Matt Robertson
Associate
Matt has acted for various corporate entities and high-net-worth individuals in the commercial litigation context.
Before joining Seladore Legal in March 2023, Matt spent three years in the dispute resolution team of a New Zealand law firm focusing on commercial, administrative, and trust-based litigation. During that time he appeared before several New Zealand courts, including numerously before the High Court, and before specialist tribunals.
Matt graduated from Victoria University of Wellington in 2019 with a BA LLB, achieving first in class in several subjects; and was enrolled as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in March 2020.
- Junior counsel for the applicant in Rongotai Investments Limited v Land Valuation Tribunal [2022] NZHC 1669, the first successful judicial review application in New Zealand finding that the conduct of a judicial officer disclosed apparent bias such that the underlying trial breached natural justice and was unfair.
- Acting on behalf of New Zealand citizens in an application for judicial review challenging the government’s COVID-19 “MIQ” measures for alleged inconsistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990.
- Acting for a major property investment company over numerous disputes concerning the sale and leasing of commercial properties.
- “Superb associate / young lawyer.”
THE LEGAL 500 2025 - “An exceptional up-and-coming associate.”
THE LEGAL 500 2025
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