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Highly recommended |
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Buddle Findlay |
Chapman Tripp |
Russell McVeagh |
Recommended |
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Anderson Lloyd |
Anthony Harper |
Bell Gully |
Mayne Wetherell |
MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Simpson Grierson |
Other notable |
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Vince & Rice |
Recommended |
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Buddle Findlay |
Harmos Horton Lusk |
MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Russell McVeagh |
Simpson Grierson |
Webb Henderson |
Outstanding |
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MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Simpson Grierson |
Highly recommended |
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Bell Gully |
Buddle Findlay |
Chapman Tripp |
Russell McVeagh |
Webb Henderson |
Recommended |
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ChanceryGreen |
Dentons Kensington Swan |
Greenwood Roche |
Other notable |
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Anderson Lloyd |
Outstanding |
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Bell Gully |
MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Highly recommended |
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Anderson Lloyd |
Buddle Findlay |
Chapman Tripp |
Dentons Kensington Swan |
Simpson Grierson |
Recommended |
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ChanceryGreen |
Greenwood Roche |
Russell McVeagh |
Outstanding |
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Bell Gully |
Chapman Tripp |
Gilbert Walker |
Highly recommended |
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Fee Langstone |
Hesketh Henry |
McElroys |
Wilson Harle |
Recommended |
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MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Russell McVeagh |
Recommended |
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Buddle Findlay |
Chapman Tripp |
MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Russell McVeagh |
Webb Henderson |
Recommended |
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Bell Gully |
Buddle Findlay |
Chapman Tripp |
Hesketh Henry |
MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Russell McVeagh |
Thompson Blackie Biddles |
Other notable |
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Anderson Lloyd |
Tompkins Wake |
Vince & Rice |
Outstanding |
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Buddle Findlay |
Chapman Tripp |
MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Simpson Grierson |
Highly recommended |
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Bell Gully |
Hudson Gavin Martin |
Russell McVeagh |
Webb Henderson |
Recommended |
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AJ Park |
Anthony Harper |
Dentons Kensington Swan |
Wilson Harle |
All firms below are in alphabetical order |
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Outstanding |
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Bell Gully |
Buddle Findlay |
Chapman Tripp |
Mayne Wetherell |
Russell McVeagh |
Highly recommended |
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MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Simpson Grierson |
Recommended |
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Anderson Lloyd |
Anthony Harper |
Other notable |
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Dentons Kensington Swan |
Vince & Rice |
Webb Henderson |
Outstanding |
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Bell Gully |
Chapman Tripp |
Russell McVeagh |
Highly recommended |
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Buddle Findlay |
Mayne Wetherell |
MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Simpson Grierson |
Recommended |
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Dentons Kensington Swan |
Harmos Horton Lusk |
Outstanding |
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Buddle Findlay |
Chapman Tripp |
Highly recommended |
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Bell Gully |
Russell McVeagh |
Simpson Grierson |
Recommended |
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MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Wilson Harle |
Outstanding |
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Chapman Tripp |
Greenwood Roche |
MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Simpson Grierson |
Highly recommended |
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Bell Gully |
Buddle Findlay |
Dentons Kensington Swan |
Russell McVeagh |
Recommended |
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Anderson Lloyd |
Anthony Harper |
Hesketh Henry |
Other notable |
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Thompson Blackie Biddles |
Tompkins Wake |
Outstanding |
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Bell Gully |
Buddle Findlay |
Chapman Tripp |
MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Russell McVeagh |
Simpson Grierson |
Highly recommended |
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Harmos Horton Lusk |
Mayne Wetherell |
Webb Henderson |
Recommended |
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Anderson Lloyd |
Anthony Harper |
Dentons Kensington Swan |
Hesketh Henry |
Wynn Williams |
Other notable |
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Tompkins Wake |
Outstanding |
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Bell Gully |
Chapman Tripp |
Highly recommended |
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Buddle Findlay |
LeeSalmonLong |
MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Russell McVeagh |
Simpson Grierson |
Wilson Harle |
Recommended |
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Anthony Harper |
Gilbert Walker |
Hesketh Henry |
Other notable |
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Dentons Kensington Swan |
K3 Legal |
Norling Law |
Tompkins Wake |
Wynn Williams |
Outstanding |
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AJ Park |
Baldwins Intellectual Property |
Highly recommended |
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Buddle Findlay |
Chapman Tripp |
Simpson Grierson |
Recommended |
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Bell Gully |
Dentons Kensington Swan |
MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Other notable |
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Anthony Harper |
Outstanding |
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Chapman Tripp |
Recommended |
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Dentons Kensington Swan |
MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Russell McVeagh |
Simpson Grierson |
Outstanding |
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Simpson Grierson |
Highly recommended |
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Bell Gully |
Buddle Findlay |
Dentons Kensington Swan |
LangtonHudsonButcher |
MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
SBM Legal |
Recommended |
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Anthony Harper |
BuckettLaw |
Chapman Tripp |
Hesketh Henry |
Russell McVeagh |
Highly recommended |
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Chapman Tripp |
Simpson Grierson |
Recommended |
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Bell Gully |
Buddle Findlay |
Harmos Horton Lusk |
Mayne Wetherell |
MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Other notable |
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Anderson Lloyd |
Recommended |
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Buddle Findlay |
Chapman Tripp |
Dentons Kensington Swan |
Gilbert Walker |
MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Russell McVeagh |
Outstanding |
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Bell Gully |
Buddle Findlay |
Chapman Tripp |
Simpson Grierson |
Highly recommended |
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MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Russell McVeagh |
Recommended |
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Anderson Lloyd |
Anthony Harper |
Dentons Kensington Swan |
K3 Legal |
TWA Legal |
Other notable |
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Norling Law |
Vince & Rice |
Webb Henderson |
Outstanding |
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Bell Gully |
Buddle Findlay |
Russell McVeagh |
Highly recommended |
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Chapman Tripp |
Simpson Grierson |
Recommended |
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MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
With offices in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown, Anderson Lloyd provides legal services in banking and finance, projects and infrastructure, and litigation. Partner Geoff Busch has particular expertise in corporate and M&A, projects, structured and property finance and debt capital markets transactions. Partners Alan Paterson and David Holden left the firm during the research period.
Acted for New Forests Asset Management on the financing of its acquisition of HFF, one of the largest forestry estates in Gisborne, New Zealand.
ANZ Bank New Zealand, Foodstuffs South Island, Tilt Renewables
Advising Tilt Renewables as lead project counsel on its development of Waipipi Wind Farm (WWF), Tilt’s first New Zealand project since it demerged from Trustpower in 2016. WWF is a 133MW renewable energy project located in South Taranaki, which will be owned and operated by Tilt Renewables.
Christchurch City Council, Precinct Properties, Ravenswood Retail, Waimea Water
Acted for Silverfin Capital on the purchase of Caniwi Inghams Enterprises Waikato Properties. This was one of the largest agricultural transactions in 2019.
NZ Retail Property
“Very pragmatic in its approach and able to work through complex issues across multiple transactions in parallel.” – Corporate and M&A
“Cool and calm demeanour, and able to think through complex issues. Always reliable and timely in his work—and good fun to work with also.”
Based in New Zealand with offices in Auckland and Wellington, IP specialist firm Baldwins Intellectual Property provides services in all kinds of IP rights, commercialisation, dispute resolution, enforcement and IP strategy. Partner Wes Jones specialises in the development and commercialisation of patent and registered design portfolios.
Top-tier firm Buddle Findlay moved up to ‘Outstanding’ in the banking and finance table this year. Head of the firm’s corporate and commercial practice, Simon Vodanovich, mainly advises on takeovers, M&A and capital raisings. Partner Peter Owles specialises in infrastructure and project development. He also provides corporate and commercial advice to companies with a particular focus on the energy and infrastructure sectors. Partner Laura O'Gorman retired from partnership in March 2019.
Acted for ANZ Bank New Zealand on the $350 million project financing of SX Next submarine fibre optic cable constructed by the Southern Cross Cables Group. The SX Next cable is a 72 terabits per second fibre optic cable that joins Australia, New Zealand and the US. This is the biggest project financing in New Zealand in 2019 by total transaction size.
ASB Bank, Bank of China, China Construction Bank
Advising global payments service provider Verifone on the competition law aspects of its proposed acquisition of the New Zealand business of Smartpay. Verifone and SmartPay are two of the largest providers of payment terminals in New Zealand.
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), Payments NZ, Toyota New Zealand
Acted for Auckland Transport and Auckland Council on the construction of City Rail Link (CRL) project. This is New Zealand's largest infrastructure project by value and the first underground railway project in New Zealand.
Landcorp Farming, Massey University, Northland District Health Board
Acted for a consortium comprising Infratil and Brookfield Asset Management on its acquisition of Vodafone New Zealand. This was the largest M&A deal in New Zealand in 15 years.
DKSH Australia, Kinetic, Sky Television
Acting for Southern Response Earthquake Services in defending a large class action initiated by former customers over a settlement of their earthquake insurance claim.
New Zealand Industrial Park, New Zealand Steel, Zespri Group
Acting for Manuka Honey Appellation Society on the IP protection of the term ‘Manuka Honey’.
Advised a number of clients on the workplace implications of Covid-19, particularly in light of New Zealand's recent declaration of a national state of emergency and the move to alert level 4, which prompted border closures, a nationwide lockdown and the closure of all non-essential businesses.
