Adelina Ong is a senior New Zealand property lawyer specialising in complex property transactions and development work, with more than 20 years’ experience advising developers, investors, business owners, and overseas purchasers.
Specialist Property Expertise
Admitted as a lawyer in 2001, Adelina has practised in New Zealand and Queensland, Australia, and has worked both in private practice and as in-house legal counsel for a national property development and project management company. This background gives her a commercial, outcomes-driven approach that goes beyond standard legal advice.
Before joining Meridian Partners, Adelina ran her own specialist property practice for seven years, acting on high value and sophisticated transactions that require careful structuring, risk management, and coordination with clients, financiers, surveyors, tax advisers, planners and local authorities and government.
Adelina focuses on property matters that are technically demanding and commercially sensitive, including:
- Residential and commercial subdivisions, including staged developments
- Property development projects, from acquisition through to title issue
- Complex easements, covenants, and rights of way, including variations and extinguishments
- Commercial property acquisitions and disposals, with detailed due diligence
- Commercial leasing, including bespoke leases, renewals, assignments, and structuring
- Overseas Investment Office (OIO) approvals for immigrants and offshore investors
- Unit title developments and complex body corporate matters
- Cross lease problem solving and conversions to fee simple
- Defective titles, boundary, and access issues, including LINZ and survey complications
- Property structuring for investors, including trusts, companies, and joint ventures (property aspects)
Commercial Law and Trust Specialist
Besides having extensive knowledge and experience in Property law, Adelina is also a specialist in commercial law, advising both private and corporate clients on matters such as structuring property and business ownership and transacting on commercial acquisitions and disposals, mergers and expansions, franchise and leasing. In addition, Adelina has provided valuable advice and guidance to clients in Trust, Estate and Asset Planning matters including the creation, variation, maintenance and winding up of Trusts, asset accumulation and distribution, wills and enduring powers of attorney.
With her specialty spanning over commercial, trust, and property law, providing clients with the benefit of experienced legal advice across areas that are distinct yet inherently interconnected. This breadth of expertise enables Adelina to take a holistic approach to each matter, recognising how decisions in one area can have significant implications in another. Rather than seeking advice from multiple advisers, clients enjoy the confidence and convenience of working with a single lawyer who understands the broader context of their personal or commercial objectives. Adelina remains steadfastly committed to building long-term relationships founded on trust, delivering thoughtful, pragmatic, and tailored advice that helps clients navigate complexity with clarity and achieve outcomes that support their immediate needs and long-term goals.