Bio

Renee Stiles is a member of our Wellington corporate and commercial team, specialising in commercial contracting, information and communication technology, corporate transactions and regulatory compliance, payments, procurement and outsourcing in the financial sector. Renee has over 15 years TMT experience, including drafting, and negotiating large scale and complex ICT and outsourcing contracts for both public sector and private clients. She is also highly experienced in e-commerce, data licensing, data protection and privacy, intellectual property commercialisation and general corporate and commercial law. Renee is also an experienced provider of legal advice in respect of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and drafting and negotiation of complex commercial contracts. In addition, Renee has significant experience advising financial institutions, fintechs and corporates, including in relation to the development of financial applications and payments products and on the outsourcing of systems and services. Renee has experience in a range of industries including banking, telecommunications, transit, media, financial institutions, energy, government departments and aviation. She has worked with large and small organisations to develop key contractual relationships, commercialise intellectual property and develop customer terms (including online and app terms). Prior to joining Buddle Findlay in 2014 Renee spent eight years in the commercial advisory group, specialising in corporate and commercial law at another top tier commercial law firm in Wellington.