Presenters

Gary Hughes, Barrister, Britomart Chambers
Gary is a leading independent lawyer at Britomart Chambers, specialising in all types of regulatory investigations, enforcement and disputes, advocacy, and advice. His insurance practice has a focus on financial lines, D&O, or statutory liability cases. He has deep expertise in resolving issues with business crime regulators – especially the Commerce Commission, Financial Markets Authority, AML/CFT Supervisors, Serious Fraud Office, Privacy Commission, and other government agencies. Widely known for specialist work on Competition law and Anti-Money Laundering cases, Gary is a member of the NZ Law Society Law Reform Committee, Chair of the International Bar Association’s AML & Sanctions Experts committee, and author of the Thomson Reuters textbook AML/CFT Workflows & Guidance for Lawyers. At the cutting edge of regulatory issues, his work includes the DIA’s first AML/CFT pecuniary penalty case, Russian Sanctions Act issues, and defending the first criminal cartel prosecution in New Zealand. Gary has worked on insurance law disputes and problems throughout his 28-year career including at leading law firms (Clyde & Co, Chapman Tripp and Wilson Harle) and for a period in-house at Aon UK. That ranges from defending claims against directors/managers, to policy coverage disputes, to Commerce Commission or RBNZ prudential investigation of insurance companies. Gary’s pragmatic strategic approach also makes him a sought-after trainer of Boards and Professional partnerships. Admitted in NZ (1996), also qualified in England & Wales and Supreme Court of NSW Australia.


Bruce Gray KC, Barrister, Shortland Chambers
Bruce is a King's Counsel, having been appointed in 2006. Bruce has extensive trial and appellate experience in a range of civil law areas. This experience includes appearing in respect of construction of policies of insurance and in respect of parties who are indemnified under policies of insurance. Bruce was a long-standing member of the Council of the Legal Research Foundation and was its Director of Research for 13 years. Bruce is the Provincial Chancellor of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia.