Megan Pearce

Megan has over 12 years’ experience in commercial matters with specialist experience working across the full spectrum of technology, privacy and digital law matters. She has acted in respect of a number of complex IT transformation projects and the procurement of SaaS and other cloud-based services. Megan has also advised numerous private and public sector organisations on a range of privacy and data security issues, including advising on the privacy law implications of implementing new technologies, privacy breach response as well as third-party data processing arrangements.

Megan joined Anderson Lloyd as a Senior Associate in the firm’s Technology & Digital practice in 2019 following six years in Chapman Tripp’s TMT team specialising in IT procurement and digital transformation projects, privacy and cyber-security law.

Megan is currently ranked as a Rising Star in The Legal 500 directory for Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT). Megan was also named as 2023 NZLawyer Rising Star.

Publications

• Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025 Rankings
• New Zealand chapter of Lexology In-Depth: Privacy, Data Protection & Cybersecurity
• New Zealand Chapter of Lexology Panoramic: Data Protections & Privacy 2025
• Anderson Lloyd recommended in latest Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024
• AI tools and privacy – The OPC releases new guidance
• A move to expand the Privacy Act’s notification regime
• Australia’s progressive privacy law reforms may just be the incentive we have been waiting for…
• Recent review of the Health Information Privacy Code 2020
• One year on – a look at the Privacy Act 2020
• Consumer Data Right
• Cyber-attacks: Will your business be NZXT?
• Another step closer to New Zealand’s new privacy landscape