Rachael Chappell

Rachael is a senior associate in Russell McVeagh's commercial Real Estate practice. She advises New Zealand's most sophisticated property investors and developers, including leading domestic and overseas funds, property institutions, and corporate property owners/occupiers on their most important projects, particularly in relation to market-leading, novel, high-value capital markets transactions, complex and large-scale real estate investments, development projects and green energy.

Rachael was admitted to practise in New Zealand in 2014 and is a current member of the Property Council of New Zealand. Prior to joining Russell McVeagh in mid-2020, Rachael most recently spent two years working in the real estate team at Clifford Chance in London and previously also worked in the property team at another New Zealand top-tier law firm.