Two Māori women who became lawyers over past decade made associates at firm

Alana Thomas is of Ngāti Rehia and Ngāti Kuri descent and graduated from the University of Auckland in 2008. She has been involved in a wide range of practice areas including Criminal Law, Family Law, Commercial and Civil Litigation. Ms Thomas is now an Associate at law firm, Wackrow Williams and Davies. And…

Nathan Speir made a Senior Associate

Nathan Speir has been made a Senior Associate at Rice + Co Lawyers in Auckland.Mr Speir specialises in local authority and insurance litigation and has carved a partiuclar niche in providing enforcement and judicial review advice to the firm's client base. Before joining Rice + Co Lawyers, Nathan Speir was…

Corporate law specialist joins Simpson Grierson

Luis Cunha joins the firm's corporate and commercial group as a corporate law specialist. He has expertise in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements, corporate governance, and regulatory matters. Mr Cunha has vast international experience having worked with leading law firms in South Africa and the Middle East before joining…

Auckland law firm promotes woman to Special Counsel

Auckland law firm Hesketh Henry has promoted Jacintha Tan to Special Counsel. Jacintha Tan has been with the firm since July 2013. She specialises in Real Estate Sale and Purchase, Leasing and Subdivisions.

Cooney Lees Morgan announce new partner

Tauranga law firm Cooney Lees Morgan has appointed Scott Goodwin as their newest partner. Scott's main areas of practice are trusts and property, with a particular interest in farming and kiwifruit transactions.  He has many years experience advising clients on property transactions, asset protection and succession planning.

Mai Chen named in Global Diversity List

Auckland lawyer Mai Chen has been named on The Economist Top 50 Global Diversity List for figures in Public Life. Ms Chen is managing partner at Chen Palmer Partners, Chair of New Zealand Asian Leaders and Chair of the Superdiversity Centre for Law, Policy and Business. The Top 50 Diversity Figures in Public…

Peter Hughes new State Services Commissioner

Prime Minister John Key has announced the appointment of Peter Hughes CNZM as the next State Services Commissioner and Head of State Services. Mr Hughes has been appointed for a five year term starting on 4 July 2016. Mr Hughes is currently the Chief Executive and Secretary for Education, a role he…

Appointment at Anderson Lloyd Queenstown

Eva Roe has relocated from Auckland to join Anderson Lloyd's Queenstown commercial and property team. Eva has spent the past three years as a solicitor at Bell Gully in Auckland. Eva was admitted to the bar in 2013, after graduating from the University of Otago with a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of…

Tusk Legal Services appoints Senior Associate

Tusk Legal Services has appointed Dr Maya Mitchell as Senior Associate. Maya's practice will focus on matters of contract, corporate governance and general business issues together with specialist services related to cross border transactions. Maya joins from Auckland University's Faculty of Law where she lectured Tort law, Contract law, legal methodology,…

Lawyer appointed to NZ on Air Board

Wellington lawyer John McCay has been appointed a board member of NZ on Air, effective from 1 May 2016. Mr McCay is a partner in the Wellington office of Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, with extensive experience in corporate and commercial law.  He is an experienced sport, technology, media and entertainment lawyer and has…