Senior commercial lawyer, Andy Martin, will be working with more up-and-coming SMEs now that he has left Auckland behind to join a regional law firm.

The former Buddle Findlay Senior Associate is now Special Counsel at Cooney Lees Morgan in Tauranga and joins the firm’s Corporate and Commercial team.

Martin has a particular passion for SMEs, having worked for a number of grassroot exporting businesses himself before embarking on his legal career 15 years ago. 

Cooney’s Partner Campbell Izzard is delighted to have someone of Martin’s calibre join the firm’s Corporate and Commercial team. “Andy is a very experienced and well-respected commercial lawyer. We have a substantial number of thriving SMEs as well as large corporate and multinational clients who will benefit from Andy’s expertise in commercial contracts, shareholding arrangements, M&A, corporate governance and so on.

“Cooneys offers the best of both worlds – high-quality challenging legal work and one of the best lifestyle spots in the country to live. We’re very pleased to welcome Andy to our team.”