Presenters

Sue Barker, Director, Sue Barker Charities Law
Sue Barker is the director of Sue Barker Charities Law, a boutique law firm based in Wellington, specialising in charities law and public tax law. Since its founding in 2012, the firm has won a number of awards, including Boutique Law Firm of the Year at the New Zealand Law Awards. Sue is recognised by the International Charity Law Network as a Charity Law Scholar. Sue is also a director of the Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, and a co-author of the text The Law and Practice of Charities in New Zealand (LexisNexis, 2013). In 2019, Sue was awarded the New Zealand Law Foundation International Research Fellowship Te Karahipi Rangahau ā Taiao, to undertake research into the question “What does a world-leading framework of charities law look like?”. The final report from the Fellowship, entitled Focus on purpose, was released in April 2022 making 70 recommendations for charities law reform in Aotearoa New Zealand. More information about Sue and the research can be found at www.charitieslaw.co and www.charitieslawreform.nz.


Daniel McLaughlin, Special Counsel, Dentons
Daniel is a Special Counsel in the Private Wealth team. He specialises in personal asset planning and structuring, and provides domestic and international clients with strategic advice in relation to the organisation and regulation of private wealth. He is an expert in trusts and trusteeship issues, wills, succession and estates, relationship property, and other personal asset planning matters. He advises private clients, family offices, trustees, and financial institutions. He also has experience with New Zealand foreign trusts, AML/CFT and the CRS and FATCA reporting regimes. Daniel's previous experience in tax law means he quickly identifies potential domestic and international tax issues that arise in relation to clients' personal asset planning.