The 2026 listing of New Zealand Employment & WHS Law Rising Stars details individuals practising in Employment & WHS law matters matters across the New Zealand legal market who have been identified as future leading lawyers within the area.
Anna Codlin, Bell Gully
Joseph Harrop, Lane Neave
Sanja Marin, Duncan Cotterill
Tim Oldfield, Smith Dunn
Tanya Preston, BE Employment Law
India Townsend, Simpson Grierson
Previous editions
2024 edition published May 2024
Emma Crowley, LangtonHudson
Sam Houliston, Hesketh Henry
Barnaby Locke, Dundas Street Employment Lawyers
Nick Logan, Quigg Partners
Helen Pryde, Buddle Findlay
Grace Stacey-Jacobs, Bell Gully
Olivia Welsh, Anthony Harper
Joseph Williams, Duncan Cotterill
2023 edition published May 2023
Laura Briffett, Langton Hudson Butcher
Fiona Dalziel, Tompkins Wake
Hannah King, MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Barnaby Locke, Dundas Street Employment Lawyers
Helen Pryde, Duncan Cotterill
2022 edition published April 2022
Laura Briffett, Langton Hudson Butcher
Shaun Brookes, Buddle Findlay
Tanzam Hossain, Douglas Erickson
Hannah King, MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Frances Lear, McBride Davenport James
Lucy Nolan, Sharp Tudhope
Olivia Welsh, Anthony Harper
Rosemary Wooders, Bell Gully