Russell McVeagh

New Zealand's premier law firm

who we are

Widely regarded as New Zealand's premier law firm, Russell McVeagh is a 250 lawyer firm with over 400 total staff in offices in Auckland and Wellington. 

  • Named IFLR New Zealand Law Firm of the Year 2009 by respected global publication International Financial Law Review 
  • Nominated in seven categories for the ALB Australasian Law Awards 2009 Dealmaker of the Year (2009 and 2008), New Zealand Deal Team of the Year (2007)
  • Voted New Zealand Legal Employer of Choice for three years running in surveys conducted by Australasian Legal Business magazine
  • Consistently voted top legal graduate employer in the Australia and New Zealand Graduate Careers Survey.


ALB Employer of Choice 2009

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RWCL Appoints Russell McVeagh as Official RWC 2011 Law Firm... more >

Congratulations to Wellington partner Pat Bowler who won the NZ Dealmaker of the Year award at the ALB Australasian Law Awards 2009.

Russell McVeagh was nominated in seven categories, most of which were Australasia wide in scope. For many Russell McVeagh was the only New Zealand firm nominated. The categories in which Russell McVeagh was a finalist included:

NZ Dealmaker of the Year: Pat Bowler
NZ Deal Team of the Year: Finance, Russell McVeagh
Corporate Citizen Firm of the Year: Russell McVeagh
CEO/Managing Partner of the Year: Gary McDiarmid
Debt Market Deal of the Year: Project Apple - Guy Lethbridge
Insolvency and Restructuring Deal of the Year: Hanover Group Debt Restructure - NZ $554 million - John Powell
M&A Deal of the Year: Crown Acquisition of Toll NZ rail and ferry operations - Pat Bowler

 

For information about our 2009/2010 summer clerk programme, click here