Wendy Chen

LLM (Hons), LLB (Hons), BCom

Juno Lawyer

Auckland

Wendy Chen | Juno Legal | Lawyer

Capability

When in-house, I bring my wide-ranging legal experience in industries including commercial, aviation, and funds management. Starting my own business, training in project management, working in non-legal roles such as digital teams ranging from start-up to large corporate has diversified my experience. Through this, I have learned to appreciate different viewpoints and communication styles, as well as gaining commercial acumen and innovation thinking.

I believe in the power of collaboration and teamwork – that the effectiveness of a collective is more than the sum of its parts. Conscientious and known for my follow-through and execution, I quickly come up to speed in new situations.

Juno Clients

2Degrees Mobile, Fonterra, Mediaworks, Fletcher Building, Mitre 10, The Warehouse

Before Juno

CarbonClick | Acting COO
Wendy Chen Consulting Limited | Working with start-ups as a commercial advisor 
Air New Zealand | Legal Counsel and Business Development Manager - Digital Travel Retailing 
Miroma Ventures | Senior Associate and Compliance Associate 
Capital Group | Legal Associate 
ANZ Wealth | Corporate Counsel 
ING | Corporate Counsel 
Bell Gully | Solicitor

Areas of expertise

  • General corporate and commercial including procurement and loyalty
  • Legal project management
  • Technology
  • Media and advertising
  • Consumer law and privacy
  • Governance
  • Company secretarial
  • Data protection/freedom of information

Governance/Community

Previously Deputy Chair and Interim Chair of the board at Kristin School
Chair at Luminata Voices Incorporated

Languages

English and Mandarin

  • Wendy joined our legal team as an interim Head of Legal, and did a great job of leading the team, advising the business and assisting with corporate M&A throughout that time. Wendy provided very client-focused advice, and got up to speed with our industry and its needs very quickly. Wendy is not only very organised and structured with her thinking, she also has a very calm head and lovely manner. It was a very enjoyable experience to work with Wendy, and I trusted her completely with the team and to lead them on all legal work across the business.    

    Alex Nicholson

    People and Culture Director, Media Works

  • Wendy continues to be an absolute rockstar! She has excellent technical ability, agility, professionalism and overall smarts. She dealt with a broad range of work in a calm manner and helped move things along quickly and covered a large amount of work. Juno has good people with great experience and the ability to fit in.

    Andrew Cordner

    Director of Legal, Fonterra

  • Wendy is awesome and we all really enjoy having such a clever, engaging thinker in the team. She’s got a great sense of humour and a full set of soft skills.

    Nicko Waymouth

    Senior Corporate Counsel, 2Degrees

  • Wendy is (in the words of one of our internal clients), a "bloody superstar"! She is pragmatic, efficient and easy to get along with. She ploughed through a tremendous amount of work and always did it enthusiastically. She slotted into the team easily and was well liked (and appreciated) by the business. We will miss her but hope that she will be back...

    Name provided upon request

    Head of Legal, Private Sector Entity

  • We’re grateful to have Wendy in the team. She has excellent technical ability and a great willingness, engagement and a can-do attitude. She became a leader by example in a day by showing how things can be done if we just do them!

    Name provided upon request

    General Counsel, Private Sector Entity

  • Wendy was an excellent addition to our team while she was with us. She has very strong commercial legal skills and integrated into our team and the wider business effortlessly. She was proactive and pragmatic in her approach and supported us well, particularly while we had a gap in our team which she covered for.

    Grant Fraser

    Chief Legal & Property Officer, Mitre10

  • Wendy has fit into the team really well. She has a commercial, pragmatic approach that supports the business to move quickly, whilst still managing legal risk appropriately. Her interest and experience in legal operations has also been valuable for the team.

    I really enjoy working with Juno. I like its efficient, minimal paperwork approach, but it still feels like a personal business built around relationships.

    Erin Vercoe

    General Counsel and Company Secretary, The Warehouse Group

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