LawTalk 860 · 13 March 2015
Chambers & Partners rankings Chambers & Partners’ rankings of top tier lawyers in New Zealand have been announced. This ranks both firms and lawyers in 16 practice areas. Those who achieved “band 1” status or higher were:
Banking and finance Star individual: Dave Wetherell, Mayne Wetherell. Band 1 lawyers: Geoff Busch, Anderson Lloyd; Murray King, Bell Gully; Guy Lethbridge, Russell McVeagh; David McPherson, Bell Gully; Peter Owles, Buddle Findlay; Mark Reese, Chapman Tripp; and Dermot Ross, Dermott Ross & Co. Band 1 firms: Bell Gully, Chapman Tripp, Mayne Wetherell and Russell McVeagh.
Competition/Antitrust Senior statesmen: Grant David, Chapman Tripp and Phil Taylor, Bell Gully. Band 1 lawyers: Neil Anderson, Chapman Tripp; Torrin Crowther, Bell Gully; Sarah Keene, Russell McVeagh and Andrew Matthews, Matthews Law. Band 1 firms: Bell Gully, Chapman Tripp and Russell McVeagh.
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Real Estate
Star individual: Jack Hodder QC, Chapman Tripp. Band 1 lawyers: David Cooper, Bell Gully; Pheroze Jagose, Chapman Tripp; Richard Lange, Simpson Grierson and Adam Ross, Chapman Tripp. Band 1 Silks: James Farmer QC, James A Farmer QC; Alan Galbraith QC, Shortland Chambers and David Goddard QC, Thorndon Chambers. Band 1 firm: Chapman Tripp.
Band 1 lawyers: Jane Holland, Bell Gully; Andrew Petersen, Bell Gully; Bill Sandston, Chapman Tripp; Greg Thompson, Thompson Blackie Biddles and Greg Towers, Simpson Grierson. Band 1 firms: Bell Gully, Chapman Tripp and Russell McVeagh.
Employment Band 1 lawyers: Richard McIlraith, Russell McVeagh; Phillipa Muir, Simpson Grierson and Rob Towner, Bell Gully. Band 1 firms: Bell Gully, Russell McVeagh, Simpson Grierson and Swarbrick Beck Mackinnon.
Energy and Natural Resources Band 1 lawyers: David Coull, Bell Gully; Chris Gordon, Bell Gully; Brigid McArthur, Greenwood Roche Chisnall; Sarah Sinclair, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts and Dave Trueman, Simpson Grierson. Band 1 firms: Bell Gully, Russell McVeagh and Simpson Grierson.
Insurance Band 1 lawyers: Grant Macdonald, DLA Phillips Fox and Adam Ross, Chapman Tripp. Band 1 firms: Chapman Tripp and DLA Phillips Fox.
Corporate/Commercial
Intellectual Property
Senior statesmen: Pat Bowler, Russell McVeagh and Peter Rowe, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts. Eminent practitioner: Peter Hinton, Simpson Grierson. Star individuals: Gavin Macdonald, Bell Gully and John Strowger, Chapman Tripp. Band 1 lawyers: James Gibson, Bell Gully; Brynn Gilbertson, Bell Gully; Pip Greenwood, Russell McVeagh; Andrew Harmos, Harmon Horton Lusk and Cathy Quinn, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts. Band 1 firms: Bell Gully, Chapman Tripp and Russell McVeagh.
Band 1 lawyers: Mark Gavin, Hudson Gavin Martin; John Glengarry, Buddle Findlay; Earl Gray, Simpson Grierson; John Hackett, A J Park and Alan Potter, Potter IP. Band 1 firms: A J Park and Simpson Grierson.
Public Law Band 1 lawyers: Tim Clarke, Russell McVeagh; Tony Dellow, Buddle Findlay; Andy Nicholls, Chapman Tripp and Simon Watt, Bell Gully. Band 1 firms: Bell Gully, Chapman Tripp, Russell McVeagh and Simpson Grierson.
Restructuring/Insolvency Band 1 lawyers: Michael Arthur, Chapman Tripp; Steve Flynn, Simpson Grierson; Michael Harper, Chapman Tripp; Dave Perry, Buddle Findlay; Murray Tingey, Bell Gully and Mike Whale, Lowndes Associates. Band 1 firms: Bell Gully, Buddle Findlay and Chapman Tripp.
Shipping Band 1 lawyers: Neil Beadle, DLA Phillips Fox; Matthew Flynn, McElroys; Michael McCarthy, Lowndes Associates and Barbara Versfelt, Lowndes Jordan.
Tax Senior statesman: David Simcock, Bell Gully. Band 1 lawyers: Brendan Brown, Russell McVeagh; Casey Plunket, Chapman Tripp; Willy Sussman, Bell Gully and Fred Ward, Russell McVeagh. Band 1 The Bar, junior: Lindsay McKay, Thorndon Chambers. Band 1 firms: Bell Gully and Russell McVeagh.
Technology, Media, Telecoms Star individual: Bruce McClintock, Chapman Tripp. Band 1 lawyers: Simon Martin, Hudson Gavin Martin; Dean Oppenhuis, Bell Gully; Michael Sage, Simpson Grierson; Malcolm Well, Webb Henderson and Philip Wood, Buddle Findlay. Band 1 firms: Chapman Tripp and Minter Ellison Rudd Watts. The full list of rankings is available at www.chambersandpartners.com/guide/ asia/8/158/1