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• Three new associates at Fee Langstone

  3 May 2017

  Auckland firm Fee Langstone has appointed three associates. Fran Darlow. Fran Darlow joined the firm in 2013 after returning from…

• Nicholas Eketone-TeKanawa joins Bell Associates

  2 May 2017

  Nicholas Eketone-TeKanawa has joined Auckland firm Bell Associates in Auckland as an Associate.He graduated from Otago University in 2008 with…

• New DLA Piper partner

  2 May 2017

  Katie Carson has joined DLA Piper’s New Zealand Financial Services team as a partner.A graduate of Oxford University, she has…

• Chris Thomsen new Fletcher Vautier Moore partner

  2 May 2017

  Chris Thomsen has joined the partnership at Nelson and Tasman firm Fletcher Vautier Moore.Admitted in 2004 and practising in Dunedin…

• Garth Gallaway appointed to Creative NZ

  2 May 2017

  Christchurch lawyer Garth Gallaway has been appointed a board member of Creative NZ.Mr Gallaway is a partner in Chapman Tripp.…

• David Carden reappointed chair of Health Professionals Disciplinary Tribunal

  1 May 2017

  Auckland barrister David Carden has been reappointed as Chair of the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, for a three-year term. The…

• Warren Brookbanks awarded English Visiting Professorship

  1 May 2017

  Professor Warren Brookbanks from AUT Law School has been awarded a prestigious Visiting Professorship by the Leverhulme Trust which he…

• Paul Beverley appointed Buddle Findlay Chairman

  27 April 2017

  Buddle Findlay has confirmed Paul Beverley as its National Chairman for 2017.Paul leads the resource management and Māori law team…

• Meredith Connell’s Anna Adams joins board of the CAA

  26 April 2017

  The Transport Minister Simon Bridges has appointed the experienced lawyer Anna Adams to the board of the Civil Aviation Authority…

• Wilson Harle promotes four staff

  20 April 2017

  Specialist Auckland litigation firm Wilson Harle has promoted four staff to senior solicitor positions.Rachael Baillie. Rachael Baillie has a BHSc…

• Hollister-Jones Lellman promotions

  20 April 2017

  Tauranga firm Hollister-Jones Lellman has promoted three of its lawyers.Richard Jenson has become Principal of the firm. Admitted in 2008…

• Graeme Quigley joins Webb Henderson

  13 April 2017

  Graeme Quigley, Ashton Goatley and Alexandra Flaus have joined the Auckland office of Webb Henderson.Graeme Quigley has joined the firm…

• Honorary doctorate for Julie Maxton

  13 April 2017

  Legal academic and Royal Society Executive Director Julie Maxton has been awarded an honorary Doctorate in Law by the University…

• Cooney Lees Morgan appoints new partner

  13 April 2017

  Mary Hill has been appointed a partner at Tauranga law firm Cooney Lees Morgan.After graduating BA, LLB(Hons) at the University…

• Luke Cunningham Clere appoints Principal

  12 April 2017

  Wellington law firm Luke Cunningham Clere has appointed Richard May as a Principal.Richard represents and advises both public and private…