New Zealand’s Most Female-Friendly Law Firms

The LawFuel List of the most ‘female-friendly’ law firms in 2017, measuring the number of female partners, principals and/or directors, was taken as at the end of September 2017. Note that ‘partners’ incorporates also non-salaried partners and the other ‘principal’ positions in law firms). Percentages have been rounded to the nearest number.

The Female Friendly List – Over 20 Partners

1.DLA Piper – 38 per cent
Partners – 21, 8 Female

2.  Lane Neave – 37 per cent
24 partners, 9 female

3=  Russell McVeagh – 30 per cent
33 partners, 10 female

3= MinterEllisonRuddWatts – 30 per cent
43 partners, 13 female

4. Anderson Lloyd – 29 per cent
21 partners, 6 female

5. Anthony Harper – 26 per cent
27 partners, 7 female

6. Duncan Cotterill – 25 per cent
40 partners, 10 female

7. Kensington Swan – 24 per cent
29 partners, 7 female

8. Meredith Connell – 23 per cent
30 partners, 7 female

9.= Buddle Findlay – 22 per cent
46 partners, 10 female

9.= Simpson Grierson – 22 per cent
50 partners, 11 female

10. Chapman Tripp – 21 per cent
53 partners, 11 female

11. Bell Gully – 16 per cent
43 partners, seven female

See the 2017 LawFuel Power List –