Advised Mobi2Go on all aspects of its series A funding round. This transaction involved venture capital fund, Movac, investing in Mobi2Go to provide capital to fund its growth.
IMAGR Holdings, Rangatira
Advising Electricity Authority on regulatory matters in relation to its proposal to introduce a default distributor agreement.
Energy Fiji, Ministry for Primary Industries, Tertiary Education Commission
Advised EastPack, New Zealand’s largest kiwifruit post-harvest operator, on its capital restructuring.
Bank of New Zealand, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, PricewaterhouseCoopers
“Friendly and responsive.” – Banking and finance
“Buddle Findlay's banking and finance practice is fantastic to work with. It is technically on point and extremely commercial so is able to suggest solutions that work for both lenders and clients. The firm is extremely responsive and great fun to deal with.” – Banking and finance
“Accurate and timely responses, and cost effective commercial advice.” – Banking and finance
“Very talented, collaborative and well-coordinated team of finance partners. Takes a very commercial, pragmatic approach to getting deals done.” – Banking and finance
“Client-focused. Enjoyable to interact with and clearly explains the roadmap ahead on any work it is planning. Results-oriented.” – Corporate and M&A
“Good at checking scope. Great understanding of our business—past and present.” – Corporate and M&A
“Diversity of skills across all facets of business, and proactive communication.” – Corporate and M&A
“Speed, responsiveness and attention to detail. Also multi-disciplinary.”– Corporate and M&A
“The firm did a great job in managing a large and complex acquisition.” – Corporate and M&A
“The law firm was very thorough in providing all-round advice. For a client that is not based in New Zealand, the firm ensured that it provided integrated advice. It was extremely responsive to requests.” – Corporate and M&A
“Efficient and excellent communicators. Well-priced. Thorough and detail-oriented.” – Corporate and M&A
“Responsive and good at following up outstanding items.” – Dispute resolution
“Partners and staff solicitors I deal with are very competent and do the job well, with good client rapport.” – Dispute resolution
“Good communication, quick responses, quick access to senior people.” – Intellectual property
“Authoritative leading edge up-to-the-minute knowledge of best practice. Timely professional advice. Value for money. Always conscious of cost to business.” – Labour and employment
“Understanding of core strategic goals of the company and ability to merge US and New Zealand requirements while highlighting balance of cross and no-cross lines.” – Private equity
“Great culture and friendly. Fast service. Responsive.” – Real estate
“The firm is extremely responsive, including to urgent requests. Even with short turnarounds, its advice is always exceptionally clear and pragmatic. The firm also understands our business extremely well, and the complex interplay between our various functions.” – Regulatory
“Highly-skilled. Advanced specialist knowledge. Very responsive.” – Restructuring and insolvency
“Knowledgeable and practical advice. Always available.” – Tax
“Highly responsive in this dynamic environment. Extremely knowledgeable in New Zealand banking and finance. Ability to advise and respond to multi-bank complex transactions.”
“Andrews is a fantastic lawyer. She has superior technical knowledge but that is not all—as she has had more than one stint on the 'client' side—she knows what makes banks tick and tailors her advice accordingly. She has an enviable depth of experience and market knowledge which enables her to provide solution oriented advice that works for us and our clients.”
“Quick to respond. Comes up with solutions.”
“Very frank, accessible, good at tactics.”
“Was across the detail very well. Extremely diligent and never missed a deadline.”
“Strong communication and balanced advice of legal risk and commercial focus. Bragg has a strong understanding of companies’ risk profile and balances this with the ability to move at speed. He provides a robust pillar for legal counsel.”
“Good communication, advice and responsiveness.”
“Authoritative subject matter expert. Advice is first class and delivers great outcomes in a timely manner. A real gentleman to deal with.”
“Fast replies, good at managing deadlines and multiple moving parts of a litigation. Positive attitude, good communication, and thoughtful approach to competing legal arguments.”
“Very conscientious, attention to detail.”
“Highly responsive, and always provides clear, pragmatic advice. Understands our business and has a very good sense of humour.”
“Commercial. Responsive and clear communicator. Trusted advisor. Great team player.”
“Farrugia is an excellent relationship partner—always focuses on delivering top quality, commercial services in a professional and positive manner.”
“Friendly, strong expertise.”
“Responsive and communicative. Very results-oriented and excellent problem solving skills. Very friendly and personable to deal with.”
“Excellent to deal with. Very competent. Good client relationship.”
“Perry is personable, incredibly thorough, works to tight deadlines and knows our business back to front.”
“Positive and constructive to deal with. Knows our business well. Asks good questions to get to the core of the problem early.”
“Responsive, engaging, good client management, knowledgeable, detailed.”
“Wilkinson is easy to deal with, personable, and has in-depth knowledge of tax.”
