PEOPLE IN THE L AW Sherman, corporate & commercial; Nicholas Wood, litigation & dispute resolution; Paul Holth, property, real estate & construction; and Jess Rowe, tax. The new Christchurch senior associates are: Nicki Carter, Stephanie Muller and Tania Pearson, corporate & commercial. The firm’s principals also became known as senior associates from 1 June. Glaister Ennor has made three new appointments. Michelle Hill has joined the firm as a senior associate in its property team. Michelle is a commercial property specialist with particular experience in leasing. She also handles subdivisions, acquisitions, unit title matters and property development. Steve Shin joins Glaister Ennor’s litigation team. He has experience in civil and commercial litigation including contractual disputes, tort claims, property disputes, insolvency and debt recovery. Helé Coetzee has joined the firm’s commercial team. Helé deals with residential and commercial conveyancing and financing, and mortgage portfolio management, and acts for private property developer and lending clients.
PEOPLE Queen’s Birthday Honours The following members and former members of the legal profession were awarded honours in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list: Justice Warwick Gendall, of Wellington, was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the state and sport. Justice Gendall was recently appointed head of the Parole Board. Professor Peter Skegg, of Dunedin, was made a Companion of the New
Zealand Order of Merit for services to medical law. Professor Skegg is on the Law Faculty at Otago University. Bill Holland, of Tauranga, was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the community. Mr Holland is a partner of Holland Beckett. Simon Power, of Auckland, was appointed to the Queen’s Service Order for services as a Member of Parliament. Mark von Dadelszen, of Hastings, was awarded the Queen’s Service Medal for services to the community. Mr von Dadelszen is a partner of Bannister & von Dadelszen.
Appointments Mark Treleaven has been appointed the New Zealand Law Society’s National Prosecutions Manager. Mark began his Law Society service 4½ years ago when he joined the Auckland District Law Society. After about a year with ADLS, he then joined the New Zealand Law Society, where he has, until recently, been supervising solicitor of litigation, based in Auckland. In that role, he was responsible for taking prosecutions for Auckland Lawyers Standards Committees. The National Prosecutions Manager is a new role, responsible for managing all Law Society prosecutions in the country. Mark has been a litigator for some 20 years, the first decade as a Crown prosecutor working in the criminal area. He went on to work for the Serious Fraud Office for around two years, following his main interest in fraud litigation. He also worked as a commercial and civil litigator for Morrison Kent in Auckland for about three years. Prosecuting, he says, “is a very interesting career and I enjoy it heaps.” Mark is married to Lisa and they have two children: Josh, who is five, and Grace, who is two. Wilson McKay partner David Clark has been appointed as a mediator for the International Court of Arbitration for Sport. The court is based in Lausanne, Switzerland, with offices in New York and Sydney. There are approximately 50 mediators on the panel internationally and Mr Clark is the only New Zealand appointment.
Law firm news Susan Barker has established CharitiesLaw Ltd, a boutique firm in Wellington specialising in charities law, public tax law (including tax disputes and litigation), advocacy, legal writing, drafting and editing, and commercial law. The firm trades as Sue Barker Charities Law. Elliot Goldman has established Goldman Legal in Queenstown. Elliot will continue to provide legal services to companies and individuals across a range of matters in property, business and immigration law. Elliot has been practising in Queenstown since 2006. Russell McVeagh took home three trophies from the 2012 ALB Australasian Law Awards, presented in Sydney on 24 May. The firm’s corporate team won the New Zealand Deal Team of the Year award. Russell McVeagh partner Pip Greenwood was named the New Zealand Dealmaker of the Year. Bell Gully was named Corporate Citizen Firm of the Year. The award came in the same week that Bell Gully released its third annual pro bono and community report, and recognises the results of Bell Gully’s pro bono programme, which in 2012 saw the firm commit just under $1 million in fee-equivalent time to pro bono legal services. This work included legal assistance connected with the rebuilding of Christchurch and provision of considerable resources to three community law centres. Bell Gully was also named winner of M&A Deal of the Year, for their role in the acquisition of Fosters Group Limited by SABMiller; and New Zealand Deal of the Year, for their role in the Telecom demerger. LT
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