• Open to all Debt Market deals that reached completion between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021 for which the majority of the legal work was NZ-based. Each organisation may nominate a maximum of three deals.
• Judged on its NZ aspects according to four criteria – size, complexity, breadth and innovation.

• Open to all Equity Market deals that reached completion between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021 for which the majority of the legal work was NZ-based. Each organisation may nominate a maximum of three deals.
• Judged on its NZ aspects according to four criteria – size, complexity, breadth and innovation.

• Open to all Project Finance deals that reached completion between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021 for which the majority of the legal work was NZ-based. Each organisation may nominate a maximum of three deals.
• Judged on its NZ aspects according to four criteria – size, complexity, breadth and innovation.

• Open to all M&A deals that reached completion between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021 for which the majority of the legal work was NZ-based. Each organisation may nominate a maximum of three deals.
• Judged on its NZ aspects according to four criteria – size, complexity, breadth and innovation.

• Open to all insolvency and restructuring deals that reached completion between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021 for which the majority of the legal work was NZ-based. Each organisation may nominate a maximum of three deals.
• Judged on its NZ aspects according to four criteria – size, complexity, breadth and innovation.

• Open to all deals with a value of NZD50-500m that reached completion between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021 for which the majority of the legal work was NZ-based. Each organisation may nominate a maximum of three deals.
• Judged on its NZ aspects according to four criteria – size, complexity, breadth and innovation.

• Open to qualified lawyers not exceeding 35 years of age as at 31 March 2021; and permanently employed within the in-house legal function of an organisation operating in New Zealand.
• Judged on the quantity, quality, importance and innovativeness of their work between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021.

• Open to qualified lawyers permanently employed within the in-house legal function of an organisation operating in New Zealand.
• Judged on the quantity, quality, importance and innovativeness of their work between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021.

• Open to in-house legal teams in a banking, insurance or financial services organisation operating in New Zealand.
• Judged on the quantity, quality, importance and innovativeness of its work between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021.

• Open to in-house legal teams in a non-financial-services organisation operating in New Zealand(In-house teams that do not qualify for the Financial Services In House Team should be nominated in this category.)
• Judged on the quantity, quality, importance and innovativeness of its work between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021.

In-house teams that do not qualify for the Financial Services In House Team should be nominated in this category.

• Open to law firms that derive at least 50% of their revenue from employment law matters.
• Judged on expertise demonstrated between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021.

• Open to law firms that derive at least 50% of their revenue from litigation and dispute resolution matters.
• Judged on expertise demonstrated between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021.

• Open to law firms that derive at least 50% of their revenue from intellectual property law matters.
• Judged on expertise demonstrated between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021.

• Open to law firms that derive at least 50% of their revenue from property and construction law matters.
• Judged on expertise demonstrated between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021.

• Open to law firms that derive at least 50% of their revenue from insurance law matters.
• Judged on expertise demonstrated between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021.

• Open to law firms that derive at least 50% of their revenue from a single practice area Firms that do not qualify for the specialist firm categories (Employment Law, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Property & Construction and Insurance) should be nominated in this category.
• Judged on expertise demonstrated between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021.

Firms that do not qualify for the specialist firm categories (Employment Law, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Property & Construction and Insurance) should be nominated in this category

• Open to all NZ-based law firms and in-house legal teams.
• Judged on the concrete steps the law firm or in-house legal teams took during 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021 to promote diversity and inclusion in the legal profession.