“He was responsive and was able to convey and explain complex matters in a simplified manner to someone that is not based in New Zealand. Recommendations are always pragmatic and commercial.”
“Expert in tax, accessible, prompt.”
Based in Auckland, dispute specialist Gilbert Walker has extensive experience as advisors and advocates in complex litigation and regulatory matters. Partner Martin Smith advises a broad range of commercial and civil disputes related to commercial, property, and insurance matters.
Acted for former directors of Feltex in shareholder class actions brought on behalf of more than 3600 shareholder claimants arising from Feltex’s IPO in 2004.
Acted for Forest & Bird in successful appeals against a decision made by the Environmental Protection Authority to grant consent to a mining operation off the Taranaki coast.
ANZ Bank, Jones Lang Lasalle, Spaceworks, Tower Insurance
Corporate law firm Harmos Horton Lusk has a core focus on corporate transactions and strategic advisory engagements. Key partner Andrew Harmos advises on a wide range of corporate transactions, with an emphasis on takeovers, corporate advisory, joint venture arrangements and business acquisitions.
Led by managing partner Erich Bachmann, Hesketh Henry’s corporate and commercial team has particular expertise in assisting overseas entities moving into the Australasian market through either acquiring a business or establishing a new business base in New Zealand. On the construction side, partners Christina Bryant, Nick Gillies and Helen Macfarlane are some of the key contacts.
Acted for Kahawai Point Development, the owner and development company of Kahawai Point, on its land acquisition and development, property sales, and construction contracts.
McConnell Dowell Constructors, Plus Construction, Vero Insurance New Zealand
Representing Vero Insurance New Zealand and AA Insurance in various proceedings before the high court in relation to claims arising out of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Advised Metropolitan Glass & Glazing, one of New Zealand's leading glass suppliers, on a range of employment and compliance matters.
Corrections Association of New Zealand, Restaurant Association of New Zealand, Suncorp NZ Employees
“Knowledge of partners and senior staff is exceptional. Firm is well regarded, appreciative of our business, and often provided unsolicited ideas to help with broader issues. Supportive of industry bodies and associations.” – Construction
“Thorough and objective assessment of the strengths or otherwise of our position. Good knowledge of construction law.” – Construction
“Good to deal with, easy to get hold off. Partner has a pragmatic approach.” – Construction
“Thorough and professional service, knowledgeable in construction law, construction contracts and industry practice.” – Dispute resolution
“Agile, responsive and practical.” – Dispute resolution
“A proactive approach with cost efficiency aligned litigation management in mind.” – Insurance
“It has a good balance of technical legal and communication skills.” – Insurance
“Lots of things! The firm provides regular updates of the file and it is proactive with its approach. Accommodating with all aspects of enquiries and requests. The firm is also very personable and approachable.” – Insurance
“Responsive, pragmatic and understands our business well. The advice provided is well balanced and culturally aligned. All the lawyers who support us have developed excellent relationships with the relevant members of my team.” – Labour and employment
“Exceptionally open and communicative. Very fast with practical responses. I have built a fantastic relationship with the firm and find it really helpful.” – Labour and employment
“The firm responds to our issues promptly and in a manner that we find easy to understand, it has a number of lawyers that we use that are all very knowledgeable in their respective areas.” – Labour and employment
“Very broad knowledge base, coupled with its accessibility, diligence, attention to detail and promptness.” – Regulatory
“Knowledgeable, approachable, diligent, prompt and friendly.”
“Corban is calm but focused, brings a wealth of experience to each file, and is fully engaged on every file.”
“Great communication and thorough.”
“Very good at communication and excellent industry knowledge.”
“Knows the industry well. Always thinking of the most sensible, practical approach. Easy to deal with.”
“Very knowledgeable in construction contracts and dispute resolution processes. Works closely with clients and has team support.”
“Strategic thinking.”
“Great advice, very down to earth, well aligned to our approach and culture. Wonderful sense of humour.”
“Sam is responsive and practical; he takes the time to listen and responds accordingly. I never have an issue getting hold of the team; he has a great sense of humour and an excellent knowledge of employment and health and safety legislation.”
“Excellent communicator, strategic thinking and solution-focused.”
“Committed. Works hours to achieve deadlines where necessary. Excellent legal knowledge.”
“Roberts is a partner in the firm and is the lead for our business. We have been dealing with Jim for over 10 years. Through this time, he has built up a substantial knowledge base of our industry and employer. He understands the challenges we have in taking on New Zealand's largest government department.”
K3 Legal offers a broad range of litigation services within a boutique practice. Director James Nolen specialises in dispute resolution, restructuring and insolvency. He frequently acts for receivers, liquidators and commercial creditors on both contentious and non-contentious insolvency and enforcement issues. Director Brent O’Callahan left the firm in April 2019.
