Tompkins Wake appoints five new lawyers

Tompkins Wake has added five new lawyers across three of their four offices. Jasmine Findlater is a Senior Solicitor in the Rotorua office and is part of the property and private client and trust teams. She has a particular focus on commercial property, complex refinancing and residential transactions, commercial leasing and…

Two promotions at Pegasus Bay Law

Canterbury-based firm Pegasus Bay Law has promoted two lawyers in its Christchurch and Kaiapoi offices. Anneliese Muldoon Anneliese Muldoon has been promoted to Associate. Anneliese joined the firm in 2018 and is a member of the conveyancing team. She is based in the Kaiapoi office, specialising in residential transactions, wills…

Tracy Chubb joins Old South British Chambers

Tracy Chubb Tracy Chubb has joined Old South British Chambers in Auckland. She has considerable litigation experience, in both general civil law and family law (including relationship property and parenting disputes). She particularly enjoys how civil law issues such as company law and debt recovery often intertwine with relationship property, estate…

Wynn Williams announce two new starters

Wynn Williams has announced two new addition to their Auckland and Christchurch offices. Penny Birch Penny Birch is a senior associate in the national Corporate & Commercial Team, based in Auckland. Penny advises on a broad range of corporate and commercial work, including commercial contracting, mergers and acquisitions, consumer law, franchising…

Three senior appointments for Russell McVeagh

Russell McVeagh has announced the addition of three senior lawyers in their Property & Construction and Litigation practice areas. Special Counsel Spencer Naicker has joined the firm's Property and Construction practice from South African-based firm, Bowmans. He is a specialist front-end construction and infrastructure practitioner. Spencer has drafted construction contracts for…

Lisa Hansen appointed Chief Gambling Commissioner

Wellington barrister Lisa Hansen has been appointed Chief Gambling Commissioner. Ms Hansen's appointment is for a term beginning on 16 March 2020 and ending on 30 November 2022. Admitted as a barrister and solicitor in December 1992 after graduating BA(Hons) and LLB(Hons) at the University of Otago, Ms Hansen worked at Caudwells…

Rebecca Steens joins Holland Beckett Law

Rebecca has recently relocated back to New Zealand and has joined Holland Beckett Law’s Civil Litigation and Dispute Resolution team, based in the Tauranga office. She previously worked for an international offshore firm based in Jersey, Channel Islands.

Morrison Mallett appoints new partner to its ranks

Specialist commercial law advisory practice Morrison Mallett has announced the appointment of Luke Walker as partner. Luke has 20 years’ expertise in all matters of finance, from assisting clients with their banking arrangements to developing complex, bespoke lending and security arrangements with private lenders. He has also acted for several high-profile…

Lowndes announces addition to Commercial Property team

Grania Clark has joined Lowndes as Principal in the Commercial Property team. Grania works with commercial property clients and public bodies advising on subdivisions, land development, commercial and residential property transactional agreements, commercial leasing, acquisitions and infrastructure agreements.  She also gives advice under the Public Works Act, Building Act, Overseas Investment Act,…

Stuart Harray joins Bingham Centre Development Board

Former Russell McVeagh partner Stuart Harray has been invited to join the Development Board of the UK-based Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law. The centre is named after British law lord Lord Bingham of Cornhill who promoted the maintenance, development and promotion of the rule of law. It was founded…