Jessica Middleton has been promoted to the role of Senior Associate at Waikato law firm McCaw Lewis. Jess joined the McCaw Lewis in 2018 and has worked on commercial matters for a variety of clients, with a particular interest in intellectual property matters, franchise agreements and Māori commercial issues. Jess has developed her Māori Commercial work more over the last year, working with iwi entities from Ngāti Hauā, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Tainui Group Holdings and Rangitāne o Wairarapa Tamaki nui-ā-Rua, and gaining a profile in that space.