Acting for one of two partners in a long running partnership dispute dating back to 1991 between two international businessmen concerning a fortune amassed from international steel trading and investment.
Acting for a group of shareholders involved in a shareholder dispute with other shareholders regarding the ownership structures of a large hotel chain.
New Zealand New Oak Property, Thai Herrick, Vasundhara Enterprises
Acting for the replacement administrator for a company placed into voluntary administration.
Advising a client as a secured lender to Arrow International, a large construction company that was placed in voluntary liquidation.
Vasundhara Enterprises
“The partners are practical and commercial.” – Dispute resolution
“Nolen is pragmatic and commercial in the advice he gives.”
LangtonHudsonButcher is an employment law and industrial relations specialist law firm. The firm practices across all three of the main employment practice areas, including contentious, non-contentious and corporate transactional work. Managing partner Stephen Langton advises clients on a wide range of employment law and industrial relations issues.
Representing Restaurant Brands in legal proceedings concerning employee statutory minimum entitlements brought by the labour inspector from the Employment Relations Authority. This case was earmarked in 2019 as a case of interest by the employment court.
Representing GEA Process Engineering in long running proceedings at the Employment Relations Authority against a former employee for breaching his employment duties.
Freightways, Godfrey Hirst NZ, Plan B, Vector
“Responsive, understands our business risk appetite and provides pragmatic advice within that context.” – Labour and employment
“Responsive. Friendly. Creative. Provides advice beyond expectations.” – Labour and employment
“Responsive with pragmatic advice.” – Labour and employment
“Pragmatic, cost-effective advice combined with very strategic thinking and a substantial depth of knowledge in its field.” – Labour and employment
“All lawyers are very capable, competent and provide pragmatic advice.” – Labour and employment
“Focused on employment law only. Large, dedicated and highly-responsive team.” – Labour and employment
“Butcher is a great listener. She ensures that she has a clear understanding of the situation she is advising on. She understands our risk profile and incorporates that clearly into her advice. She knows how to coach my different leaders to get a great result, recognising their different skills and experience levels. Emma is amazing.”
“Responsive and available.”
“Energy, style, depth of knowledge, strategic style, litigation ability.”
“Langton is very intelligent and knows employment law well. He is pragmatic and offers solutions to tricky situations. I never have to second-guess his judgement or decisions. He is prompt, and efficient in his time, and is always available. You do not get sent off to juniors.”
“Personable, intelligent and efficient. Leads the firm well.”
“Pragmatic and knowledgeable with a great sense of humour.”
Established in 2015 by insolvency specialist and litigator Brent Norling, boutique law firm Norling Law focuses on insolvency and restructuring, and litigation and dispute resolution. The firm is particularly strong at shareholder and construction disputes.
Advised 90 Nine on liquidation laws in New Zealand.
With a team of 330 people, including 43 partners and other legal staff in offices across Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, Simpson Grierson is highly ranked across different sectors and practice areas. Stuart Evans is head of the firm’s banking and finance department and regularly acts for banks and non-bank funders across the full spectrum of real estate financing, including construction, development, and investment financing.
Tompkins Wake provides the full range of property law services throughout New Zealand. Mark Renner is head of the firm’s corporate and commercial team and is experienced in M&A, joint ventures, projects and commercial contracts and equity financing, including public securities offerings. Mark Lowndes and Kerri Dewe from Lowndes joined the firm as partners in September 2020.
Advised BLIF on its sale of Edenz Colleges tertiary education business to Australian group, Australian Technical and Management Colleges. The firm was involved in all aspects of the negotiations and drafting of the transaction documentation.
Danaher Corporation, Zambion Corporation, Zip Co
Represented two directors of an independent dairy industry processor in defending a substantial high court claim initiated by former potential investors over breach of a joint venture agreement.
Hamilton City Council
Founded in 2018, Vince & Rice specialises in banking and finance and restructuring law. The firm advises clients across New Zealand and overseas on financing and restructuring transactions. One of the founders of the firm, John-Paul Rice, has 20 years of experience in banking, restructuring and financial services law.
Advised Centuria on the New Zealand financing aspects of its takeover of Augusta Capital, including undertaking a detailed due diligence of the target group’s financing arrangements.
Ariadne Australia, China Construction Bank (New Zealand), Manuka Health New Zealand, Orams Group
Advised Freshmax Global on substantial restructuring to traditional bank covenant structures.
Green & McCahill Holdings, Icon Property Group
“Among its key strengths is having an in-depth local and global knowledge of banking and finance law. Very good commercial and M&A legal knowledge and aptitude. Client care is excellent, as well as being transparent and upfront on fees throughout the engagement. Better value for money than the larger New Zealand firms.” – Banking and finance
“Jean-Paul Rice’s performance and contribution has been excellent and invaluable. A highly commercial finance lawyer.”
