SHIFT Lawyer Alexandra Birt, named one of NZ Lawyer Magazine's Future Legal Leaders for 2026, reflects on a standout session from the recent ILANZ conference and what it means for in-house lawyers to be agents of the rule of law.
SHIFT Lawyer Adam de Hamel recently led an internal session on the Contracts of Insurance Act 2024, walking our lawyers and consultants through the key changes and what they mean in practice.
After an early career in private practice and eight years at Westpac, Natalie Dobson brings a broad perspective to her work at SHIFT. She reflects on the value of in-house experience and why flexibility and balance allow people to do their best work.
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.
SHIFT compliance consultant Christine Woods shares her career journey and why compliance works best when it’s practical, flexible and people-focused.
From banking and top-tier law firms to senior in-house roles and now working as a SHIFT Advisory lawyer, Chantelle Stroud’s career has never followed a single path. In this piece, she shares how she’s built a legal career that balances high-quality work, business ownership and family life, and why flexibility has been key to making it all work.
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.
In this piece, Sky NZ’s Chief Executive - and recent Deloitte Top 200 Chief Executive of the Year - Sophie Moloney reflects on the legal skills that shaped her leadership journey - and how a foundation in law can propel lawyers into senior commercial and executive roles, with one golden rule:
