce (cloud-based payroll) Consignly Limited (warehouse management) Debtor Daddy (software debt collection) iTrak Limited (health and safety web solution) Evnex Limited (EV charging stations) iMoov Limited (stands for devices) Kea Aerospace Limited (aerospace technology) Pyper Vision Limited (fog disbursement tech) OmniMax Software Solutions Limited (finance industry) Orbica Limited/OrbViz Limited (data visualisation) Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (government agency) Blind Squirrel Entertainment NZ (gaming development) SkySolar Limited (solar solutions) oVRcome Limited (virtual reality exposure therapy) Technicapital Limited (stock market app) Tranzevo Global Limited (transformative technology partner) GNS Science (NZ Crown research institute) Invizi Limited (IT managed services) Couchdrop limited (cloud storage) iTops Limited (IT support services) Lenovo Australia & New Zealand (computer manufacturer) Lincoln Agritech Limited (Lincoln University’s R&D provider to the private sector and government) Modica Group Limited (high volume, enterprise messaging solutions) ARANZ Medical Limited (medical scanning devices) Inde Technology Limited (specialists in enterprise IT & cloud technology solutions) Webtools Health Limited and Webtools Agri Limited (software supplier and developer in those sectors) NSF International (food safety standards software) RedSeed (online training software) Family Zone (cyber safety software) Next Generation Critical Communications (NGCC) (a hosted business unit of NZ Police) Canterbury Scientific (biotech) HT Systems (hardware technology) Virtual Medical Coaching (virtual reality healthcare simulation tech) PGG Wrightson Limited (Leading NZ producer of seeds and agriculture products for export) Panasonic New Zealand (Leading international supplier of technology products) Airways New Zealand (the sole Air Traffic Service provider in NZ)

Work highlights

Advising NZ Police, through its Next Generation Critical Communications (NGCC) hosted business unit, on the Emergency Caller Location Information (ECLI) service that enables emergency service providers (Police, Fire, and Ambulance) to automatically locate mobile callers to New Zealand’s emergency response number, 111.