Race Douglas Burke Lawyers

What Race Douglas Burke Lawyers does

Revenue is generated on a professional services, quote-based pricing model with billing tied to matter complexity, time, and scope, conducted under multi-year client relationships. The go-to-market is sales-led and relies on referrals from existing clients and professional networks within the Otago region, with no disclosed external investment, parent company, or public listing. The firm's customer base consists primarily of property owners, farming families seeking succession planning, private individuals and families requiring estate and trust services, and small-to-mid business owners needing corporate and commercial legal support.

Name

Race Douglas Burke Lawyers

Legal name

Race Douglas Burke Alloo Limited

Website

https://racedouglasburke.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Race Douglas Burke Alloo is a specialist property law firm in Dunedin, New Zealand, with 11 lawyers serving property owners, farming families, private clients, and small businesses across Otago through traditional referral-based legal services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dunedin

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Property Law: Legal fees for property transactions including residential, commercial and rural property sales, purchases, and developments. Services include conveyancing, subdivisions, and development work.
2. Legal Services - Estate Planning and Administration: Wills, estates, trust administration, and succession planning services for private clients and families.
3. Legal Services - Corporate and Commercial: Company law, business sale/purchase agreements, commercial transactions, and corporate governance services.
4. Trustee Services: Professional independent trustee service for family trusts including trust administration and governance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Race Douglas Burke Alloo is a specialist property law firm providing legal services across residential, commercial, and rural property transactions, rural and farming law, commercial and company law, and private client/trust administration. The firm delivers strategic, tailored legal advice to individuals, families, farming operations, and businesses in the Otago region of New Zealand.

Product overview

Race Douglas Burke Alloo is a specialist property law firm offering a unified suite of legal services centered on property law. The firm's core practice areas include Property Law Services (residential, commercial, and rural transactions), Rural and Farming Law, Commercial and Company Law, and Private Client and Trust Administration. These services are provided by a team of 11 lawyers offering tailored legal advice on property law issues.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Property Law Services Specialized property law services covering residential, commercial, and rural property transactions including sale and purchase agreements, refinancing, easements, covenants, and title reviews. Targeted at property owners, buyers, sellers, and developers.
• Rural and Farming Law Legal services for farming and rural clients including estate and succession planning, buying and selling farms, banking, finance, securities, farming joint ventures, subdivisions, and trust formation and administration. Targeted at farming families and rural property owners.
• Commercial and Company Law Business and corporate legal services including preparation and review of business sale and purchase agreements, company formation, shareholder agreements, ownership structures, commercial property transactions, commercial leasing, and due diligence. Targeted at business owners and companies.
• Private Client and Trust Administration Comprehensive private client services including trust establishment and reorganization, wills and estates, elder law, enduring powers of attorney, and relationship property agreements. Targeted at individuals and families.
• Professional Trustee Services Professional independent trustee service for family trusts including trust administration and governance. Targeted at families establishing or reorganizing family trusts.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Albert Alloo & SonscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Albert Alloo & Sons (operating since the 1930s, 90+ years of service) merged with Race Douglas Burke to form Race Douglas Burke Alloo. Albert Alloo continues as Consultant at the firm. The merger combined the established 90-year practice with the existing team to form an 11-lawyer specialist property law firm.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Lane Neave: South Island-based NZ law firm with property, commercial, and private client practices. Closely comparable in regional footing and service mix, particularly conveyancing and rural client work.
• Duncan Cotterill: New Zealand law firm offering property, commercial, and private client services with offices across the country. Comparable in property and trust practice areas, though broader geographic reach than Race Douglas Burke Alloo.
• Tomkins Wake: New Zealand law firm with property, commercial, and rural practice areas. Comparable mid-sized peer with overlapping service offering and regional presence.
• Gallaway Cook Allan: South Island NZ law firm with property, rural, and private client focus. Comparable regional specialist firm with similar rural and conveyancing work.
• Anderson Lloyd: New Zealand law firm with a strong property, rural, and commercial practice across the South Island. Directly comparable in core offerings (property, rural, trusts, corporate) and a similar regional-plus presence.

Broad incumbents

• Chapman Tripp: Major New Zealand law firm with extensive property and commercial practices. Overlaps on property transactions and corporate work as a broad incumbent.
• Bell Gully: Premier New Zealand law firm with significant property, commercial, and private client capabilities. Larger established player operating broadly in the same legal services space.
• Buddle Findlay: One of New Zealand's largest full-service law firms with strong property and commercial practices. Overlaps in property law and corporate work but operates across multiple cities and broader service lines.

Regional players

• Saunders Robinson Brown: Regional New Zealand law firm with property, commercial, and rural practice areas. Similar size and regional focus, though primarily serving the Bay of Plenty rather than Otago.
• Walker Fiore Lawyers: New Zealand law firm with property and rural client focus. Comparable in scale and service orientation, serving a regional rather than national client base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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