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Key contacts
Office Administrator: Delphine Tantrum
Quick facts
# Partners

1

# Other qualified practitioners

6

# Total number of Practitioners (worldwide)

7

Languages

English, Korean, Chinese

Key practice areas
Banking and finance
Banking
Project finance
Financial and corporate
Restructuring and insolvency
Firm overview

Vince&Rice is a specialist finance law firm providing advice and guidance to clients across New Zealand and abroad on all aspects of financing transactions and financial services regulations.

Our expertise encompasses acquisition, asset, leveraged, property, and development finance (including public-private partnerships), with significant experience in both bilateral and syndicated facilities. There’s also profound knowledge of wholesale and retail debt securities transactions, including bond and note issues.

We have extensive experience in restructuring and insolvency, distressed debt work, workouts, arrangements, and compromises with creditors. We advise on all types of receiverships, liquidations, and voluntary administrations, including formal appointments and debt recovery.

Key practice areas
  • Banking 
  • Financial restructuring
  • Financial services regulatory
  • M&A
  • Restructuring and insolvency
Sector expertise
  • Banking 
  • Financial services
Address:
Level 3, 246 Queen Street,
Auckland CBD,
Auckland ,1010
Tel:+6498715737 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://vincerice.com/
Rankings published in 2026
Banking and finance
Notable
15 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Bell Gully
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Buddle Findlay
9 practice areas
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Mayne Wetherell
9 practice areas
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MinterEllisonRuddWatts
9 practice areas
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Russell McVeagh
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Chapman Tripp
10 practice areas
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Simpson Grierson
9 practice areas
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Tier 3

Anderson Lloyd
6 practice areas
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Anthony Harper
4 practice areas
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DLA Piper New Zealand
6 practice areas
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Dentons Kensington Swan
10 practice areas
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Lane Neave
4 practice areas
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Webb Henderson
8 practice areas
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Notable

TWA Legal
4 practice areas
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Vince & Rice
5 practice areas
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Restructuring and insolvency
Notable
14 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Buddle Findlay
9 practice areas
View profile
Chapman Tripp
10 practice areas
View profile
Russell McVeagh
10 practice areas
View profile

Tier 2

Anthony Harper
4 practice areas
View profile
Bell Gully
10 practice areas
View profile
Dentons Kensington Swan
10 practice areas
View profile
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
9 practice areas
View profile
Simpson Grierson
9 practice areas
View profile

Tier 3

TWA Legal
4 practice areas
View profile

Notable

Anderson Lloyd
6 practice areas
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Lane Neave
4 practice areas
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Mayne Wetherell
9 practice areas
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Tompkins Wake
6 practice areas
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Vince & Rice
5 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Vince & Rice is a boutique independent Auckland-based law firm that was formed by lawyers Kyra Vince and John-Paul Rice in December 2018. The firm is focused on finance and restructuring matters that spans across banking, debt capital markets, acquisition finance, project finance, real estate finance, structured finance and financial services regulation.

Highlights   

During the previous research cycle, the firm provided comprehensive advice to clients nationwide and internationally on various financing and restructuring matters. Notably, the firm completed major financial restructurings for Wingate, Alceon, and Extension Capital, managed a $60 million cherry orchard acquisition for Prunus Orchards, and facilitated numerous new money financings.

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