SHIFT Advisory is excited to welcome four brilliant legal minds to the team across the Motu, in Wellington, Auckland, Gisborne and Hawkes Bay: Meredith Ussher, Charlotte Holden Charly Thorpe and Grainne O’Callaghan .

Alexandra Birt is helping to redefine what a career in law looks like - and is a strong advocate for a more modern, flexible future that allows lawyers to do great work, without it coming at the cost of life beyond the office.

At TVNZ, General Counsel Claire Addis has built a legal team where trust, flexibility, and collaboration drive performance. Supporting high-profile broadcasting, content, and commercial work, the lean team navigates complex challenges in a fast-moving media environment while maintaining a culture that prioritises autonomy, wellbeing, and shared success.

Senior lawyers are choosing a different way to work. After a standout 2025, SHIFT Advisory is heading into 2026 with serious optimism and excitment, following the wave of 14 outstanding in-house lawyers making the move to join the firm’s flexible secondment model over the past year.