The 2018 LawFuel "Power List" Index - New Zealand's Most Powerful Lawyers

1 David Parker Attorney General 

The lawyer who is the profession’s major influencer . . Read more

2 Dame Patsy Reddy

Governor General 

The corporate lawyer who holds major constitutional power . . Read more

3 Rob Everett

Financial Regulator 

4 Una Jagose

Solicitor General

5 Andrew Kibblewhite Incoming Justice Chief

The corporate lawyer who holds major constitutional power . . Read more

6 Matt Whineray

The Super Chief

The corporate lawyer holding $30 billion  in his grip . . Read more

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7 Brendan Horsley

Crown Law

8= Mark Berry

Commerce Regulator

8= Chris Finlayson QC

Former Attorney General

Chris Finlayson’s ‘classy retreat’ from politics . . Read more

9 Kathryn Beck

Law Society President

10 David Goddard QC

Leading Silk

11 Rebecca Kitteridge

Spy Chief

We have seen the rise of a terrifying new bogey man, the Islamic State . . Read more

12 Alan Galbraith QC

Leading Silk

13 Sir Geoffrey Palmer QC Legal Influencer-in-Chief

14 Jeremy Salmond

Treasury Legal

15 Andrew Bridgman

Exiting Justice Chief

16 Mai Chen

Legal Dynamo

Running her Beltway-style public law firm handling public policy and legislative issues, she has continued to help set the agenda for legal and legislative thinking . . Read more

17 David Williams QC 

Global Arbitrator

18 Martin Smith

IRD Legal

19 Robert Fisher QC

Mediator & Arbitrator

20 Tiana Epati

Incoming Law Society President

The New Face of the Law Society

21 Nick Kynoch

FMA Enforcer

a powerful force within the FMA, Kynock’s view on key FMA investigations provides a major influence upon New Zealanders. . . Read more

22 David Bricklebank

ANZ Legal

23 Miriam Dean QC

Governance Operator

24 Michael Heron QC

Legal leader & Innovator

The Michael Heron Interview

25 Mark Weenink

Westpac legal & Legal Insider

26 Brian Dickey

Auckland prosecutor

27 Nick Wells

Chapman Tripp & Legal Insider

28 Andrew Cordner

Big Milk Lawyer

29 Pip Greenwood

Big Law Leader

30 Phil Newland

Litigation Funder

31 Cathy Quinn

Legal Leader

32 Nicola Sladden

Banking Ombudsman

33 Julie Read

SFO Boss

34 Nigel Hampton QC

Influencial Silk

35 Cheryl Gwynn

‘M’ NZ

36 Peter Hutchinson

Public Defence Service

The Top Legal Aid Earners

37John Allen

Racing Boss

38 Ron Mansfield

Criminal Law Leader

39 Ann Brennan

Government Super Lawyer

40 Peter Watts QC

Commercial law guru

41 Chris Gordon

Bell Gully Chief

42 Mark Henaghan

Academic legal legend

The Henaghan Farewell

43 Anna Rawlings

Commerce Commission Commissioner

44 Stephen Franks

Public Lawyer and  Influencer

45 Stacey Shortall

Role Model

46 Jonathan Woodham

Litigation Funding 

Changing New Zealand's Litigation Landscape

47 Deborah Chambers QC Relationship Law Silk

48  Warren Alcock

Sports Power Lawyer

Plus . .the Other Power Sports Lawyer

49 Jim Farmer QC

Silk of Influence

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50  Andrew Stockley

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