Buddle Findlay has appointed two new special counsel. 

Myles O'Brien advises on transactional banking and restructuring in the Auckland insolvency team. Myles specialises in advising financiers on corporate transactional banking and property finance and also advises financiers and insolvency practitioners in relation to distressed debt solutions and enforcement of security. 

Blake Cescon is based in the Christchurch office and advises on property, local/central government and banking law. He specialises in public works obligations, roading, reserves, subdivisions, building code compliance, development agreements and encumbrances.