Specialist areas of practice

• Commercial Disputes
• Private Wealth Disputes
• Contentious Trusts and Estate
• Public Law

Shane is an experienced litigator, regularly appearing in arbitrations, hearings, trials and on appeals. He has a particular focus on private wealth disputes, commercial disputes and public law. He advises corporates and companies, high-net-worth individuals, trustees/beneficiaries on complex disputes. He regularly appears as lead counsel as well as instructing and working with barristers.

Shane graduated from the University of Canterbury in 2014 with first class honours, winning the University Prize for his year. He is highly regarded as a litigator, being ranked in Legal 500 Asia Pacific (client comments include: “Wynn Williams’ Christchurch Dispute Resolution team, headed by Shane Campbell, is exceptional”), Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific, and Chambers Global (client comments include that Shane is “excellent at dealing with serious commercial matters”). Shane was also ranked in the inaugural Arbitration Powerlist by Legal 500 in 2022, and has been an excellence awardee at the NZ Law Awards for Young Private Practice Lawyer of the Year.

Beyond private practice, Shane regularly contributes to law reform. He writes academically, has tutored and lectured, and previously sat on the Law Society’s Civil Litigation and Tribunals Committee for six years. In the trust and estate space, Shane regularly presents on trusts topics. He has presented at the NZLS Trusts Conference, at various NZLS CLE webinars, and for Legalwise all on issues relating to private wealth and others. Most recently Shane is working with another partner and a barrister to develop a Civil Procedure course at the University of Canterbury.