Betsyn McHardy

Wakefields is a forward-thinking firm, passionate about innovation and utilising technology to deliver cutting edge legal strategies and to enhance the client experience. 

Our legal expertise spans a range of business and individual legal needs, including commercial advice, financing and securities, drafting and negotiating contracts, M&A and business transactions, and IP and technology law. Our clients include large corporate organisations, small and private businesses, start-ups and early stage companies, and not-for-profit and charity organisations.

Ultimately, at Wakefields, we understand that our clients have complex issues and want to be provided with pragmatic and cost effective solutions in a timely manner. We make the complex simple by:

• Ensuring we fully understand your legal needs and objectives
• Providing a holistic set of personal and commercial legal services
• Offering the certainty and transparency of fixed pricing
• Utilising technology and smart practices for improved efficiency
• Collaborating across our team to provide depth of expertise 

Betsyn McHardy is a Senior Associate at Wakefields and a corporate and finance specialist. With 15 years’ experience gained in top tier firms in New Zealand and the United Kingdom as well as in-house in a leading Australasian bank, Betsyn’s areas of speciality include business acquisitions, mergers, and reorganisations, financial market regulation, and managed funds and insurance.  Betsyn also advises on charity law, and has experience in establishing the regulatory and legal framework for an international NGO, in addition to holding a senior management and leadership role. Her experience in working for the not-for-profit sector has greatly influenced Betsyn’s perspective of the legal services sector.