Chantal is a PhD Candidate in Law, researching how lawyers can navigate the conflicts between law as a profession and law as a business. Law has been Chantal’s passion for almost 15 years now, having practiced as a lawyer on the Gold Coast and working in legal technology (LegalTech) across both Australia and New Zealand. Chantal brings her passions for emerging technology and disruption to legal practice as well as her practice and LegalTech experience to the TLANZ Technology and Law Committee.

Lloyd has a passion for all things law and is able to see the different interplays and interactions between laws and how they affect legal/business decisions. He has practised as a consultant and as an arbitrator and mediator since 2011, and works closely with barristers and solicitors to build successful solutions.

Lloyd has a strong IT background and has been an industry leader since 1991 in telecommunications, cyber security, and programming.

He is the convenor of TLANZ’s Technology & Law Committee.

Kalev has been a litigator since 1989.

Steve is the founder of The Legal Drive, a legal tech development company behind popular apps such as Two Bees, a civil court costs calculator and lawdbl, an experimental AI-powered lawyer-finder for the New Zealand public. Steve is a civil barrister with FortyEight Shortland. He maintains a general civil practice which includes insurance and professional discipline as practice areas.

Steve is the founder of The Legal Drive, a legal tech development company behind popular apps such as Two Bees, a civil court costs calculator and lawdbl, an experimental AI-powered lawyer-finder for the New Zealand public. Steve is a civil barrister with FortyEight Shortland. He maintains a general civil practice which includes insurance and professional discipline as practice areas.

Edwin is a partner at Hudson Gavin Martin, a specialist technology, media and IP law firm. Ed’s main areas of practice are technology and IP development, commercialisation, protection and procurement. Ed has worked with businesses across various industry sectors (both customers and vendors) and has numerous clients offering technology solutions. In addition to his law degree, he has a degree majoring in Information Systems, so understands the technical, business and legal issues involved in technology projects. Ed is also the CIO at Hudson Gavin Martin where he is responsible for the firm’s technology infrastructure, strategy, and roadmap. Passionate about giving back to the industry, Ed is on the executive committees of the Law Association Technology Law group, KiwiSaaS, NZ IoT Alliance, and NZ Middle East Business Council. Ed is also a judge for the NZ Hi-Tech awards.

Joanne has been practising as a solicitor, specialising in property law since 2001.  After working in private practice in Auckland and London, Joanne moved in-house and is currently at The Warehouse Group where she looks after a wide variety of legal matters, including the leasing work of the Group’s brands, The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery and Noel Leeming.  Joanne is also the Convenor of the TLANZ CPD Committee.

Hannah is a highly experienced corporate lawyer that clients look to when structuring and negotiating their most complex commercial transaction.  Hannah advises on a wide range of transactions, including large-scale procurement projects, complex commercial contracting, domestic and cross-border M&A, joint venture and shareholder arrangements. Clients value Hannah's combined strengths in M&A and commercial transactions as she knows how to negotiate successful outcomes while understanding the need to build relationships that will last after the deal is done. Before joining the Russell McVeagh partnership, Hannah spent an extended period at global law firm Hogan Lovells, where she gained particular experience working on strategic transactions for clients in the life sciences and automotive industries. 

John Land is a senior barrister at Bankside Chambers in Auckland. He was formerly a partner at national New Zealand law firm Kensington Swan (now Dentons) for 20 years.

John is a commercial litigator with in-depth specialist competition law expertise and experience having acted as counsel in several major New Zealand competition law cases. John also teaches the undergraduate company law course at Auckland University.