NICHE Recruitment M&A Deal of the Year

Genesis acquisition of Nova LPG business

• Firms: Atkins Holm Majurey; Bell Gully; SBM Legal; Thompson Blackie Biddles; Webb Henderson

NZ Super Investment into Fidelity Life Assurance

• Firms: Chapman Tripp; Harmos Horton Lusk; Russell McVeagh

Opus International Consultants takeover by WSP Global

• Firms: Bell Gully; Chapman Tripp; Simpson Grierson

Sale of Mainland Poultry to Navis Capital

• Firms: Ashurst; Bell Gully; Gilbert + Tobin; MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Shell New Zealand divestment programme

• Firms: Ashurst; Bell Gully; Chapman Tripp; Simpson Grierson

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Capital Markets Deal of the Year

IFC green bond issuance

• Firms: Chapman Tripp

Infratil's Metlifecare block trade

• Firms: Baker McKenzie; Buddle Findlay; Chapman Tripp

Livestock Improvement Corporation capital restructure

• Firms: Simpson Grierson

Oceania Healthcare IPO

• Firms: Allens; Russell McVeagh; Simpson Grierson

Precinct subordinated convertible notes offer

• Firms: Baker McKenzie; Chapman Tripp

Mid-Market Deal of the Year

BBC Technologies sale to TOMRA Foods

• Firms: Bell Gully; MinterEllisonRuddWatts; Tompkins Wake

Fliway Group acquisition by Yang Kee Group

• Firms: Ashurst; Bell Gully; Chapman Tripp; Gadens; Harmos Horton Lusk Limited; Mayne Wetherell
• Advisors: KordaMentha
• Banks: ANZ; First New Zealand Capital; United Orient Capital

Sale of AJ Park

• Firms: Chapman Tripp; Watson Mangioni; Webb Henderson

Scales acquisition of OceanAir

• Firms: Anthony Harper; Cornwall Stodart

Vodafone acquisition of BayCity

• Firms: Buddle Findlay; Crengle Shreves & Ratner
  
  

Consumer, Media and Tech Deal of the Year

Centrality Investments token-generating event

• Firms: Bell Gully; Wong Partnership

New Zealand's first telecommunications network sharing arrangement

• Firm: Bell Gully; MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Sale of Icebreaker to VFC

• Firms: Chapman Tripp; Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP; Simpson Grierson

Sale of Trilogy to CITIC Capital Partners

• Firms: Anderson Lloyd; Chapman Tripp; MinterEllisonRuddWatts

International Deal of the Year

Lattice Energy acquisition by Beach Energy

• Firms: Chapman Tripp; Gilbert + Tobin; Herbert Smith Freehills; Russell McVeagh 

Merger of BJ Ball, KW Doggett and Japan Pulp & Paper

• Firms: Baker McKenzie; Clarendon Lawyers; Harmos Horton Lusk Limited; Herbert Smith Freehills; Russell McVeagh; Quigg Partners; Webb Henderson
• Banks: Moelis Australia

Suntory sale of NZ food assets

• Firms: MinterEllisonRuddWatts; Simpson Grierson 
  
  

Rembrandt New Zealand Deal of the Year

Winners of the market-specific deal awards will become finalists in this category.

The finalists will be revealed at the awards ceremony.

Sponsored by

Anthony Harper Young In-House Lawyer of the Year (35 or under)

• Emily Acland, Vocus Group
• Kelly Baxter, Spark New Zealand
• Rebecca Campbell, Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited
• Megan Potter, Cooper Aitken Limited
• Anton Smith, 2degrees
• Clare Waalkens, Mercury
• Jono Willis, Lion
• Madeleine Wright, Environmental Defence Society

Sponsored by

MinterEllisonRuddWatts In-House Lawyer of the Year

• David Bricklebank, ANZ
• Andrew Cordner, Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited
• Theresa Donnelly, Public Trust
• James Hassall, Auckland Council
• Kathryn Mitchell, Crown Infrastructure
• Rodney Morris, Spark
• Pip White, Paymark Limited
• Sian Wingate, Powerco Limited

Sponsored by

Simpson Grierson Financial Services In-House Team of the Year

• ANZ
• ASB
• BNZ
• Financial Services Complaints Case Management Team
• IAG NZ
• Kiwibank
• Tower Limited
• Vero
• Westpac

Sponsored by

Russell McVeagh In-House Team of the Year

• AIA
• Auckland Council
• Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited
• Mercury
• Metlifecare
• Paymark Limited
• SKYCITY Entertainment Group
• Spark
• Wellington City Council

