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Juliet Philpott joins Hawkestone Chambers

Juliet Philpott has joined Hawkestone Chambers in Thorndon, Wellington, after practising for more than 15 years as a solicitor in Wellington, Melbourne, and London. Juliet is a public and administrative law specialist, with particular expertise in privacy and information law.

Hayden Smith joins partnership at Burton Partners

Burton Partners has welcomed Hayden Smith to the partnership. Hayden Smith Hayden joined Burton Partners in February 2019 as Special Counsel. With 15 years’ experience in both private practice and in-house positions, Hayden focuses his practice on M&A, joint ventures, capital raisings, commercial contracts and corporate advisory matters. From his…

Juno Legal welcomes Wendy Chen

NewLaw firm Juno Legal has welcomed Wendy Chen to the Auckland team. Wendy is a commercial, TMT and consumer lawyer and has a diverse legal and commercial background. Her previous roles include legal counsel and digital business development manager at Air New Zealand, deputy transport and logistics manager for…

Laura Carter moves to Sangro Chambers

Laura Carter has recently set up as a barrister at Sangro Chambers, an Auckland chambers whose barristers have a shared commitment to improving access to justice. Laura is a specialist in intellectual property disputes, with extensive experience giving advice on and acting on trade mark, patent, copyright, Fair Trading…

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Andrew Steele joins Princes Chambers

After 32 years as a solicitor and 14 years as a litigation partner with Martelli McKegg, Andrew Steele has decided to join Princes Chambers as a barrister sole beginning from 1 October. Andrew has over 30 years' experience in civil litigation and was a partner at Chamberlains, before becoming a partner…

Associate promotions at Thompson Blackie Biddles

Specialist property and construction law firm, Thompson Blackie Biddles, has announced the promotion of David Simpson and Tom McGarry to Associate. David Simpson David joined the firm in 2015. He specialises in a range of property matters, with a particular focus on commercial leasing, development agreements and acquisitions and disposals.…

Wynn Williams announces four partners

Wynn Williams has welcomed four new partners to their offices, Katrina Hammon, Greg Simms, Shane Campbell, and Jenny Turner.
Morris Legal expands its practice with advisory team

Morris Legal expands its practice with advisory team

Preeminent litigation firm Morris Legal has announced Bethan Read will be joining the firm as head of its new advisory team, as the firm now offers specialist trust and estate advisory services to its clients. Bethan Read Bethan has extensive experience in asset protection solutions and estate planning. She is…
Stace Hammond promotes Oscar Ward to Associate

Stace Hammond promotes Oscar Ward to Associate

Stace Hammond has announced Oscar Ward’s promotion to Associate in the firm’s dispute resolution team. Oscar Ward Oscar specialises in insolvency and property litigation. He regularly appears in the High Court and District Court. His clients include insolvency practitioners, multinational financial services providers, a major building products supplier, and property…
Jenni-Maree Trotman returns to private practice

Jenni-Maree Trotman returns to private practice

Jenni-Maree Trotman Jenni-Maree Trotman's last day with the Employment Relations Authority was 4 September. She returned to private practice from 7 September as a Barrister and Mediator specialising in mediation, employment law including workplace investigations,civil and commercial litigation and dispute resolution, property and construction litigation.

Three new partners at DLA Piper

DLA Piper has promoted three new partners, Emma Moran, Nick Valentine and David Johnston. Nick Valentine Nick Valentine has extensive experience in, and is regularly quoted on, technology transactions and data protection/cybersecurity advisory work. He has a depth of experience in outsourcing transactions, software development and licensing, and data protection,…

Ben Sullivan promoted to senior associate at AJ Park

Ben is a solicitor in AJ Park’s Auckland trade marks team and advises on all aspects of strategic trade mark and branding matters in New Zealand and internationally. His areas of expertise include freedom-to-market analyses, trade-mark filing strategies, application, prosecution, opposition, revocation and infringement matters, copyright issues, and the maintenance…

Amanda Hockley promoted to Senior Associate

The Directors at McCaw Lewis have announced Amanda Hockley has been promoted to Senior Associate. Amanda leads the firm’s Asset Planning Team and, having started her legal career with McCaw Lewis in 2009, she re-joined the whānau in 2017 after gaining experience in Australia. Her promotion to Senior Associate…

Focus Law announces new director

Focus Law has appointed Keith Yung as a director of the firm.
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