Patterson Hopkins: Trust & Estate Planning Legal Experts

Patterson Hopkins are specialist trust and private client lawyers who design legal solutions for every stage of life. The firm was founded in April 2003 by Bill Patterson, one of New Zealand's leading trust and estate experts, who joined in practice with his wife Robyn Hopkins. The firm combines big city firm expertise with small firm intimacy, providing technically astute and pragmatic advice to clients across multiple generations.

The firm specialises in trusts and estate planning, helping clients navigate the complex and evolving law of trusts for long-term wealth management. They provide comprehensive dispute resolution services for matters involving wills, estates, and family trusts, including claims under the Family Protection Act 1955 and Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949. Their property and conveyancing services cover both residential and commercial transactions, from first home buyers to seasoned investors.

Patterson Hopkins serves high net worth individuals and families, private clients, trustees and beneficiaries, executors and administrators, elderly and vulnerable clients, charities and not-for-profit organisations, education trust boards, family businesses, and professional advisers. The firm acts for some of the country's wealthiest families and successful business people, often representing multiple generations of the same family, while also assisting those building wealth for the future or planning for retirement.