NZ Lawyer extends its thanks to the judges of the 2024 NZ Law Awards.
A total of 27 leading names in the profession hailing from the most well-known organisations lent their expertise to help us determine the best in their field. This year’s judges are as follows:
- Dean Alderton – partner, Bell Gully
- Kerry Anderson – partner, DLA Piper
- Katie Bhreatnach - director of global women, Te Wananga o Aotearoa, Trusts Arena Stadium and the College of Law
- Paris Bree – GC, New Zealand Oil & Gas Ltd
- Andrew Cordner - chief legal counsel, Health New Zealand: Te Whatu Ora
- Pip England – CEP, Chapman Tripp
- Sarah Gillies – chief executive, Electricity Authority
- Vanessa Green - senior legal counsel, Clarus
- Francesca Greig – enforcement manager, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
- Sam Hood – managing partner, Norris Ward McKinnon
- Elena Kim – director, PwC Legal
- Vicky Lee – GC, Fortysouth
- Wook Jin Lee – corporate and commercial partner, Dentons
- Karen Mace - head of legal and regulatory, The Co-operative Bank
- Ian MacKenzie – head of legal, New Zealand Green Investment Finance
- Louise Martin - head of legal and company secretary, Auckland International Airport
- Dione Miller - head of legal – dispute resolution, investigations and regulatory, Bank of New Zealand
- Phillipa Muir – chair, Simpson Grierson
- Brent Norling – director, Norling Law
- Karyn O’Loughlin – GC, DB Breweries
- Kerry O’Donnell – partner, Anderson Lloyd
- Stella Kasoulides Paulson - senior legal counsel, Trade Me
- Garth Sinclair – partner, Webb Henderson
- Greg Thompson – director, Thompson Blackie Biddles
- Anna Thorburn – GC and company secretary, Metlifecare
- Jackie Waddams - GC and company secretary, AIA New Zealand
- Daniel Wong – director, Flacks & Wong
With the help of these leaders in the legal profession – both private practice and in-house – the recently concluded NZ Law Awards crowned the winners across 24 categories. The full list of this year’s winners and Excellence Awardees can be found here.