Sponsored by

Employment Law Specialist Law Firm of the Year

• Dundas Street
• Dyhrberg Drayton Employment Law
• Goldstein Ryder Limited
• Hazel Armstrong Law
• McBride Davenport James
• Practica Legal
• SBM Legal

Litigation & Dispute Resolution Specialist Law Firm of the Year

• K3 Legal
• Morris Legal
• Norling Law
• Prestige Law
• Rice Speir
• Wilson Harle

Intellectual Property Specialist Law Firm of the Year

• AJ Park
• Baldwins Intellectual Property
• CreateIP
• Ellis Terry
• Hudson Gavin Martin
• James & Wells
• Zone Law

Property & Construction Specialist Law Firm of the Year

• Alexander Dorrington
• Burton Partners
• Domain Legal
• Thompson Blackie Biddles Limited

Insurance Specialist Law Firm of the Year

• Grant Shand Barristers & Solicitors
• Kennedys
• McElroys
• Rhodes & Co
• Robertsons
• Wotton + Kearney

Boutique Law Firm of the Year

• Blackman Spargo Rural Law Limited
• Claro
• Flacks & Wong
• K3 Legal
• Layburn Hodgins
• Wackrow Williams & Davies Limited
• Webb Henderson

Legal Personnel Employer of Choice (<50 lawyers)

• BlackmanSpargo Rural Law Limited
• Daniel Overton & Goulding
• Glaister Ennor
• Harmos Horton Lusk Limited
• Juno Legal
• Morris Legal
• Turner Hopkins
• Webb Henderson

Sponsored by

Legal Personnel Employer of Choice (51-100 Lawyers)

• Anderson Lloyd
• Anthony Harper
• Hesketh Henry
• James & Wells
• Lane Neave
• Tompkins Wake
• Wynn Williams

Sponsored by

Legal Personnel Employer of Choice (>100 Lawyers)

• Bell Gully
• Buddle Findlay
• Chapman Tripp
• DLA Piper
• Kensington Swan
• MinterEllisonRuddWatts
• Simpson Grierson

Sponsored by

Resolution Institute Mediator of the Year

• Grant Allan
• Denise Evans
• Paul Hutcheson
• Nina Khouri
• Diana Shirtcliffe
• Hayden Wilson

Sponsored by

Artemis Executive Recruitment Young Private Practice Lawyer of the Year (35 or under)

• Hannah Andrews, MinterEllisonRuddWatts
• Mike Doesburg, Wynn Williams
• Natasha Garvan, Bell Gully
• Elena Kim, MinterEllisonRuddWatts
• Brent Norling, Norling Law
• Nick Kovacevich, Wynn Williams
• Rebecca Rose, Bell Gully
• Annie Steel, Harmos Horton Lusk
• Michael Thompson, DLA Piper
• Dominic Toomey, Simpson Grierson
• Dan Williams, Anderson Lloyd

Sponsored by

Managing Partner of the Year (<100 lawyers)

• Malcolm Hurley, Anthony Harper
• William Antony Holden, Wotton & Kearney
• Richard Greenaway, Anderson Lloyd
• Mark Lowndes, Lowndes
• Paul McBride, McBride Davenport and James
• Jared Ormsby, Wynn Williams

Managing Partner of the Year (>100 Lawyers)

• Anne Callinan, Simpson Grierson
• Chris Gordon, Bell Gully
• Nick Wells, Chapman Tripp

Deal Team of the Year (<100 lawyers)

• Anderson Lloyd Property Team
• Anthony Harper Corporate Advisory Team
• Flacks & Wong
• Harmos Horton Lusk Limited
• Mayne Wetherell corporate team
• Webb Henderson
• Wynn Williams Corporate Advisory

NZ Lawyer Deal Team of the Year (>100 Lawyers)

• Bell Gully Corporate team
• Bell Gully Projects and Development team
• Chapman Tripp Corporate & Commercial team
• MinterEllisonRuddWatts
• Russell McVeagh
• Simpson Grierson Corporate Advisory

Regional/Suburban Law Firm of the Year

• BlackmanSpargo Rural Law Limited
• Daniel Overton & Goulding
• Nash Jordan Law
• Southern Legal
• Stevens Orchard Lawyers
• Zindels, Barristers & Solicitors

Mid-size Law Firm of the Year

• Anderson Lloyd
• Cavell Leitch
• Harmos Horton Lusk Limited
• Harkness Henry
• Hesketh Henry
• Lane Neave
• Tompkins Wake
• Wynn Williams

Large Law Firm of the Year

• Anthony Harper
• Bell Gully
• Buddle Findlay
• Chapman Tripp
• MinterEllisonRuddWatts
• Simpson Grierson