Nick Cross

LLB (Hons), BCom

Juno Lawyer

Auckland

Nick Cross | Juno Legal

Capability

I have a diverse legal background spanning private practice, in-house and establishing my own legal-tech business. My experience ranges across: 

  • Working with small South Island law firms and major law firms in Sydney and Auckland.  
  • Working with the Inland Revenue Department as well as para-legal work in the commercial property sector in London. 
  • Assisting small businesses and large corporations ranging from $200m projects to helping clients buy a home.  
  • Establishing a niche legal-tech business aimed at filling a gap between the services people need and what lawyers can help with in a timely and cost-effective way.  
  • Advising on: structured commercial property acquisitions through to photocopier agreements, major design-build-lease agreements to corporate governance, DD on property aspects of international M&A’s to employment agreements. 
  • Dotting every “i” for a corporate to providing quick, pragmatic answers for a small business or internal client. 

The common denominator has been tailoring legal services to fit the people and the circumstances.

Juno Clients

New Zealand Hotel Holdings, Guardians of New Zealand Super Fund, NZ Carbon Farming Group, Callaghan Innovation, Victoria University of Wellington

Before Juno

Transact Legal Documents Limited | Founder Director 
Knight Coldicutt | Director
DLA Phillips Fox | Special Counsel
Chapman Tripp | Senior Associate 
Gadens Lawyers Sydney | Senior Associate
Coudert Brothers | Associate
Inland Revenue Department | Solicitor
White Fox & Jones | Solicitor
Cunningham Taylor | Graduate Solicitor

Areas of expertise 

  • Commercial property (development, sale & purchase, leasing) 
  • Financing 
  • General business advice 
  • Contract drafting 

  • Nick is a valued member of the team. He has quickly earned the trust of the business, came up to speed  quickly with a complex regulatory environment, and offers sound and sage – pragmatically focused – advice.

    He’s been a great, safe, pair of hands to carry us through this period alongside a secondee from one of our external firms. In that respect Nick has been highly collaborative and a great communicator – which meant the slightly unusual arrangement of two part time secondees, one covering the mornings and the other the afternoons, has worked well. The success is largely due to how much each has vested in making it work and communicated strongly so that that business has had a relatively seamless experience.

    Kate Redgewell

    Head of Climate, Sustainability and Legal, NZ Carbon Farming

  • Nick has been an invaluable asset during his engagement with us. His work has streamlined our processes significantly, saving us time and effort and his ability to work efficiently from a distance has been impressive.

    Jackie Anderson

    General Counsel, Legal Services, Victoria University of Wellington

  • Nick worked on/off (but mostly on!) at NZCF for the best part of three years, initially covering a personnel gap, then parental leave cover, then providing ongoing assistance with an important project workstream. Over this time, he fitted in seamlessly to the Legal team and the wider organisation, and was able to provide not only strong technical and commercial assistance fulfilling his core role but also help develop other team members and heavily contribute to a successful project. Thanks Nick!

    Chris Linwood

    Head of Legal, NZ Carbon Farming

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