Power Law Firms – New Zealand

The New Zealand Power Law firms – the firms that make the difference in how law is practiced.

Anna Adams Named Solicitor-General: The Lawyer Who’s Seen It All Gets the Top Job

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From Yale to the Auckland High Court, from Crown prosecutor to PHARMAC board member, Anna Adams has spent nearly three decades quietly becoming one of New Zealand’s most formidable public lawyers. Now she’s got the biggest brief of her career.Attorney-General Judith Collins has announced the appointment of Auckland barrister Anna Adams as Solicitor-General and Chief […]

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Tauranga Law Firms Drop the Lone Wolf Act and Go All-In

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In Tauranga three legal heavy hitters have decided the talent shortage is painful enough to warrant an actual ceasefire.>> Looking for a Top Law Job? – Check LawFuel’s Law Jobs NetworkCooney Lees Morgan, Sharp Tudhope and Holland Beckett have linked arms for the “Redefining Legal” campaign, cooked up with Priority One’s Work Life Tauranga platform.

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Law Firm Resists Body Corporate Attempt To Appeal Negligence Claim

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Body Corporate 207624 v Grimshaw & Co [2026] NZSC 5 17 February 2026>> New Zealand’s Latest Law Jobs on LawFuel JobsThe Supreme Court has dismissed the Body Corporate 207624’s application for leave to appeal against Grimshaw & Co in a long-running professional negligence claim arising from the leaky building proceedings for the Spencer on Byron

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NZ Law News – Buddle Findlay promotes four to senior associate 

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Buddle Findlay is delighted to announce that as of 1 January 2026, Andrijana Milosavljevic, Seamus Barnett, Chelsea Easter and Emma Roper have been promoted to senior associate.  Our new appointments continue to build depth and expertise across the firm.  Buddle Findlay congratulates Andrijana, Seamus, Chelsea and Emma on their appointments. Andrijana Milosavljevic becomes a senior associate

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LawFuel Power List 2025: New Zealand’s Most Influential Lawyers

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NZ Law’s Power Lawyer List 2025By John Bowie, LawFuel Publisher | The 2025 LawFuel Power List delivers its usual cocktail of institutional heavyweights, courtroom titans, regulatory shock troops, and a few strategists whose influence is quiet but devastatingly real. It’s opinionated, occasionally provocative, and guaranteed to irritate at least some of the people who matter.

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Brian Dickey KC

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LawFuel Power List 2005 No. 23 Auckland Crown Solicitor (2015-2023), Dickey was the first Māori to hold that position Dickey led NZ’s highest-profile prosecutions including Grace Millane’s murder trial and involvement in the Polkinghorne case. His 30 years of criminal and commercial litigation, SFO panel membership since 2010, and white-collar crime expertise following the GFC

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Tiani Epani KC

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LawFuel Power List 2005 No. 27 Epati’s September 2025 KC appointment made her New Zealand’s first Pacific silk—a milestone that transcends individual achievement. As NZ Law Society President (2019-2022), the first Pacific Islander and youngest person elected to the role, she championed diversity, mental health, work-life balance, and bullying/harassment reforms. She was LawFuel’s lawyer of

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Deborah Chambers KC

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LawFuel Power List 2025 No. 34 The “divorce trust diva” has consistently held top rankings in both global and Asia-Pacific Chambers guides, handling high-profile divorce cases with multi-jurisdictional complications and appearing in the LawFuel list since 2019. Her practice involves complex relationship property matters, particularly where trusts obscure asset ownership. Recent personal challenges, including the

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Christine Meechan KC

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LawFuel Power List 2025 No. 25 Pre-eminent in construction and infrastructure law Christine Meechan KC had a background in insurance litigation in London before becoming a partner at Bell Gully and building a substantial civil litigation practice.Her expertise spans complex construction disputes, insurance, indemnity, engineering contracts, and infrastructure projects – sectors that are frequently capital-intensive

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Mai Chen

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LawFuel Power List 2025 No. 41 Perennial power lister Chen continues exerting influence as chair of the Superdiversity Institute and president of NZ Asian Lawyers, recently establishing the Mai Chen Legal Innovation Award at Otago University to encourage innovative thinking. Having established her eponymous firm before ‘sacking herself’ and becoming a barrister, she serves as

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