Ed Dunphy - Highly respect Anthony Harper property and construction lawyer. A specialist in the Overseas Investment Act, Dunphy has acted on some of the biggest South Island property and building deals.
Julian Daly - Inhouse counsel for PGG Wrightson. Formerly General Counsel with DB Breweries he has moved into more general management with Wrightson and generated considerable power within the business community.
Lauren Semple - The urban planning go-to person for Christchurch's major urban planning projects, ranging from the Christchurch and Dunedin stadiums to the new Justice and Emergency project. Formerly at Anderson Lloyd and now at Greenwood Roche Chisnall.
Helen Smith - Insurance and litigation expert, Helen Smith has represented some big hitters in the Christchurch rebuild, acting for a variety of engineering firms, property owners and others in the post-earthquakes rebuild and CTV collapse inquiry.
Mark Russell - A quarter century at Buddle Findlay helped create the banker and commercial lawyer's cache as one of high value. Now a barrister his network and roster of clients keep his commercial, insolvency and banking practice busy.
Hamish Grenfell may be Nelson based as a Duncan Cotterill partner but acting for Sealord Fisheries, Nelson City Council, Port Nelson and Maori interests gives him a powerful position in the South Island legal and business world.
Sarah Simmers' is a legal powerhouse representing Skeggs Group, acting on the CRT Cooperative merger with Farmlands that created a $2 billion turnover enterprise as well as many other deals. The Anderson Lloyd partner wields quiet but effective power.
Jonathan Eaton QC is the dapper-suited operator who learned at the feet of Nigel Hampton QC and went on to successfully defend many as a highly successful silk who also shot to fame by tackling an obstreperous bystander calling out a criminal client.
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