TMT specialist Webb Henderson advises telecoms operators and media companies on complex and cutting-edge corporate, commercial and regulatory projects. Apart from that, the firm also advises clients on investment projects and energy and infrastructure transactions. The firm’s M&A team comprises four partners: Garth Sinclair, Graeme Quigley, Michael Gartshore and Henry Willis. Nicole Xanthopol joined firm in July 2019. Her practice covers structured financing transactions, acquisition financing, debt capital markets, and retirement village development work.
Acted for ANZ Bank New Zealand on the stage three financing of Northbridge Lifecare Trust.
9 Spokes
Acted for SilverTree Equity and Pioneer Capital on the acquisition of shares in Agility CIS, a leading provider of utility customer information and billing systems software headquartered in New Zealand.
AMA Group, BSI Group Assurance, New Zealand Frost Fans
Advised GR Media Holdings on the capital restructuring of MediaWorks.
Pacific Dawn, Pepkor, Stevenson Group
Advised Spark New Zealand Trading on the sale of its entertainment streaming business ‘Lightbox’ to Sky Network Television.
Avaroa Cable, Chorus, NBN Co
“Good communication with clients, knowing what is going on in the client's business sector, and having senior members of staff working on your files.” – Corporate and M&A
“Willis is very responsive and provides solid legal advice.”
Founded in 2002, litigation specialist Wilson Harle focuses on commercial, public law disputes, and regulatory matters. The firm is also known for handling trust disputes, defamation, media litigation and commercial services regulations. Partner Chris Browne’s practice covers commercial litigation and public law practice. Litigation partner Ian Denton regularly advises on a wide range of commercial issues including competition and regulatory matters.
Acting for Wilson Parking in the commerce commission’s proceedings regarding a non-notified acquisition of a carpark building lease in Wellington.
Acting for New Zealand Retail Property Group in a commercial dispute against Auckland Council and Auckland Transport over the design and construction of a new town centre in West Auckland.
Auckland District Health Board, Keyland Investments, Napier City Council
“The firm has good technical knowledge of competition law. It is personable, easy to work with and has good client skills.” – Competition/antitrust
“The firm offered comprehensive assistance and advice, including management of extensive discovery obligations.” – Dispute resolution
“An outstanding dispute resolution lawyer with extensive experience and skills.”
“Denton is an excellent lawyer. He has great technical skills, and is excellent at communicating with clients.”
Lawyer | Ranking | Practice Area | Firm |
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Abel, Scott | Distinguished practitioner | Restructuring and insolvency | Buddle Findlay |
Anandanayagam, Anchali | Rising star | Technology and telecommunications | Hudson Gavin Martin |
Anderson, Neil | Distinguished practitioner | Competition/antitrust | Neil and Co |
Andrews, Miriam | Notable practitioner | Banking and finance | Buddle Findlay |
Appleyard, Jo | Distinguished practitioner | Dispute resolution | Chapman Tripp |
Arthur, Michael | Distinguished practitioner | Restructuring and insolvency | Chapman Tripp |
Arthur-Young, Allison | Distinguished practitioner | Environment | Russell McVeagh |
Barber, Cathryn | Distinguished practitioner | Banking and finance | Chapman Tripp |
Bargery, Chris | Notable practitioner | Corporate and M&A | Anderson Lloyd |
Barker, Scott | Distinguished practitioner | Restructuring and insolvency | Buddle Findlay |
Beatson, Andrew | Distinguished practitioner | Environment | Bell Gully |
Blackie, James | Distinguished practitioner | Real estate | Thompson Blackie Biddles |
Blijlevens, Anton | Distinguished practitioner | Intellectual property | AJ Park |
Bolland, Hamish | Rising star | Construction | Chapman Tripp |
Broadley, Damian | Distinguished practitioner | Intellectual property | AJ Park |
Brown, Brendan | Distinguished practitioner | Tax | Russell McVeagh |
Browne, Chris | Distinguished practitioner | Dispute resolution | Wilson Harle |
Busch, Geoff | Distinguished practitioner | Banking and finance | Anderson Lloyd |
Caird, James | Distinguished practitioner | Restructuring and insolvency | Simpson Grierson |
Callinan, Anne | Distinguished practitioner | Competition/antitrust | Simpson Grierson |
Chemis, Peter | Elite practitioner | Labour and employment | Buddle Findlay |
Clarke, Tim | Distinguished practitioner | Labour and employment | Bell Gully |
Clayton, Brian | Distinguished practitioner | Construction | Chapman Tripp |
