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Appointments NEW MANAGING PARTNER FOR TOP NZ FIRM Chapman Tripp has appointed Andy Nicholls as a new managing partner in the firm’s Wellington practice for a five-year term. He also joins the firm’s board. A leading regulatory lawyer, Nicholls has been a partner at Chapman Tripp for 11 years. He advises clients in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands on regulatory and competition law issues in the electricity, gas, telecommunications and airport sectors. Nicholls replaces Mark Reese, who was at the helm of the Wellington practice for a decade and has now returned to full-time legal practice as a partner in the firm’s banking and finance team. The firm’s primary managing partner, Andrew Poole, will continue in his Auckland-based role until June 2016. With Nicholls’ appointment, Poole’s title changes to chief executive partner.
PARTNER PROMOTIONS
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LATERAL PARTNER APPOINTMENTS NAME
PRACTICE AREA
LEAVING
GOING TO
Brad Allen
Banking and finance
Clayton Utz
DibbsBarker
Lisa Anaf
Workplace relations
Norton Rose Fulbright
Mills Oakley
Brihony Boan
Property
K&L Gates
Gadens
David Cowling
Insolvency and restructuring
Clayton Utz
King & Wood Mallesons
Mark Dessi
Projects
Jemena
Hall & Wilcox
Stephen Etkind
Investment
Minter Ellison
Henry Davis York
Anna Feros
Commercial
Shepherd and Wedderburn
DibbsBarker
Trina Francis
Family law
Prime Lawyers
Keypoint Law
David Gilham
Banking and finance
Henry Davis York
McCullough Robertson
Kate Hay
Intellectual property
Griffith Hack
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Jeff Krins
Workplace relations
HR Legal
M+K Lawyers
Tim L’Orange
Real estate
DLA Piper
Mills Oakley
Paul McCann
Litigation
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Russells
Peter Murray
Taxation
KPMG Legal
Hall & Wilcox
FIRM
LAWYERS PROMOTED
Allens
Emin Altiparmak, Jo Folan, John Hedge, Jeremy QuanSing, Tim Stewart
Kon Nakousis
Projects and construction
Minter Ellison
Clyde & Co
Jamie Palmer
Corporate
DibbsBarker
Allen & Overy
Clyde & Co
Gareth Horne
John Perry
Building and construction
Hunt & Hunt
M+K Lawyers
Jol Rogers
Corporate
K&L Gates
Gadens
Gilbert + Tobin
Gail Christopher, Adam D’Andreti, Darren Fittler, Chris Williams
Matthew Swinn
Intellectual property
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
King & Wood Mallesons
Eugene Chen, Tom McMahon, James Morvell, Natasha Toholka
Robert Walker
Intellectual property and technology Baker & McKenzie
Hall & Wilcox Holding Redlich
Christine Jones, Breellen Warry
Lander & Rogers
Gregg McConnell, Katie Swain
Maddocks
Alicia Albury, Aaron Klockzo, Alicia Sheridan, Ian Temby, Stella Wild, Michael Winram
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Gadens
MANAGING PARTNER DEPARTS FOR BANKING ROLE Minter Ellison Rudd Watts managing partner Mark Weenink has resigned to take up the role of general manager (regulatory affairs, compliance) and general counsel at Westpac NZ. Weenink first joined the firm in 2007, and despite the GFC, the firm has seen steady growth in partners and clients since then. Matters the firm has worked on under Weenink’s leadership include major roles around the Pike River Tragedy, all of the PPPs in New Zealand to date, working with CERA on the Canterbury rebuild and Z Energy’s recent acquisition of Chevron NZ.