To celebrate our 20th anniversary, Wotton Kearney is committing to making ‘20 Actions for 20 Years’ that will make the firm a better and more responsible business. The 20 Actions for 20 Years Project promises to create a lasting legacy for the firm in the areas that its people think are most important today – […]
Our congratulations go to W+K’s Kieran Doyle who has been nominated as Cyber Risk Person of the Year (Rest of the World category) in the prestigious 2022 Advisen Cyber Risk Awards. Also nominated are our Legalign Global colleagues at Wilson Elser (Cyber Law Firm of the Year) and DAC Beachcroft’s Hans Allnutt (Cyber Risk Person […]
W+K is pleased to announce that four of our senior lawyers have been named as Rising Stars 2022 by NZ Lawyer in their latest report released today. The Rising Stars Report recognises excellence in young lawyers in New Zealand and those who are showing signs of becoming the industry’s future leaders. Alana Lathrope has a […]
W+K’s Cyber, Privacy and Data Security team has further bolstered its market-leading reputation with the promotion of Wellington-based Joseph Fitzgerald to partner. Joseph, who has worked in both New Zealand and the UK, advises large sporting, health, education and infrastructure bodies, as well as SME and non-profit entities on cyber and data security risks. He […]
Today, W+K welcomes two new Health partners: Marie-Clare Elder and Claudine Watson-Kyme. The combination of our new Sydney-based partners and Partner Chris Spain in Melbourne creates a formidable, fresh Health team. Both Marie-Clare and Claudine come from senior in-house roles, have medical backgrounds and are widely respected for the advice and support they provide to […]
A team of highly regarded insurance lawyers from DLA, including partners Peter Leman, Caroline Laband and Misha Henaghan, join Wotton Kearney in New Zealand on 1 February 2022. This significant move will see Wotton Kearney become New Zealand’s largest insurance law and dispute resolution practice, with 14 partners and over 80 staff. It also adds […]
Wotton Kearney has announced 14 senior promotions in Australia and New Zealand, including a new partner, effective 1 January 2022. This follows 23 senior promotions made in July this year. The latest promotions take the firm’s numbers to 51 partners and more than 280 dedicated insurance lawyers in total. With the well-deserved promotion of Ken […]
Wotton Kearney has been recognised as a Band 1 insurance firm in Australia for the tenth year in a row in the 2022 Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific rankings and has risen to Band 1 in New Zealand. Thirteen of the firm’s senior lawyers were also individually rated. Chambers says W+K is known for being a “well-regarded […]
Wotton Kearney’s Marine and Aviation team continues to grow with the arrival of special counsel Melissa Tang. Melissa is based in Sydney and joined the firm on 6 December following a five year stint in Singapore in the Marine and Aviation team of a global firm. The W+K Marine and Aviation team is led by […]
In our next Q&A with recently promoted partners, we get to know Melbourne based Health and Workplace specialist, Chris Spain.
