Graeme Todd
Consultant
Office phone: +64 (0)3 441 2743
Mobile: +64 (0)27 433 0457
Email: graeme.todd@toddwalker.com
Office Location: Queenstown
Graeme Todd has been a trusted legal adviser in the Queenstown Lakes region for over four decades. He works with private and corporate entities, overseas residents, multinational corporations and local authorities.
Graeme has considerable experience in several specialist areas, including advising on the acquisition of large farms and other significant commercial and property transactions and developments. He is also a primary adviser on applications and proceedings under the Overseas Investment Act – a specialist area of property law for overseas persons wishing to acquire property and businesses in New Zealand.
Graeme is also a senior member of the Resource Management Law bar and has acted on some of the largest resource management cases in the South Island.
Raised in Invercargill, Graeme has practised law since 1981. In 2009, Graeme’s service to the law and the community was recognised by the Archbishop of Canterbury with a South Island warrant to act as a Notary Public. A former Principal and Director of the firm, Graeme co-founded Todd Walker with Principal Michael Walker, setting a high standard for one of Queenstown’s most diverse and expert law firms.
Graeme says his motivation is the clients he get to work for, the people he works with and meet and the long-standing family client relationships he have, now reaching into third generations.
In his spare time, Graeme is a trustee and honorary solicitor for a number of community organisations. He also enjoys golf, skiing, and trying to keep up with his busy family.
Graeme is available for appointments in our Queenstown office on Mondays and Thursdays.
Qualifications
LLB - University of Otago
Notary Public, New Zealand Society of Notaries
Affiliations
Member of the NZLS Property Law Section
Honorary Solicitor to Queenstown Historic Society Inc
Settlor of Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust
Ambassador 45 South Community Foundation
Chair Millbrook Country Club Members Committee
Career highlights
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Court Appearances
Numerous appearances before Local, Regional, District, Environment and High Courts as well as the Court of Appeal in support or opposing applications under the Resource Management and Sale of Liquor Acts.
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Casino License Application
Co-counsel for a successful Casino licence application, as well as Counsel in a successful application for Skyline Gondola redevelopment consents.
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Promoting New Zealand
Guest presenter on Government sponsored Overseas Trade Missions seeking Investment in New Zealand Tourism
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Succession Planning
Involvement in successful family business and farm succession planning
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