Bio
Alistair Law advises investors, developers, property owners, financiers and hotel owners on major real estate investment, development and leasing projects throughout New Zealand. He is trusted on complex transactions where legal, commercial and strategic considerations intersect, helping clients deploy capital, manage risk and deliver successful outcomes.
His practice spans the full lifecycle of significant real estate assets, from acquisition and financing through development, leasing, operation and disposal. Alistair has particular expertise in the hotel and tourism sector, regularly advising on hotel acquisitions and developments, hotel management agreements, hotel leasing and other operational arrangements. He also acts on major investment transactions for institutional and private investors, advises on large-scale development and urban regeneration projects, including mixed-use developments and residential communities such as KiwiBuild projects, and has a substantial commercial leasing practice acting for both landlords and tenants across a range of asset classes.
Clients value Alistair's ability to combine legal expertise with commercial insight. Drawing on both his legal and financial backgrounds, Alistair works closely with investors and project stakeholders in understanding the commercial objectives driving each transaction, providing practical advice that supports informed investment decisions while effectively managing legal and commercial risk.
Alistair regularly advises listed and private property companies, institutional and private investors, developers, hotel owners and operators, retirement village operators, public sector organisations, offshore investors and financiers on nationally significant acquisitions, developments and leasing projects. He is recognised for leading sophisticated transactions involving multiple stakeholders, complex commercial arrangements and long-term investment strategies.
Recognition
- Best Lawyers, New Zealand, Real Estate, 2021-present
- Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Recommended Lawyer, 2019
Qualifications
- LLB Hons, BCom – University of Auckland
- Admitted in New Zealand – 2005
Work highlights
Hotels and Tourism
- Advising Hotel Properties Limited on the acquisition of InterContinental Auckland from Precinct for $180 million, one of New Zealand's most significant recent hotel investment transactions.
- Advising on the acquisition, development, financing and leasing arrangements for the 322 room Radisson RED Auckland.
- Advising on the acquisition, development, financing and leasing arrangements for Oaks Wellington Hotel.
- Advising Alfred Taylor Development on the negotiation of its hotel management agreement for the new 123 room The Alfred Hotel in Blenheim.
Major Investment Transactions
- Advising Centuria on the sale of the Southgate Shopping Centre in Takanini, Auckland for $77 million.
- Advising Coca-Cola Europacific Partners on the acquisition of an office/industrial property at 25 Carbine Road, Mt Wellington for $55 million.
- Acting for Mangawhai Central Limited on the sale of the New World, Bunnings and a 116 hectare development site in the Mangawhai Central development.
- Advising Pink Beluga on acquisitions and disposals, including childcare centres and multi-tenanted commercial assets.
- Advising Scarborough Group on acquisitions and disposals, including the purchase and lease back of the ACG Building at 345 Queen Street, Auckland for $39 million on a 'triple net lease' basis.
- Acting for private landowners on negotiation of an investigation licence and lease for a new 220 hectare Solar Project in the Central North Island.
Development & Urban Regeneration
- Advising Tāmaki Regeneration on one of New Zealand's largest urban regeneration and residential development programmes.
- Advising Arvida on various retirement village developments, including Wanaka, Warkworth, Kerikeri, Waikanae, Lincoln and Richmond.
- Advising Oaks Living and Watchman Residential on large-scale residential developments, master-planned communities and KiwiBuild projects.
- Advising Seed Property on its residential townhouse developments, including to Housing New Zealand.
- Acting for Homestead Bay Trustees on the new Homestead Bay housing development adjoining Jacks Point, Queenstown.
- Advising Pink Beluga on the luxury Edition Parnell apartment development in Parnell, Auckland.
Leasing
- Advising Centuria on leasing for retail, commercial and industrial tenancies in its property portfolio.
- Advising Pink Beluga on commercial and industrial tenancies in its property portfolio.
- Advising Scarborough Group on commercial and industrial tenancies in its property portfolio.
- Acting for Coca-Cola on the lease of its industrial warehouse facility in Mt Wellington from PFI.
