Willis Legal: Experienced Lawyers in Napier & Hastings, Hawke's Bay

Willis Legal is a well-established law firm serving the Hawke's Bay community with over 135 years of history. The firm has evolved through strategic mergers with local firms including Scannell Hardy & Co, Donkin Lloyd (Napier Law), and Taradale Law, creating a comprehensive legal practice with offices in both Napier and Hastings. The firm prides itself on making legal matters simple and easy to understand, with a team of experienced professionals providing top-notch legal services across the region.

The firm offers a comprehensive range of legal services including asset protection, commercial law, dispute resolution, family law, and property law. Their asset protection services encompass wills, enduring powers of attorney, family trusts, and estate administration. The commercial law team provides sophisticated corporate legal advice for business structures, mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, shareholder agreements, and franchise arrangements. Their dispute resolution team handles commercial, contractual, property, estate, insolvency, employment and debt recovery matters, whilst their family law specialists assist with separation and relationship property, contracting out agreements, care and guardianship of children, and estate disputes.

Willis Legal has a strong legacy of legal excellence, having produced three High Court Judges and one District Court Judge over its history. The firm maintains family connections spanning generations, with Lawrence Willis representing the third generation of his family to practise law at the firm, and Mark Goodson continuing his late father's legacy as a former partner. As a founding member of Law Alliance New Zealand, Willis Legal has access to a nationwide network of professional support and expertise, ensuring clients receive comprehensive legal solutions tailored to their specific needs.