Angela Harford

Partner, Wellington

Angela is a corporate and commercial lawyer with specialist expertise in infrastructure, energy, major projects and significant public sector reform. She is known for her strategic thinking and ability to deliver on highly complex projects and transactions. 

Angela acts for a broad range of public and private sector clients on their highest profile and most complex commercial matters, including large-scale infrastructure projects, joint ventures, major procurement and tendering processes and regulatory reform.  

She has extensive experience in transport infrastructure, renewable and non-renewable energy (including power purchase agreements and electricity regulatory matters) social and economic infrastructure, public housing, defence and education.

Angela has particular expertise in public private partnership (PPP) procurement, having acted for the Crown in relation to the prisons and schools PPPs (including the expansion projects), and is currently acting for the NZ Transport Agency on the Northland Corridor PPP project, one of the most significant infrastructure upgrade investments to be undertaken in New Zealand. 

Qualifications

LLB (Hons), BCom (Economics) University of Canterbury
2008 Admitted New Zealand

Professional experience

2013-2017 Slaughter and May London, UK

Market recognition

Chambers Asia Pacific 2025 Public law, 'Leading lawyer'.

IFLR 1000 2024 Project development: energy and infrastructure, 'Highly regarded'.

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 Corporate and M&A, Projects and resources management, 'Recommended lawyer'.

Doyle's Guide 2025 Construction, Projects & Infrastructure, 'Recommended lawyer'.

NZ Lawyer 2020 inaugural 'Rising star', and NZ Lawyer inaugural 'Most influential lawyer'.

New Zealand Law Awards 2020 'Young Private Practice Lawyer of the Year'.

Clients say of Angela "When you need accurate, useful, practical advice quickly, no one could ask for better," "She also works across a wide range of commercial activity, so she is also an excellent person to talk to about the state of the market, current trends, and how the market would respond to any new idea or initiative we are considering."