Fitzherbert Rowe appoints partner

Palmerston North's Fitzherbert Rowe Lawyers has appointed Shannon Johnston to the partnership. Shannon (LLB, BA) has been with the firm for 5 years having previously practiced as a senior lawyer in Wellington, Melbourne and Palmerston North. Shannon is an experienced lawyer with a background in Resource Management, Local Government and Civil Litigation.

New partner at Wynn Williams

Wynn Williams has appointed Joshua Shaw as a partner in its Christchurch-based dispute resolution team. Joshua was previously a partner at another significant national law firm and brings exceptional prosecution experience. He will work alongside Jared Ormsby, Jeremy Johnson and Amanda Douglas to provide dispute resolution solutions to clients throughout New Zealand.

Four partners appointed by Chapman Tripp

National law firm Chapman Tripp has appointed four new partners and two new senior associates, effective from 1 December 2015. Luke Hinchey in the Auckland office has become a partner. Luke specialises in all aspects of resource management and environmental law and public works, advising private and public clients on developments…

New appointment at the Todd Corporation

The Todd Corporation is pleased to announce a new appointment to its legal team.    Saki Hannah. Saki Hannah joins us as Associate General Counsel, focusing on Corporate and M&A activity.  Saki previously held senior in-house legal roles with a range of organisations including Kiwibank, Meridian Energy and the New Zealand Stock Exchange.  Saki has…

Russell McVeagh appoints two partners

National law firm Russell McVeagh has announced the appointment of Tom Hunt and David Raudkivi to the partnership. Tom Hunt, who is based in the firm's Wellington office, specialises in debt capital markets and financial services regulation. David Raudkivi is based in Auckland, and specialises in equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions,…

Webb Henderson promotes Jordan Cox

Webb Henderson has promoted Jordan Cox to senior associate. Jordan is a commercial and regulatory lawyer with a particular focus on the telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) and electricity sectors. He advises New Zealand and international clients on their commercial arrangements, including wholesale supply and the rollout of new fibre…

Wilson Harle promotes Janna McGuigan

Auckland law firm Wilson Harle has promoted Janna McGuigan to Senior Associate.  Janna specialises in complex commercial and civil cases, and has particular experience in trust litigation, regulatory and competition matters, and directors' duties cases.  Before joining Wilson Harle in 2011, Janna took her LLM as a Grotius Fellow at the University…

Lawyers appointed to censorship appeal board

Film and Literature Board of Review member Kate Davenport QC has been appointed as President of the Board from 1 January 2016 for the remainder of her term, ending on 13 April 2017. Ms Davenport's is one of a number of appointments to the Board of Review, commending from 1 January…

Brent Norling establishes Norling Law Ltd

Brent Norling has established Norling Law Ltd and has been appointed its Director. Brent continues to retain his roles as Senior In-house Counsel at Waterstone Insolvency Ltd and Debt Buyers Ltd where he gained experience representing his clients at the District Court, High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.…

Former lawyer to head BusinessNZ

Kirk Hope has been appointed Chief Executive of the business advocacy group BusinessNZ, replacing Phil O'Reilly. Mr Hope is currently Chief Executive of the NZ Bankers' Association.  Holding an LLM, Mr Hope has been admitted as a barrister and solicitor and has practised as a lawyer. He was formerly Executive Director of the…