Thank you to this year's NZ Law Awards judges

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.