Dr Maria Pozza has joined Govett Quilliam as a Senior Solicitor in the firm's Energy Sector.

She has joined the firm after working for a Christchurch-based firm.

Dr Pozza specialises in space law, technology and cyber law, and corporate and commercial law. She graduated LLB(Hons) from Birmingham City University in 2004, obtained a Master of International Studies in 2010, and a PhD in law from Otago University in 2013. She was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand in 2014.