Tessa has recently returned to New Zealand following six years in the UK, where she completed her Masters in Law at the University of Cambridge. She then went on to work in the London office of international litigation firm, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, specialising in complex commercial litigation.   

Tessa has experience advising clients across a broad range of disputes, including contract claims, professional negligence claims and insurance disputes. Tessa also has experience advising clients on defamation claims and other issues relating to damaging publications.