Tauranga firm Mackenzie Elvin has promoted two of its lawyers to Associates.

Clare Murphy specialises in family law. She graduated at Otago University and worked at a Wellington firm before joining Mackenzie Elvin in 2014. Clare represents clients in court on a regular basis and her areas of expertise include relationship property and its interface with family trusts, estates, care of children and domestic violence matters, spousal maintenance and child support.

Tom Elvin graduated from Otago University and worked for a number of years in central Auckland where he specialised in commercial property, construction and general property law. He also undertook an internship in Cambodia for a short time. Tom is a member of the Property Law Council and Property Law Section and his areas of expertise include business and property acquisitions and disposition, commercial leasing, construction contracts and business start-ups.