Natalie Marshall

Capability

I am a senior in‑house lawyer with more than ten years’ experience advising Boards, executive leadership, and operational teams on corporate, regulatory, and privacy matters in complex and highly regulated environments. I enjoy working alongside organisations to help them navigate uncertainty, manage risk, and make confident decisions, particularly where legal, policy, and operational considerations intersect. 

I have built, uplifted, and led in-house legal functions, supported organisations through significant change, and advised on high-stakes matters across a broad range of disciplines. I am known for my warmth, relationship management skills, and ability to build strong, trusted relationships and make meaningful connections across teams and with key stakeholders. I take a collaborative, pragmatic approach, providing clear advice that helps people move forward together. I am particularly interested in supporting organisations facing regulatory change, privacy and information sharing challenges, complex commercial arrangements, and in-house transformation projects.

Juno Clients

Upper Hutt City Council

Before Juno

OSPRI | General Counsel
NZX Regulation Limited (NZ RegCo) | Manager, Market Conduct
Office of the Privacy Commissioner | Legal Adviser; Acting Manager - Investigations and Dispute Resolution Team; Senior Investigator; Investigator

Areas of expertise

• Regulatory and public law – statutory interpretation, regulatory design, compliance advice, compliance and frameworks, law reform submissions, and engagement with regulators.
• Official Information Act (OIA) – advice on OIA applicability, responding to  requests, Ombudsmen Act complaints, policy development, and embedding practical OIA processes.
• Privacy and data protection – extensive Privacy Officer experience, including Privacy Act compliance, breach response and notification frameworks, privacy uplift programmes, information sharing arrangements, privacy impact assessments, training, and Privacy Act complaints.
• Governance and board advisory –  advice on Companies Act obligations, director duties, conflicts of interest, and supporting sound, well governed decision‑making.
• Commercial contracting – end‑to‑end management of complex, high-value contracts including service delivery arrangements, funding agreements, and technology and IT contracts.
• Enforcement, investigations, and dispute resolution – regulatory investigations, enforcement policy development, mediation, and complaints management.
• In‑house legal function leadership – establishing and maturing in-house legal functions and legal operations, risk management, legal technology implementation, and capability uplift.
• Organisational transition and change projects – supporting complex organisational change, cross‑agency coordination, and implementation of new legislative frameworks.
• Financial markets – advising on compliance with the NZX Listing Rules and engagement with NZX and NZ RegCo.

Governance

Governance advisory experience, including:

• Board advisory work for a not‑for‑profit organisation with multiple subsidiaries
• Preparing and presenting board papers on risk, commercial contracts, statutory compliance, and organisational decision‑making.
• Advising on director duties, indemnities, conflicts of interest, and information‑handling obligations.
• Supporting boards and executive teams through periods of regulatory change and organisational transformation.