Presenters

Michelle Hill, Partner, Dentons
Michelle is a Partner of Dentons and leads the firm’s New Zealand Real Estate team. She has over 20 years’ experience spanning the full spectrum of commercial real estate including leasing, acquisitions, disposals, disputes, due diligence, leasing, subdivisions, unit title matters and development projects. Michelle acts for a broad range of clients including multi-national corporates, significant global real estate development and investment platforms, institutional and private property investors and developers, landlords and businesses with extensive leasing portfolios. Beyond her legal practice, Michelle serves on the Executive Committee of the Property Law Section of the New Zealand Law Society and is regularly asked to speak at academic and industry events on commercial property topics. She has been a guest lecturer at the University of Auckland for the Bachelor of Property program since 2014 and is a regular columnist for the New Zealand Law Society’s ‘The Property Lawyer’ magazine on commercial leasing topics.


Richard Little, Partner, Eagles Eagles & Redpath
Richard enjoys working in many different areas of the law specialising in conveyancing, civil and private law (wills, trusts etc). He has a particular interest in mental health law and regularly appears in mental health proceedings in his current role as the District Inspector for Mental Health in Southland. He regularly appears on behalf of clients in the criminal court and is always available for agency instructions particularly in the High Court. He is currently testing the capabilities of online Legal Services and is actively seeking new instructions from clients everywhere. Richard was raised in Southland, living across the district and attending Southland Boys High School before attending Otago University. He then returned home to work with Eagles, Eagles and Redpath in 2010. He spent a year in Europe in 2014 before returning to concentrate on his career in law. Both socially and competitively, Richard is active in the sporting community. He currently plays for the Invercargill Blues Rugby Club and enjoys social netball, squash and running whenever he can fit it in.