Malcolm Galloway - Partner

Contact Malcolm

Phone: +64 4 916 6300
Mobile: +64 21 762 633

Email: malcolm.galloway@gibsonsheat.com
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Specialist areas

• Commercial Property
• Constitutional and Governance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Mergers, Acquisitions & Sales
• Small and Medium Sized Businesses
• Trusts
• Estates

Qualifications

LLB, BA
 

Malcolm's secretary is
Claire Brown

Phone: +64 4 916 6419
Email: claire.brown@gibsonsheat.com

 

About Malcolm

 

Career to Date

Before joining Gibson Sheat I spent 21 years in a well-established Wellington general practice where I progressed from the after-school office boy to a partner.

I was admitted to the bar in 2005 and since then have enjoyed the variety of a broad general practice. I find satisfaction in helping people at all stages of their lives – whether it be helping them with the purchase of their first home or devising a succession plan so that they can retire from a long-held family business.

My Recent Work

• Advising on and forming family and charitable trusts and acting as a trustee
• Acting on numerous residential and commercial property sale and purchase transactions
• Advising on a range of residential and commercial property issues (including leases)
• Advising on a range of commercial matters and transactions
• Advising on shareholder disputes
• Advising on complex estate planning issues
• Acting as an executor of deceased estates of varying sizes and complexities
• Advising on Body Corporate issues

Professional Associations and Community Organisations

• New Zealand Law Society Property Law Section
• President of the Wellington Pipers’ Club Inc.
• Member of St. Margaret’s Church, Silverstream

My approach to working with my clients

A fortune cookie once told me that I would make a good lawyer because not even the smallest detail escapes my attention. 

A client may come to me for advice, but how can I possibly give advice that is relevant, meaningful and helpful if I don’t listen carefully and fully understand their situation and objectives?  Listening and understanding clients also helps to build strong and lasting relationships.

Most rewarding experience I've had at work

Some of my most rewarding work has been for one particular client, Rural Women New Zealand Inc. That work has included advising the Board on constitutional issues, acting on the sale of residential properties, assisting the Board and Chief Executive with complex commercial property transactions and the sale of the society’s home-based healthcare company, Access Home Health.

The best piece of advice I’ve ever been given

My Grandpa always said that we should make the most of every opportunity that we are given in life.

What stimulates me

I have always loved problem solving, even from a young age. In legal practice I love breaking a complicated transaction into its components and working through each one before putting them all back together to make the transaction happen. I especially like working with other professionals to ensure that a transaction happens smoothly and as easily as possible for the client.

What I enjoy outside of work

I have played bagpipes in pipe bands at the top level in New Zealand since 1996. I have been fortunate to have travelled a lot with bands (including many trips to compete in Scotland) and to have made many long and lasting friendships through piping. The demands of family life have started to eat into piping time, but I still keep involved and still compete at the highest level.

I have two daughters who are getting into bike riding, skiing, swimming and tennis; I enjoy spending time with them doing those things. In the rare moments that our house is quiet I like to put on some music and read a book.

If I wasn’t a lawyer I’d be...

mucking around in our garden, so I would like to be a gardener.  I might need some help though because my green/brown colour blindness sometimes makes it hard for me to tell what I should be chopping or pulling out and what should be left alone.