NZ Law Awards 2018 winners

The 14th annual New Zealand Law Awards were held in Auckland on 15 November 2018. The awards are presented and managed by Australian-owned niche publishing company Key Media. The criteria for judging is work completed and services provided between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2018. After nominations are made, a…

MinterEllisonRuddWatts wins at Asia Women in Business Law Awards

MinterEllisonRuddWatts won two awards at the Euromoney Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2018. The winners were announced in Hong Kong on 8 November 2018. It was the seventh year for the awards, which are designed to celebrate the advancement of women in the legal profession. MinterEllisonRuddWatts won the New Zealand country…

Isaac Whatnall joins Davidson Twaddle Isaac

Isaac Whatnall has joined Hamilton law firm Davidson Twaddle Isaac as a solicitor in the commercial law team. Isaac Whatnall.  Isaac was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in December 2016 after graduating with an LLB from the University of Waikato. He joins Davidson Twaddle Isaac from McBreens Lawyers.

IFLR 1000 rankings released

The International Financial Law Review has released its 2019 rankings. The IFLR 1000 rankings have been published since 1990 and cover over 120 jurisdictions. Research ranks law firms based on three key criteria: transactional evidence from the previous 12 months, provided by firms, peer feedback from a survey of law…

Wynn Williams makes two senior appointments

Wynn Williams has welcomed two senior lawyers to the firm before Christmas. Andrew Watkins begins at the firm's national dispute resolution team on 1 December and will be based in the Christchurch office. He will join the partnership early in 2019. Andrew specialises in relationship property. He regularly provides media comment nationally…

McMillan&Co. launched in Dunedin

The Dunedin law firm Polson McMillan has been renamed McMillan&Co. The name change follows the retirement of David Polson in 2017 and reflects the current ownership of the firm. McMillan&Co. specialises in private client work. Sally McMillan.  Sally McMillan has practised in Otago for most of the last 30 years, initially as…

Pip Greenwood to retire from Russell McVeagh

Russell McVeagh partner Pip Greenwood has announced she will retire from the firm in the first quarter of 2019. Pip Greenwood.  A statement says she delayed her plans to transition into governance full-time and expand her directorship roles at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and Spark, in order to help lead the firm…

Awards for Conveyancing Shop Lawyers

The Conveyancing Shop Lawyers has won two awards at the Westpac Auckland Business Awards for the South and East region: Excellence in Community Contribution and Excellence in Strategy and Planning. The firm also won the Excellence in Strategy and Planning Award in 2014. It recognises a business that has developed a…

Gary Hughes appointed TRACE NZ partner

Auckland Barrister Gary Hughes has been appointed by TRACE International Inc as its New Zealand local partner lawyer.   Gary Hughes.  TRACE is a US-based, globally renowned, standard setting and training organisation in the field of anti-bribery and corruption, working with pro bono experts in 150 countries to help multinational firms avoid corruption…

Lawyers reappointed to Mental Health Review Tribunal

The Minister of Health has reappointed five lawyers to the Mental Health Review Tribunal. They are James Wilding (Christchurch, Convenor), Michelle Duggan (Nelson), Nigel Dunlop (Nelson), Robb Newberry (Wellington), Robyn von Keisenberg (Auckland). The tribunal undertakes a range of statutory functions, primarily reviewing the condition of psychiatric patients, including special and…