Simpson Grierson has appointed Chris Browne as Special Counsel in its Wellington commercial team.

Chris Browne. 

He joins the firm from Transpower New Zealand Ltd where he was part of the in-house legal team for 14 years, most recently in the role of Deputy General Counsel. Before that he held commercial law roles in the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

After graduating BA/LLB from Victoria University Chris was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in May 1996. He has expertise in the New Zealand electricity regulatory regime and end-to-end process management for major infrastructure projects.