Sarah Barclay promoted to Principal at AJ Park

AJ Park has announced the promotion of Sarah Barclay to principal. Sarah specialises in patent, design and related intellectual property law for mechanical and manufacturing patents, where she is able to make the most of her degree in mechanical engineering and prior industry experience. Based in AJ Park’s Wellington office, Sarah works with clients throughout…

Anthea Herron joins Juno Legal

Anthea Herron NewLaw firm Juno Legal has welcomed Anthea Herron to the team as Juno’s first Christchurch-based lawyer. Anthea is a senior in-house lawyer with experience across TMT, cyber security, M&A and network infrastructure as well as broad commercial and regulatory issues. She started out in private practice with large firms in Sydney, London and…

Erica Burke joins Haigh Lyon

Haigh Lyon has announced that Erica Burke has joined their family law team lead by Amanda Donovan and Jennie Hawker. Erica has specialised in family law for six years and is a patient advocate with a practical approach to managing all forms of relationship property and trust matters.

Buddle Findlay welcomes two Senior Associates to their Auckland office

Paul Appleyard Paul Appleyard has joined Buddle Findlay’s Auckland office as a Senior Associate in the Banking and Finance team. Paul specialises in banking and finance with a focus on event-driven finance, complex and cross-border financing, syndicated lending and borrowing and portfolio acquisitions. Prior to joining Buddle Findlay, Paul worked at a leading law…

Lawrence Hill reappointed to valuation tribunal

Lawrence Hill has been reappointed to the North Canterbury Land Valuation Tribunal for a third term. Mr Hill was registered as a valuer in 1992 and later admitted as a barrister and solicitor in May 2000. His specialist areas of practise include property-related dispute resolution, lease arbitration, mediation, and general corporate and…

Carmel Walsh on NZ Symphony Board

Carmel Walsh, barrister and member of Bankside Chambers has been appointed to the board of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Carmel joined Bankside Chambers in 2015 when she returned to New Zealand after practice in London. As a partner in international litigation firm Barlow Lyde and Gilbert she specialised in large-scale…

Nine Senior Associate promotions at Chapman Tripp

Chapman Tripp has announced the promotion of nine senior solicitors to Senior Associate, effective from 1 June. Nicola de Wit in the Auckland office specialises in resource consent and designation processes under the Resource Management Act 1991. Admitted in August 2012, Nicola advises national infrastructure providers, property developers, Māori organisations, environmental organisations…

Belinda Moffat appointed Real Estate Authority CEO

Belinda Moffat has been appointed Chief Executive of the Real Estate Authority. Ms Moffat was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in May 1994 and has been Chief Executive of the Broadcasting Standards Authority since May 2016. Her last day with the BSA will be 21 August. She joined the BSA…

AJ Park announces new managing director

Dr Andrea Dickens has been appointed managing director of AJ Park, effective from 1 June. Andrea has been with AJ Park for most of the last 21 years and most recently was the firm’s chief operating officer. Over the past year, she was seconded to the integration management office of AJ…

Two tenancy adjudicators appointed

Two tenancy adjudicators have been appointed. Rotorua lawyer Mikail Nicolaas Steens has been appointed for a three-year term from 2 June 2020. Mr Steens was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in December 2013 and is a property law specialist with Rotorua law firm Mark Copeland Lawyers. Jeanette Mary Maher has been…