W+K is delighted to be awarded Insurance Specialist Firm of the Year at New Zealand Law Awards 2021. This is our impressive 5th win in seven years with judges commenting “An outstanding submission including a huge range of complex national and international matters as well as showing a strong commitment to the mental health of […]
The meeting of world leaders at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference known as COP26 this week has been described as a forum which will decide the date of our planet. COP26 is being seen as the last chance to close the gap between the goals of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming […]
W+K Pro Bono Partner Heidi Nash-Smith took part in a special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show podcast to share her experience of working with NGO So They Can through the firm’s Community Footprint program. Heidi and Sydney barrister Hugh Stowe joined host Jerome Doraisamy to discuss how they each became involved in So They […]
In our next Q&A with recently promoted partners, we get to know Perth Financial Lines lead Luke Vincent.
W+K has partnered with Canopy Software, the leaders in AI-powered data mining and breach review software, to deliver a tech-enabled Cyber Forensic solution. By using Canopy’s Data Breach Response software, W+K can now significantly reduce the time, cost, risk and effort associated with the defensible detection of sensitive data, thereby delivering faster and more accurate […]
Four senior lawyers – Naraya Lamart (Partner), Edward Burrell (Special Counsel), Rachel White (Senior Associate) and Jacinta Fox (Senior Associate) have joined Wotton Kearney’s preeminent Property, Construction and Energy team. These appointments reflect the latest chapter in the team’s significant growth story over the past few years, which also includes two partner promotions in June […]
Wotton Kearney’s rapidly growing national cyber team has been named in Australasian Lawyer’s inaugural list of 5-Star Cyber Law Firms released today. Our Head of Cyber, Privacy and Tech Liability Kieran Doyle is also listed as a 5-Star Cyber Lawyer for 2021 following research to identify the best in Australia’s cyber law market. Australasian Lawyer’s […]
Wotton Kearney has appointed Cath Evans as its first Chief Operating Officer. Cath joined the firm on 27 September as a key member of the firm’s Management Committee and Executive Team which is led by Chief Executive Partner, David Kearney. Cath, who is a lawyer herself, has extensive law firm executive experience. Most recently she […]
In our next Q&A with recently promoted senior lawyers we get to know Michael Cavanaugh from our Auckland office.
Wotton Kearney is delighted to announce the promotion of five new partners. They are part of 23 senior lawyer promotions effective 1 July 2021 – the largest group of senior lawyers ever promoted at one time in the firm’s history. These promotions reflect W+K’s continued focus on offering clients market-leading expertise by recognising emerging talent […]
