Contact details
Direct dial: +64 3 963 1458
Mobile: 029 200 7251
E-mail: als@saunders.co.nz
Assistant: Brenda Dalling
Profile
Amelia becoming a Partner of the Firm in 2002. She has comprehensive experience in commercial property work including complex subdivisions and easements. Amelia also specialises in drafting security documentation for her lender clients, who include a nationally recognised bank as well as several finance companies. She also provides advice and assistance to small business clients.
She is a member of several business and professional associations in the city including the Canterbury Women's Legal Association.
What Amelia's clients say
"Amelia Simpson and David Lang have assisted me with numerous commercial property transactions since 2002 - including sale & purchase agreements, leases, subdivisions and property transfers. In more recent times Amelia has also offered guidance on personal legal matters. In the business context I have been particularly impressed with Amelia's skills with the property subdivision process. This includes liaising with all the various parties involved (Council, surveyors, engineers, LINZ and service providers such as Telecom, Orion, gas etc), drafting documentation, signing and registration, liaising with purchasers' solicitors and settlement. Because Amelia has completed so many contracts/settlements, her contacts with LINZ, Councils etc are invaluable. This is particularly important with more complicated transactions, when being proactive and addressing issues in advance can avoid lengthy delays in processing and registration of title documents. These efficiencies have undoubtedly helped maximise the profitability of the property subdivision process. In all my dealings, I have found Amelia to be prompt, efficient and positive and to take a practical approach to assisting with negotiations. Amelia is always very approachable. If she is not familiar with a particular aspect she is comfortable to say so and will seek advice from someone else in the office. I have recommended and am happy to continue to recommend Amelia and Saunders & Co to both business associates and personal friends alike."
Kerry Watson - Development Manager
Canterbury Land Resources, CHRISTCHURCH
"Relationship and professional competency is of utmost importance to us when it comes to business. We have found the personal and caring concerns of Amelia Simpson most reassuring when dealing with legal issues that naturally raise some anxieties. With Amelia, you are not just a "client number", you are human. The combination of Amelia's excellent professional manner, and competence, and her genuinely caring personal approach, mean that our family is continuing to use the services of Saunders and Co, even though we have now relocated to the North Island. Although most of our legal work has been done by Amelia, we have also had interactions with other Saunders & Co people for our property conveyancing and other matters also. We cannot speak more highly of the service and value we have received from Amelia and everyone at Saunders and Co in recent years. It is a blessing to have a law firm whom you can trust, and recommend to others with confidence and without hesitation."
RLM (Real Life Ministries), AUCKLAND
Amelia specialises in the following areas:
Grant and I appreciated very much how thorough Lorraine Michell was. It is not often you have documents explained to that degree. Thank you.
Home buyer