Jamie Barr appointed to Simpson Western partnership

North Shore firm Simpson Western has appointed Jamie Barr as a partner. He has particular expertise in business structuring and shareholder arrangements, commercial contract advice, business acquisition and disposals, finance and banking. Before joining Simpson Western in 2013 Jamie was a commercial banker with New Zealand’s largest bank. Before that he gained…

Brendan Cash joins Kensington Swan

Brendan Cash has joined Kensington Swan and will lead the firm’s Construction team in Wellington. He will be formally appointed as a partner once regulatory requirements are fulfilled. Brendan is an experienced construction and commercial litigator and has worked with clients in their dispute resolution strategies for large scale infrastructure projects…

Victoria Heine appointed Chapman Tripp Chair

Victoria Heine has been appointed Chair of the board of Chapman Tripp, effective from 27 March 2017. She replaces Roger Wallis who has completed a three-year term. Victoria specialises in litigation, with a particular expertise in judicial review, administrative law, public law and regulatory enforcement. Admitted in September 1993, she acts for…

The Law Shop announces new developments

Rotorua law firm The Law Shop is acquiring the practice of Tauranga-based Strategem Lawyers from 31 March 2017. The Law Shop has also opened new premises at Greerton, Tauranga. Sarsha Tyrrell is joining the Law Shop and will work at the Greerton premises. Sarsha was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in…

Paul Beverley Buddle Findlay National Chairman

Buddle Findlay has appointed Paul Beverley as its National Chairman for 2017. He has been on the Buddle Findlay Board since 2012 and replaces Peter Chemis who has been National Chairman for the last 10 years. Paul leads the resource management and Māori law team in the Wellington office and will…

Two appointments at Ford Sumner on 1 April

Wellington commercial law firm Ford Sumner has announced two appointments which will take effect from 1 April 2017. Sarah Churstain will be appointed to the partnership. She has been with the firm since graduating from Waikato University in 2008. Her practice areas are commercial structures and relationships, property and work for the…

Sasha Daniels wins Asia-Pacific award

Spark New Zealand Ltd in-house lawyer Sasha Daniels has been named the individual winner of the Competition category in the Association of Corporate Counsel 2017 Asia-Pacific Counsel Awards. The winners were honoured at a gala dinner and awards ceremony hosted at the China Club in Hong Kong on 23 March 2017. The…

Chris Cantillon joins Bullock & Associates

Chris Cantillon has joined Whanganui firm Bullock & Associates as a senior solicitor. Beginning his legal career at Land Information New Zealand in Wellington in 1998, Chris has specialised in areas such as subdivisions, river accretions, adverse possession and repossessions of leases. He has worked for several lower North Island firms and…

Grimshaw & Co appoints new associates

Grimshaw & Co has appointed two new associates. Lucy Deane joined the firm after finishing her degree at Victoria University and being admitted as a barrister and solicitor in August 2014. While at Victoria she worked at MBIE helping to support the work of the Building Practitioners’ Board. She specialises in…

David Lyon retires from Haigh Lyon

David Lyon happy at work...  One of the true characters of the legal profession has taken down his shingle. David Lyon retired from the legal profession at the end of last year, after 54 years practising law. David began his legal career as a law clerk with Reyburn McArthur and Boyes in…