Cook, Sherridan | Distinguished practitioner | Labour and employment | Buddle Findlay |
Craig, David | Distinguished practitioner | Banking and finance | Bell Gully |
Crook, Ed | Distinguished practitioner | Real estate | Russell McVeagh |
Cumberland, Barney | Distinguished practitioner | Tax | Simpson Grierson |
Denton, Ian | Distinguished practitioner | Competition/antitrust | Wilson Harle |
Devine, Rachel | Distinguished practitioner | Environment | MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Dunn, Grant | Distinguished practitioner | Corporate and M&A | Buddle Findlay |
Dunne, Rachel | Distinguished practitioner | Capital markets, Corporate and M&A | Chapman Tripp |
England, Pip | Distinguished practitioner | Corporate and M&A | Chapman Tripp |
Fail, Tom | Distinguished practitioner | Banking and finance | MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Farrugia, Paul | Distinguished practitioner | Banking and finance | Buddle Findlay |
Ferguson, Allison | Distinguished practitioner | Dispute resolution | Wilson Harle |
Finch, Ian | Notable practitioner | Intellectual property | James & Wells |
Foley, Paul | Senior statesman | Corporate and M&A | MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Gartshore, Michael | Notable practitioner | Corporate and M&A | Webb Henderson |
Gavin, Mark | Distinguished practitioner | Intellectual property | Anthony Harper |
Gibson, James | Distinguished practitioner | Capital markets, Corporate and M&A | Bell Gully |
Gilbertson, Brynn | Distinguished practitioner | Capital markets, Corporate and M&A | Bell Gully |
Glengarry, John | Distinguished practitioner | Intellectual property | Buddle Findlay |
Goldsmith, Grant | Distinguished practitioner | Banking and finance | Anthony Harper |
Gollin, Sean | Distinguished practitioner | Restructuring and insolvency | MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Harkness, Andrew | Distinguished practitioner | Banking and finance | Simpson Grierson |
Harmos, Andrew | Distinguished practitioner | Corporate and M&A | Harmos Horton Lusk |
Harper, Michael | Elite practitioner | Restructuring and insolvency | Chapman Tripp |
Hercus, Alastair | Notable practitioner | Regulatory | Buddle Findlay |
Hoare, David | Distinguished practitioner | Corporate and M&A | Russell McVeagh |
Horton, Greg | Distinguished practitioner | Corporate and M&A | Harmos Horton Lusk |
Houliston, Sam | Rising star | Labour and employment | Hesketh Henry |
Hughes, Dan | Distinguished practitioner | Restructuring and insolvency | Anthony Harper |
Hunt, Peter | Distinguished practitioner | Insurance | McElroys |
Hunt, Tom | Notable practitioner | Banking and finance | Russell McVeagh |
Hutchinson, Stuart | Distinguished practitioner | Tax | Simpson Grierson |
Ironside, Sue | Distinguished practitioner | Intellectual property | Ironside McDonald Intellectual Property |
Jones, Wes | Distinguished practitioner | Intellectual property | Baldwins Intellectual Property |
Kalderimis, Daniel | Distinguished practitioner | Dispute resolution | Chapman Tripp |
Keene, Sarah | Distinguished practitioner | Competition/antitrust | Russell McVeagh |
Kersey, Matthew | Elite practitioner | Restructuring and insolvency | Russell McVeagh |
Kettle, Hugh | Distinguished practitioner | Banking and finance | Bell Gully |
King, Murray | Distinguished practitioner | Banking and finance | Bell Gully |
Knight, John | Distinguished practitioner | Insurance, Shipping | Chapman Tripp |
Ladd, Simon | Notable practitioner | Dispute resolution | Bell Gully |
Lane, Kate | Distinguished practitioner | Banking and finance | MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Lange, Richard | Distinguished practitioner | Dispute resolution | Simpson Grierson |
Langton, Stephen | Distinguished practitioner | Labour and employment | LangtonHudsonButcher |
Lethbridge, Guy | Distinguished practitioner | Banking and finance | Russell McVeagh |
Limmer, Alanya | Environment | Buddle Findlay | |
Lowndes, Mark | Notable practitioner | Corporate and M&A | Tompkins Wake |
Maelzer, Alison | Rising star | Labour and employment | Hesketh Henry |
Martin, Simon | Distinguished practitioner | Technology and telecommunications | Hudson Gavin Martin |
McArthur, Brigid | Distinguished practitioner | Energy | Greenwood Roche |
McCarthy, Michael | Distinguished practitioner | Dispute resolution | Izard Weston |
McEwan, Sarah | Rising star | Capital markets, Corporate and M&A | Buddle Findlay |
McKay, Mathew | Distinguished practitioner | Tax | Bell Gully |
McLeod, Kim | Distinguished practitioner | Intellectual property | AJ Park |
Mclndoe, Nicky | Distinguished practitioner | Environment | Dentons Kensington Swan |
McPherson, David | Elite practitioner | Banking and finance | Bell Gully |
