Anne Henderson

Partner
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Heading AWS Legal’s Estates and Trusts team allows Anne Henderson to combine her passions for innovative legal problem solving and working with people.

“I enjoy communicating with the client and finding a solution to issues that arise,” she says.

A lawyer at AWS Legal’s head office in Invercargill since 1987, Anne entered Partnership a decade later. Her extensive legal expertise ensures solid structures are put in place to help her clients travel through life.

After four years working in the Commercial Team, she changed focus to oversee the firm’s estates administration practice, where a strong interest in elder law developed, including trusts, asset planning and ownership structures.

Anne has also maintained an interest in general property work and conveyancing.

An array of issues face the growing elderly population and Anne’s expertise ensures her clients’ rights are protected.

“I endeavour to make sure I’m up with the play in terms of knowing what’s happening daily in that area and with those issues,” she says.

“There are legal documents that older clients should have in place as a bare minimum and about fifty per cent of clients don’t have them right when they come to me.”

Anne’s commitment to elder law sees her provide a free legal advice session to Grey Power each week and she also shares her experience at various community seminars.

She believes strong communication and service, tailored to the individual client, are an important part of delivering quality legal support.

“I am there to make individual clients satisfied, provide help and reassurance – I am not there to treat them like corporates.”

Ongoing professional development, Anne says, is important in the constantly changing legal arena a challenge she enjoys.

Away from the office, the active mother of two enjoys hitting the ski slopes, travelling, reading and cooking.