The 2026 listing of leading New Zealand Trusts & Estates Litigation Lawyers details solicitors practising in contested trusts, estates, probate and succession litigation matters in the New Zealand legal market who have been identified by their fellow New Zealand lawyers specialsing in these areas for their expertise and abilities in the area.Â
Preeminent
Vicki Ammundsen, Vicki Ammundsen Trust Law – Auckland
Bill Patterson, Patterson Hopkins – Auckland
Nathaniel Walker, Russell McVeagh – Wellington
Leading
Georgia Angus, Morris Legal – Auckland
Alison Gilbert, Brookfields – Auckland
Miranda Gray, Tavendale + Partners – Christchurch
Greg Kelly, Greg Kelly Trust Law – Wellington
Kimberly Lawrence, Greg Kelly Trust Law – Wellington
Sally Morris, Morris Legal – Auckland
Mary Joy Simpson, Hesketh Henry – Auckland
Kate Sullivan, Tompkins Wake – Rotorua
Emma Tonkin, Hesketh Henry – Auckland
Joanna Trezise, Russell McVeagh – Auckland
Recommended
Emma Armstrong, LeeSalmonLong – Auckland
Jeremy Bell-Connell, Dentons – Auckland
Andrew Clements, Grayson Clements – Hamilton
Laura Fischer, Tompkins Wake – Hamilton
Oliver Gascoigne, Mallett Partners – Wellington
Tara Grant, Martelli McKegg – Auckland
Elizabeth Heaney, Tompkins Wake – Auckland
Tammy McLeod, Davenports Law – Auckland
Timothy Orr, Martelli McKegg – Auckland
Michael Phillipps, Vicki Ammundsen Trust Law – Auckland
Harriet Quinlan, Anthony Harper – Auckland
Matthew Rhodes, Wynn Williams – Christchurch
Josh Taylor, Wynn Williams – Christchurch
Jarrod Walker, Chapman Tripp – Auckland