Brown Partners appoints three

Brown Partners has recently made three appointments.  MIKE KITTO and KATHERINE BINSTED have joined the firm's property team: Mike is a consultant with over 20 years experience working with progressive firms both here and in the U.K; and Katherine has joined the firm after spending two years in London law firms.…

Kensington Swan promotes new Senior Associate

Kensington Swan is delighted to announce the promotion of Peter Fernando to Senior Associate. Peter is a member of Kensington Swan's specialist national information technology law team. Based in Wellington, Peter practices information technology and commercial contract law. Peter joined Kensington Swan in 2009 after obtaining a Bachelor of Science in…

Education Council appoints lead lawyer

Wellington lawyer Julia McCook-Weir has joined the Education Council as lead lawyer.

Paula Nicolaou new Lane Neave partner

Lane Neave has announced the promotion of Paula Nicolaou to partner. Paula specialises in front-end building and construction law and has extensive experience in this area in both vertical construction and horizontal infrastructure across a range of areas including health, education, roading, rail, water, aviation, public amenities, institutional facilities and private…

Pheroze Jagose joins Thorndon Chambers

Pheroze Jagose joined Thorndon Chambers on 1 February. He was formerly a commercial litigation partner at Chapman Tripp, where he had been for the previous 21 years, and is ranked as a Band 1 litigator in the most recent Chambers Asia-Pacific ratings. Pheroze specialises in competition and trade practices, company and…

Chambers 2016 ratings for individuals

The following list shows New Zealand lawyers who are rated in the top two bands in the Chambers & Partners 2016 ratings for Asia-Pacific. The ratings of law firms and lawyers cover 41 jurisdictions and 20 specialist areas of law. English-based Chambers ranks lawyers and law firms on several factors and considerations,…

Paul Morten joins Harbour Chambers

Barrister Paul Morten has joined Harbour Chambers in Wellington.  Paul is a civil litigator with more than 30 years' experience. He practices in Wellington and in Auckland. Paul has a particular interest in commercial litigation; land law (including resource management) and commercial and residential property litigation; real estate law; employment law;…

Rachel Roff joins Thorndon Chambers

Rachel Roff has joined Wellington's Thorndon Chambers.   Before joining the independent bar Rachel spent over eight years as a Crown Counsel in the Crown Legal Risk Group at Crown Law. She was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in October 2005. Rachel specialises in tax and commercial litigation and administrative law.

Graeme Crombie joins Lane Neave partnership

Graeme Crombie, formely a Corporate/Commercial Partner at MinterEllisonRuddWatts, has joined Lane Neave in Christchurch as a Partner. Graeme specialises in advising IT suppliers and consumers. He also has experience with corporate structuring, governance and compliance, commercial contracts, procurement and tendering, consumer issues, privacy, and oil and gas regulatory compliance.

Two appointments at Crown Law

David Jacyk has joined Crown Law's Wellington office as a Crown Counsel in the Revenue Team. David has practised tax and public law for over 20 years at the Department of Justice in Canada, appearing at all levels of the Canadian Court system, and also has New Zealand tax law…