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EMPLOYMENT LAW SPECIALIST FIRM OF THE YEAR
DUNDAS STREET EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS
“It’s amazing to have such recognition after such a short period of time,” said partner Blair Scotland. Operating for just three years, Dundas Street has achieved record results and improved its market position in 2016, growing its client base and acting for some of the largest employers in New Zealand.
CROWE HORWATH LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION SPECIALIST LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
WILSON HARLE
Notching a third consecutive win in this category was “just fantastic”, said associate Rachel Sussock. So what sets the firm apart? “We work in a very collegial, very open-plan and supportive way, which I think for litigators is not the norm and I think it brings out the best in everybody,” Sussock said. AWARD SPONSOR
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SPECIALIST LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION SPECIALIST LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
AJ PARK
THOMPSON BLACKIE BIDDLES
With the firm celebrating its 125-year anniversary “this is really the icing on the cake for us”, said partner Anton Blijlevens of the firm’s repeat win in this category. With 240 employees now in Auckland, Wellington and Sydney, the firm acts for almost half the global Fortune 500 with a client and associate footprint extending to over 200 countries.
“It’s great to win again for the fourth year in a row,” said director James Blackie. The firm was mandated to act on projects worth over $1bn, and worked on about 50% of the major transactions in New Zealand in the property space. “We really appreciate the opportunity to attend the Awards and be recognised for what we do day in, day out,” said Blackie.
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