Riz Vergara

Direct Dial: +64 3 667 2298 
E-mail: Riz.Vergara@saunders.co.nz
Office: Ferrymead

I joined Saunders & Co after working for more than a decade in various law firms around Canterbury specialising in property, private client and immigration. I am also a dually qualified lawyer having practised in the Philippines for three years providing litigation and corporate advisory work to various multi-national companies. My wide-ranging work background provided a really good environment for me to craft an integrated service for my clients.

I love interacting with my clients and getting to know them on a deeper level. This allows me to grasp the wider picture including underlying secondary and emerging issues before they may come to fruition. I make it my mission to make sure that my clients truly understand the contracts they are signing and the risks they are taking, to ensure that they are in the best position to make considered decisions.
 

Having clients from different cultural backgrounds, I believe that the very heart of the service that I am providing is excellent client care and relationship management. Working on complicated transactions, I aim to be approachable to all my clients to create an open dialogue with them so they are empowered and updated in every stage of the legal process.