What we do
We act on New Zealand's biggest and most interesting deals. That means that everyone here is contributing to work that is helping to shape New Zealand's future.
We advise major New Zealand and multinational players across the full spectrum of government, industry and commerce. Our clients include the major banks, Beca, Chorus, the Earthquake Commission (EQC), Fletcher Building, Microsoft, Mercury (formerly Mighty River Power), New Zealand Post, the NZ Transport Agency, Powerco, Spark, Transpower, Treasury and Vector; as well as airports, government departments, iwi and major players in the construction sector.
And whilst we don’t measure our success by winning awards or our rankings, they do reinforce the value of the results we achieve for our clients and the pride everyone in the firm takes in their work:
- 10 practice area Tier One rankings – Chambers Asia Pacific 2016
- National Law Firm of the Year for New Zealand – 2016 & 2015 IFLR Asia Awards
- National Law firm of the Year for New Zealand – 2016 Asialaw Asia-Pacific Dispute Resolution Awards
- New Zealand Deal Team of the Year (Corporate) – 2016 & 2015 Australasian Law Awards
- New Zealand Deal Maker of the Year (John Strowger) – 2015 Australasian Law Awards
- New Zealand Law Firm of the Year – 2015 & 2014 Chambers Asia Pacific Awards for Excellence
- Managing Partner of the Year – 2015 New Zealand Law Awards
- New Zealand Employer of Choice – 2015 & 2014 Australasian Lawyer survey