Rebecca Rendle

Rebecca is a senior employment lawyer and a member of the firm’s Board of Management.

Rebecca advises on all employment issues including whistleblowing, senior executive appointments and departures and collective bargaining/strikes. Her experience includes enforcement of non-solicitation/restraint of trade obligations, as well as investigations and disciplinary processes involving privacy breaches, fraud/dishonesty, conflicts of interest, sexual harassment and bullying.

Her work spans many of New Zealand’s major sectors including banking, health, dairy, transport and freight, building, and retail, and she has gained further insight through secondments in the banking and construction industries. This enables her to give advice that is commercial and robust.

Rebecca regularly represents clients in mediation and appears before the Employment Relations Authority and Employment Court. She successfully completed the Association of Workplace Investigators Training Institute and holds it's certificate, enabling her to carry out independent workplace investigations and cultural reviews.

She is a trustee of the Fletcher Building Employee Education Fund and contributes to the legal profession as a member of the New Zealand Law Society’s Employment Law Committee and through lobbying for many years for repeal and reform of the Holidays Act 2003. Rebecca has contributed her expertise and experience to the Government’s policy design and drafting of the new Employment Leave Act 2026. Her clients will therefore have expert guidance and support on the practical implementation of the new framework over a two-year transition period.

Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026 client quote:
“Rebecca Rendle combines professionalism and efficiency with the ability to build trust and strong relationships with key stakeholders.”; “…excellent at what she does. She offers sound and pragmatic business and legal advice”; “strengths are her technical knowledge and unflappable manner. Nothing seems to ruffle her.”