Our People
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Auld Brewer Mazengarb & McEwen's team are a dedicated group of individuals who provide friendly, helpful forward thinking advice to their clients. They provide legal advice only in those areas in which they have a high level of expertise, and can significantly contribute to the success of Taranaki.
Marie CallanderPartner
BA, LLB(Hons) (First Class) - University of Otago MComLaw(Hons) (First Class) - University of Auckland, CMInstD
Contact Details
DDI Phone: + 64 6 759 5313
Mobile: + 64 27 634 8659
Email: marie.callander@abmm.co.nz
Admitted to the bar in New Zealand in 2008.
Marie has practiced in a leading South Island law firm and lectured company and commercial law.
Marie advises private and public sector clients ranging from internationally owned to local closely held companies, iwi and not-for-profit organisations. Those entities operate nationally and internationally across a range of sectors including energy (electricity and gas) distribution, health, construction and manufacturing.
Marie also advises local authorities about commercial matters.
Marie is an acknowledged presenter and provides training seminars for clients and other professionals on a range of different topics.
Marie came to Taranaki (from Dunedin) in 2010 to join the firm. Marie married into a family with deep roots in South Taranaki. One of the most special things for Marie about coming to live in Taranaki has been learning to speak Te Reo Māori.
Marie has particular expertise and knowledge in the legal issues arising in:
- Corporate governance
- Property issues for electricity construction projects
- Obligations of financial service providers
- Security arrangements
- Acquisitions and disposal of assets
- Consumer protection
- Charities
Marie provides advice and documents transactions in plain English for use by clients who are not legally trained.
Marie is an experienced presenter and has led workshops on company law for the University of Otago and provided in-house training for commercial clients and other lawyers on a number of legal issues.
Legal:
Partner - Auld Brewer Mazengarb & McEwen
April 2016 - Present
Associate - Auld Brewer Mazengarb & McEwen
April 2012 - March 2016
Lawyer - Auld Brewer Mazengarb & McEwen
July 2010 - March 2012
Research Assistant - Faculty of Law, University of Otago
April 2010 - May 2010
Lawyer - Anderson Lloyd Lawyers
March 2008 - March 2010
Programmed Manager and Commercial and Company Law Lecturer - School of Business, Southern Institute of Technology
January 2000 - January 2005
Other:
Member (including Taranaki branch committee) - Institute of Directors (NZ)
February 2012 - September 2014
Board member (including deputy chairperson) - Scripture Union in New Zealand Incorporated
October 2011 - Present
Member - Property Law Section - New Zealand Law Society
2012 - Present
Member - Lawlink Solicitor and Associates
2011 - Present
University of Otago
Bachelor of Laws (Hons) (First Class)
Bachelor of Arts majoring in Economics and History
University of Auckland
Master in Commercial Law (Hons) (First Class)
Massey University
Post Graduate Diploma in Business and Administration (Business Law)
Dunedin College of Education
Diploma in Teaching (Secondary)
Independent directors and family owned companies (April 2013)
Governance lessons from finance company prosecutions? (July 2012)
Financial services and financial advisers - the game is changing (Lawlink Connect Magazine - Summer 2010)
What's Under Your Mattress? (LIVE Magazine October 2010)
Legal Ruminations
Marie Callander and Stephen J Page "Managing risk in adventure tourism operations in New Zealand: a review of the legal case history and potential for litigation" (February 2003) 24 Tourism Management, 13-23.
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