Fitzgerald Strategic Legal - Boutique Commercial Law Practice

Fitzgerald Strategic Legal is a boutique legal practice founded by Gerald Fitzgerald in January 2018 after nearly 30 years as a partner at Kensington Swan, where he served as Chairman for six years. The firm operates as a sole practitioner model, enabling Gerald to provide highly personalised legal services to a select portfolio of clients on strategic commercial initiatives, governance roles, law reform, foreign investment, and environmental enhancement projects.

The practice specialises in governance advisory services, corporate and family succession planning, dispute resolution, discrete commercial engagements, law reform initiatives, foreign investment matters, and environmental enhancement projects. Gerald brings unique expertise in South Island High Country law and has extensive experience advising overseas investors from the USA, China and Europe seeking New Zealand assets. His approach focuses on strategic transaction management, working with selected firms to handle documentation while concentrating on how transactions are best advanced, managed and implemented.

Gerald maintains governance roles as a director of Southern Hops Limited and The Alpine Group Limited, along with several other companies, and serves as an advisory board member to substantial family offices. He also dedicates time to not-for-profit environmental and cultural sector roles, including his work with the Lake Taupo Protection Trust, Land Connections Trust, Waitati Beach Reserve Society, and the Hill Family Foundation for the Arts and Music. The firm operates on a referral-only basis, reflecting its selective approach to client engagement.