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Michael O'Flaherty is a Senior Associate based in Wellington.

Michael’s areas of expertise are Commercial, Employment and Property Law. For Commercial he advises on company structures and documentation, mergers and acquisitions and capital raises. He can assist with a range of employment law matters, including disputes, investigations, employment agreements and company policies. Michael’s property law focus is commercial leasing, acquisitions/disposals and bespoke co-location agreements.

Michael has acted for a range of clients from individuals, companies and government entities. He has appeared for clients on a broad variety of legal issues before seven different judicial institutions, including the Employment Court, Employment Relations Authority, Tenancy Tribunal and the Social Security Appeal Authority. While he is established in his position, Michael is always keen to keep developing and taking on bigger and more difficult challenges.

Michael can help with:

• Employment Law
• Commercial, and 
• Property Law 

Michael is on the Employment Law Committee for The Law Association of New Zealand and convenes the Gibson Sheat Social Committee. He organises a number of volunteering efforts at work and is a regular plasma donor with the NZ Blood Service Te Ratonga O Aotearoa.

Outside of work, Michael enjoys sports, whether it is playing football, watching NFL, or getting his heart regularly broken by the Blackcaps. He is also a keen traveller when the time allows, and relishes planning where in the world he would like to travel next. Michael and his wife Lisa have two toddlers and find that they take up the majority of his time outside of work, but every now and then he manages to sneak in a quiz night with a craft beer.