Russell is the Principal of Queenstown Law. His areas of practice are:

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• Property law including Body Corporate matters, property investment, property development, construction contracts, and advice for overseas investors

• Commercial law including business structuring, sales and purchases, finance, intellectual property protection, commercial agreements and disputes

• Company law including governance advice, director’s duties and liability, constitutions and shareholders agreements, share sales, and prejudiced shareholder issues

• Wills, Estates, Elder Law, Retirement Village Law,  and Relationship Property

• Legal advice relating to sports and events, tourism, construction, and food & beverage industries

 

Russell is a former member of the New Zealand Law Society Property Law Section Executive Committee and a former Queenstown Lakes District Councillor.

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He has been involved in numerous sports and community groups in Queenstown including golf, cricket, soccer, swimming and karate clubs (in support of his children); the Chamber of Commerce, Destination Queenstown Strategic Review Board, Wakatipu Health Reference Group, various working parties and hearing panels while on Council, and the local National Party executive.

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Russell was a sportsman in his younger days, captaining NZ Universities and representing Otago, Northern Districts and Griqualand West (South Africa) in first-class cricket for a number of years, as well as playing age group rugby for Otago. He is currently the Chairman of Otago Cricket

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Interests include mountain biking, golf, writing, and tasting good Central Otago wines.  Russell is also undertaking study for a Master of Laws.

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His first book called “Blogs of the Travel Bugs” was published in 2013. Always up for a challenge, he has hiked to Everest Base Camp in Nepal, and most recently Mt Kilimanjaro in 2024.