Three lawyers move up at K3 Legal

Kerry Puddle Litigator Kerry Puddle advances from senior associate to special counsel. He first joined the firm in 2017 and has a wealth of experience in a wide range of commercial and civil matters, handling complex contract, construction, property, tort and insolvency disputes. Julia Leenoh Julia Leenoh steps into the role…

Mortlock McCormack Law promotes two to senior associate

Christchurch firm Mortlock McCormack Law has promoted Chris Egden and Emily Flaszynski to Senior Associate on 1 April. Chris Egden Admitted in 2006, Chris Egden joined Mortlock McCormack Law as an Associate in November 2015, having previously worked in the Land Acquisition Team at the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA).…

New partner and associate for James & Wells

Intellectual property firm, James & Wells, has announced the promotion of Andrew Scott to Partner and James Rowland to Associate. Andrew Scott Andrew Scott joined James & Wells’ patent team in 2014 after practicing in Australia for eight years. With a background in physics, biochemistry and chemistry, including a PhD…

Holland Beckett Law announces new partner

James McDougall Holland Beckett announced that James McDougall joined the partnership on 1 April 2021. James joined Holland Beckett Law in 2017 and has built a strong litigation practice in our Rotorua office. He is an experienced litigator advising clients on a broad range of contentious issues. He regularly appears in…

New Partner hire at DLA Piper

Global law firm DLA Piper announces the appointment of new Auckland based partner, Rachel Brown. Rachel is a specialist banking and finance lawyer and joins Michael Thompson and Katie Carson. Beginning her career in New Zealand, she later spent several years at a global law firm in London. Rachel has…

Morris Legal welcomes back senior lawyer

Georgia Angus Georgia Angus has returned to Morris Legal as a senior associate. Georgia relocated to London in 2019, where she was an associate at top-tier US firm McDermott Will & Emery. In that role, she worked on high-profile contentious trust matters in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales…

James Dow joined Sharp Tudhope Lawyers

James Dow James Dow has joined the commercial team at Sharp Tudhope Lawyers. James has joined as a special counsel and will subsequently join the firm’s partnership once he has fulfilled the NZ Law Society’s regulatory requirements. James career to date has been at top tier law firms in Auckland and…

Promotions at Wakefields Lawyers

Amy Webster Amy Webster (Senior Associate) joined the Wakefields Lawyers Team in 2019, specialising in employment law, commercial law, and general dispute resolution. Amy has worked in-house for one of New Zealand’s largest government departments and has experience dealing with a wide range of commercial matters, with a particular interest in…

Lance Lawson and Beachside Legal merge

Rotorua law firm Lance Lawson and Mount Maunganui law firm Beachside Legal have merged with effect from 1 April 2021. The merged firm will operate as Lance Lawson (incorporating Beachside Legal). Talia Marshall will be joining the firm as a partner and Patricia Jones and David Gubb will join as…

New Partner at Cooney Lees Morgan

Rebecca Graham Cooney Lees Morgan has appointed Rebecca Graham Partner while continuing to work part-time at the long-established firm thanks to a deliberate focus on flexible work arrangements at the firm in Tauranga. Rebecca graduated from Otago University in 2003 and subsequently worked at Buddle Findlay in Auckland and at Magic…