Ali van Ammers
Ali van Ammers is an Auckland based barrister with significant experience in CIVIL litigation. A clear thinking and technically excellent lawyer with strong analytical skills and sound JUDGEment, she provides top quality representation and legal advice to a wide range of clients.
Ali is a passionate, client focused advocate. As a natural problem solver and relationship builder she works closely with clients to understand their needs and deliver pragmatic, creative and tailored outcomes.
Ali began her legal career in Wellington in the Russell McVeagh litigation team. She then spent two years as an Assistant Crown Counsel at Crown Law. After a secondment to Treasury, Ali returned to private practice. She joined the MinterEllisonRuddWatts disputes resolution team as a senior solicitor in 2014 and was promoted to senior associate in 2018. She joined the independent bar and became a member of Mills Lane Chambers in 2019. Read more…
Practice Areas
+ Civil and commercial litigation
+ Class actions
+ Contractual disputes
+ All aspects of company law, including directors’ duties, shareholder disputes and insolvency
+ Competition, fair trading and credit contracts and consumer finance, including Commerce Commission investigations
+ Trust disputes
+ Regulatory, including financial markets regulation and health and safety
+ Public and administrative law, including judicial reviews
Qualifications
+ LLB (Hons, First Class) (Otago)
+ Admitted: August 2009
+ Barrister Sole: July 2019
Awards
+ A J Park Intellectual Property Prize (2008)
+ KPMG Taxation Law Prize - 2nd Prize (2008)
+ Russell McVeagh University Scholarship (2007)
+ University of Otago Scholarship in Law (2007)
Affiliations
+ New Zealand Law Society
+ New Zealand Bar Association
+ Auckland Women Lawyers’ Association