Mitchelson, Tim | Notable practitioner | Corporate and M&A | Harmos Horton Lusk |
Monteiro, Felicity | Distinguished practitioner | Dispute resolution | Wilson Harle |
Monteith, Andrew | Distinguished practitioner | Real estate | MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Muir, Phillipa | Distinguished practitioner | Labour and employment | Simpson Grierson |
Nah, Mei | Distinguished practitioner | Banking and finance, Capital markets | Mayne Wetherell |
Nolen, James | Distinguished practitioner | Restructuring and insolvency | K3 Legal |
O'Brien, Chris | Distinguished practitioner | Banking and finance | MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Owles, Peter | Distinguished practitioner | Banking and finance | Buddle Findlay |
Parke, Chris | Distinguished practitioner | Corporate and M&A | Dentons Kensington Swan |
Pennington, Ross | Distinguished practitioner | Banking and finance | Chapman Tripp |
Perry, David | Elite practitioner | Restructuring and insolvency | Buddle Findlay |
Petersen, Andrew | Distinguished practitioner | Real estate | Bell Gully |
Pilkington, Troy | Distinguished practitioner | Competition/antitrust | Russell McVeagh |
Pollard, Michael | Elite practitioner | Corporate and M&A | Simpson Grierson |
Powell, John | Distinguished practitioner | Banking and finance | Russell McVeagh |
Quigley, Graeme | Distinguished practitioner | Corporate and M&A | Webb Henderson |
Quinn, Cathy | Senior statesman | Corporate and M&A, Private equity | MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Reese, Mark | Distinguished practitioner | Banking and finance, Capital markets | Chapman Tripp |
Rice, John-Paul | Distinguished practitioner | Banking and finance | Vince & Rice |
Roberts, Jim | Distinguished practitioner | Labour and employment | Hesketh Henry |
Rowe, Susan | Notable practitioner | Dispute resolution | Buddle Findlay |
Russ, Neil | Distinguished practitioner | Tax | Russ + Associates |
Ryburn, Amy | Distinguished practitioner | Technology and telecommunications | Buddle Findlay |
Sherlock, Alan | Distinguished practitioner | Dispute resolution | Hesketh Henry |
Shillson, David | Distinguished practitioner | Corporate and M&A | Dentons Kensington Swan |
Sinclair, Garth | Distinguished practitioner | Corporate and M&A | Webb Henderson |
Starrenburg, Nathanael | Distinguished practitioner | Corporate and M&A | Harmos Horton Lusk |
Strowger, John | Distinguished practitioner | Corporate and M&A | Chapman Tripp |
Stuart, Mark | Distinguished practitioner | Corporate and M&A | MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
Sumpter, Matt | Distinguished practitioner | Competition/antitrust | Chapman Tripp |
Sussman, Willy | Distinguished practitioner | Tax | Bell Gully |
Tipping, Will | Notable practitioner | Banking and finance, Restructuring and insolvency | Mayne Wetherell |
Towers, Greg | Distinguished practitioner | Real estate | Simpson Grierson |
Tubman, Tim | Distinguished practitioner | Corporate and M&A | Chapman Tripp |
Tunna, Jennifer | Notable practitioner | Restructuring and insolvency | TWA Legal |
Turner, Samantha | Distinguished practitioner | Labour and employment | Simpson Grierson |
Vinnell, Crispin | Distinguished practitioner | Restructuring and insolvency | Anthony Harper |
Vodanovich, Simon | Distinguished practitioner | Corporate and M&A | Buddle Findlay |
Wallis, Roger | Distinguished practitioner | Capital markets, Corporate and M&A | Chapman Tripp |
Ward, Fred | Distinguished practitioner | Tax | Russell McVeagh |
Watts, Richard | Distinguished practitioner | Intellectual property | Simpson Grierson |
Weatherall, Michael | Distinguished practitioner | Construction | Simpson Grierson |
West-Walker, Greg | Distinguished practitioner | Intellectual property | AJ Park |
Wetherell, Dave | Elite practitioner | Banking and finance | Mayne Wetherell |
Whale, Mike | Distinguished practitioner | Restructuring and insolvency | TWA Legal |
Wilkinson, Tony | Distinguished practitioner | Tax | Buddle Findlay |
Williams, Dan | Notable practitioner | Real estate | Anderson Lloyd |
Williams, Tim | Distinguished practitioner | Investment funds | Chapman Tripp |
Wong, Haydn | Distinguished practitioner | Capital markets, Investment funds | Bell Gully |
Wood, Michael | Distinguished practitioner | Real estate | Simpson Grierson |
Wood, Philip | Distinguished practitioner | Technology and telecommunications | Buddle Findlay |
Woodbury, Mike | Distinguished practitioner | Investment funds | Chapman Tripp |
Young, Christopher | Distinguished practitioner | Intellectual property | MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
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