The Robinson Legal Team

Marty is a barrister and solicitor specialising in financial and general crime, with particular expertise in AML/CFT advocacy and advice. He advises reporting entities on deterring money launderers and financers of terrorism from exploiting their business and ensuring regulatory compliance. He also represents

His author royalties in this area support two charities combating child slavery and child sexual abuse: Child Rescue New Zealand and Child ALERT (ECPAT NZ).

Since 2003 he has held roles investigating, prosecuting and defending financial crime and regulatory prosecutions, as well as litigation more generally. He started out at the United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office (2003), move to the Crown Solicitor's Office, Christchurch (2009), the Public Defence Service, Wellington (2011) and the Department of Internal Affairs (2015), where he oversaw the Department's litigation, focusing on prosecution work, child sexual abuse material cases, AML/CFT enforcement, and supporting the Department's regulation of the AML/CFT regulatory system including supporting legislative amendments.

Marty has been counsel (or investigative lawyer) in a significant number and variety of financial crime cases involving sums up to $NZ500M in the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

Marty is keenly interested in supporting the justice system, furthering domestic understanding of AML/CFT policy and regulatory systems, promoting business processes that effectively deter criminal exploitation, and supporting New Zealand's exemplary rankings on the various global corruption and transparency indices.

Jurisdictions Admitted:   New Zealand, England and Wales, New South Wales, Australia.

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Sarah comes from a compelling in-house background providing the firm with strong internal compliance, governance and business support. Prior to joining Robinson Legal she acted as legal counsel for entities operating within the electricity, primary production export sectors and those focused on international business consultancy.

Her two decades of commercial practice includes significant experience in drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts, privacy, IP protection and licensing, health and safety, employment matters, general regulatory and legislative compliance work and lobbying Government for legislative change. At Robinson Legal she turns her hand at supporting the firm in whatever it needs, but also comes with a commercial skill set immensely valuable to our clients.

Megan is a fifth-year student at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, studying a Bachelor of Laws conjoint with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Political Science and International Relations.

She joined our team in November 2023 as a law clerk and is eager to contribute to the firm’s ongoing success.

Megan studied at the Australian Ballet School in Melbourne, has lived and worked in South Africa, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Australia. She loves learning about different cultures and has an affinity for communicating with a diverse range of people.

Megan is community oriented and has volunteered as an Integration Aide at Port Phillips Specialist School, at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and led revision sessions at Victoria University for first year university students in both 2021 and 2022.

We really appreciate Megan’s contribution to the firm.

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