Our People
Partner LLB
David Ruck
David is a property, trusts and estates lawyer. He advises and assists a large number of established and successful business clients in their property purchases and sales, ownership and financing structures, commercial tenancies and leasing and general commercial transactions.
Partner BCom, LLB(Hons), LLM
David Moorman
David is a commercial lawyer, with experience across all areas of corporate and commercial law, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, trade practices, franchising and licensing, advertising and marketing and banking and finance. David also assists clients with their trusts and asset planning arrangements.
Partner LLB
Marise Allan
Marise is a property and commercial lawyer. She advises and assists both private and business clients in all aspects of their residential and commercial dealings including acquisitions, leasing, franchising, financing, joint ventures and property development. Marise’s work for her private clients also includes family trusts and relationship property agreements.
Partner LLB (Hons)
Patrick Casey
Patrick is a commercial and intellectual property lawyer with expertise in business sale and purchase arrangements, business structuring, governance, commercial contracts, franchise arrangements and intellectual property matters.
Solicitors & Legal Executives
Senior Associate BCom LLB
Sarah Paterson
Sarah is a property lawyer, who advises on the sale and purchase of commercial and residential property, leasing, subdivisions and financing transactions. Sarah also assists clients with trusts, wills, estates and powers of attorney.
Associate LLB
Sarah McLaren
Sarah joined Malloy Goodwin Harford in April 2014 as a property lawyer. After graduating from Otago University in 2006, Sarah has enjoyed working as a lawyer in Auckland and London.
Senior Solicitor LLB
Sheryl Ali
Sheryl assists clients with a range of residential property transactions, trust formation and asset structuring, trust administration, trust reviews considering the Trusts Act 2019, general estate and succession planning including wills and enduring powers of attorney, applications for probate or letters of administration at the High Court, and ongoing estate administration.
Legal Executive
Tesa Levi
Secretaries
PA/Secretary
Vanessa Watt
PA/Secretary to Marise Allan, Patrick Casey, Sarah McLaren and Sheryl Ali
Trust Account Manager
Vivienne Cosgrave
PA/Secretary
Varuni Weerasinghe
PA/Secretary to David Ruck, David Moorman and Sarah Paterson