About - Beacon Law

About Beacon Law

Beacon Law is a specialist law firm in Auckland, New Zealand, offering strategic, practical, and commercially focused legal solutions in the areas of corporate and commercial law, technology, fintech, and mergers and acquisitions.

Expertise & Key Projects

CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL LAW

Comprehensive corporate and commercial services that combine legal expertise with industry insight. Our Auckland practice covers business formation, investment, compliance, restructuring, and M&A—including cross-border deals, structuring, and due diligence. We also support SMEs with tailored advice on contracts, IP, regulation, consumer protection, and competition law.

TECHNOLOGY LAW

Specialist technology law advice for tech, fintech, and blockchain businesses (and other law firms). We cover cloud services, software licensing, digital assets, compliance, data protection, and cybersecurity. We help clients structure agreements, launch platforms, and navigate evolving legal frameworks with practical, real-world expertise.

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (M&A) AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT

Strategic legal guidance on complex mergers and acquisitions across technology (including blockchain, fintech and digital assets), finance, and energy sectors. Our expertise spans cross-border transactions, private equity and venture capital structuring, regulatory approvals, and due diligence.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Pragmatic, results-driven dispute resolution aligned with commercial goals. We advise on contractual, shareholder, property, and regulatory disputes through negotiation, mediation, or litigation. For complex cases, we can lead projects in-house, delivering tailored strategies that protect both legal and commercial interests.

Founder, Christine Linton

Chris is a leading business and technology lawyer, recognised for her ability to guide complex, high-value transactions and regulatory challenges with clarity and precision. She has held Partner roles at MinterEllison and Duncan Cotterill, and built her international credentials at Magic Circle firm, Linklaters in London.

Chris established Beacon Law in Auckland with the conviction that legal advice should be strategic, actionable, and results-driven. With extensive experience in corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, governance, and technology law (including blockchain, fintech, and gaming), she advises public and private sector clients in New Zealand and offshore. Her work spans corporate advisory, foreign investment, strategic alliances, ICT projects and transactions, outsourcing, and digital ventures—delivering practical, outcome-focused advice that drives real-world commercial results.

You can view a more detailed overview of Chris’ professional experience here.

LLOYD KAVANAGH

Formerly General Counsel, New Zealand Milk Limited

Chris Linton is an outstanding IT and communications lawyer. Uniquely, she brings together a high level of technical understanding, strong legal ability, and value-adding commercial input.
When you are looking for outstanding external legal advice, you seek out highly qualified technical specialists who also have the business acumen to work with your own business people. Lawyers who combine those skills are rare – Chris Linton is one of very few.

Formerly to Former

Formerly General Counsel, New Zealand Milk Limited

Chris Linton has been outstanding, as both the primary legal advisor and the engagement lead. Chris has always gone the extra mile to ensure that the initiative is at all times on a sound legal footing, including proactively advising on industry developments that present either risk or opportunity.

Michael Foley

GSN Programme Manager, State Services Commission

The service delivered was … of the highest quality, including meeting the rigours of public sector scrutiny. We have been particularly impressed with, and appreciative of, [the firm’s] ability and willingness to be responsive to often unreasonable timeline demands driven by public sector decision-making processes

Corporate Law

Commercial Law

Technology Law

All initial consultations are complimentary

We believe you should be able to discuss your needs before committing to legal fees. That’s why our initial meetings on new matters are complimentary.

Once we’ve talked through your situation, we’ll outline a clear way forward and provide a transparent estimate of any costs involved.