Hudson Gavin Martin specialises in a wide array of sectors, including telecoms, fin-tech, digital health, e-commerce, and gaming. The firm is also particularly well-versed in corporate and commercial matters within TMT. 'Market leader' Simon Martin chairs the team, advising on joint ventures, acquisitions, and transactions. Edwin Lim is experienced in cyber security, M&A, and corporate structuring. Anchali Anandanayagam supports public and private sector clients on telecoms cable infrastructure, privacy, and data protection matters, while Andrew Dentice brings fin-tech, SaaS, and crypto asset expertise to the team. Tim Mahood is also noted within the department for his experience as a commercial litigator.
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‘Edwin Lim is excellent. He has a technically strategic approach to negotiation and is pragmatic.’
‘HGM make the effort to understand the context in which their clients operate, and their advice is always commercially relevant and on point.’
‘Anchali Anandanayagam is a trusted adviser with great technical knowledge and commercial judgement.’
‘The quality of work of the HGM team, commercial nous and industry knowledge is top tier.’
‘Simon Martin is a market leader and operates at the highest level in the TMT space. Simon's combination of deep technical expertise, knowledge of cutting-edge technologies and practices, plus business acumen, means that Simon is able to give extremely valuable advice and counsel to the client.'
- 'The firm as a whole stands out from the rest because of their willingness to be flexible and try new ways of working to meet their client's needs, in addition to operating at top-tier level for their practice.’
‘Andrew Dentice's advice is succinct and offers practical insights on the issues.’
Key clients
- Television New Zealand
- Bank of New Zealand
- Milford Asset Management
- Foodstuffs North Island
- Auckland Transport
- Vector
- LM Technologies
- Port of Auckland
- Xero
- One
Work highlights
- Advising Television New Zealand Limited (New Zealand’s state-owned television network) on the procurement of its IP streaming platform being delivered by Accenture.
- Advising Auckland Transport on the arrangements to adopt an Open Loop public transport ticketing system for Auckland, and its plans to participate in the proposed National Ticketing Solution for public transport in New Zealand.
- Advising Foodstuffs North Island on its trial of facial recognition technology in supermarkets, the first of its kind in New Zealand.
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Leading partners
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Edwin Lim
Next generation partners
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Anchali Anandanayagam
Andrew Dentice
Practice head
Simon Martin
Other key lawyers
Edwin Lim; Anchali Anandanayagam; Andrew Dentice; Tim Mahood