The 2026 listing of leading New Zealand Environment & Resource Management Law Firms details New Zealand based law firms practising within the areas of Environment & Resource Management matters across the New Zealand legal market who have been identified by clients and peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
First Tier
Russell McVeagh
Simpson Grierson
Second Tier
Anderson Lloyd
Buddle Findlay
Ellis Gould
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Third Tier
Atkins Holm Majurey
Brookfields
Chapman Tripp
Recommended
Bell Gully
Dentons
DLA Piper
Greenwood Roche
Holland Beckett
Lane Neave
Previous editions
2025 edition published May 2025
First Tier
Buddle Findlay
Chapman Tripp
Russell McVeagh
Simpson Grierson
Second Tier
Wynn Williams
Third Tier
Anderson Lloyd
Atkins Holm Majurey
Brookfields
Ellis Gould
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Recommended
Bell Gully
Dentons
DLA Piper
Greenwood Roche
Holland Beckett
Lane Neave
2022 edition published August 2022
First Tier
Buddle Findlay
Chapman Tripp
Simpson Grierson
Second Tier
Russell McVeagh
Third Tier
Anderson Lloyd
Atkins Holm Majurey
Bell Gully
Brookfields
Greenwood Roche
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Wynn Williams
Recommended
Berry Simons
Dentons
DLA Piper
Ellis Gould
Lane Neave
2021 edition published July 2021
First Tier
Bell Gully
Buddle Findlay
Chapman Tripp
Simpson Grierson
Second Tier
Russell McVeagh
Third Tier
Atkins Holm Majurey
Berry Simons
Brookfields
Ellis Gould
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Wynn Williams
Recommended
Anderson Lloyd
Dentons
DLA Piper
Greenwood Roche
Meredith Connell
2020 edition published April 2020
First Tier
Buddle Findlay
Chapman Tripp
Simpson Grierson
Second Tier
Atkins Holm Majurey
Bell Gully
Russell McVeagh
Third Tier
Berry Simons
Brookfields
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Recommended
Anderson Lloyd
Cooper Rapley
Dentons
Ellis Gould
Greenwood Roche
Lane Neave
Meredith Connell
Wynn Williams
2019 edition published June 2019
First Tier
Chapman Tripp
Russell McVeagh
Simpson Grierson
Second Tier
Bell Gully
Buddle Findlay
Third Tier
Atkins Holm Majurey
Berry Simons
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Recommended
Anderson Lloyd
Brookfields
Ellis Gould
Kensington Swan
Greenwood Roche
Holland Beckett
Kensington Swan
Lane Neave
Meredith Connell
Wynn Williams
2018 edition published May 2018
First Tier
Chapman Tripp
Russell McVeagh
Simpson Grierson
Second Tier
Buddle Findlay
Third Tier
Anderson Lloyd
Atkins Holm Majurey
Bell Gully
Berry Simons
Brookfields
Ellis Gould
Kensington Swan
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Recommended
Chancery Green
Greenwood Roche
Lane Neave
Meredith Connell
2017 edition published September 2017
First Tier
Russell McVeagh
Simpson Grierson
Second Tier
Bell Gully
Buddle Findlay
Chapman Tripp
Third Tier
Anderson Lloyd
Berry Simons
Brookfields
Ellis Gould
Kensington Swan
Meredith Connell
Recommended
Atkins Holm Majurey
Chancery Green
Greenwood Roche
Lane Neave
2016 edition published April 2016
First Tier
Russell McVeagh
Simpson Grierson
Second Tier
Bell Gully
Chapman Tripp
Third Tier
Anderson Lloyd
Buddle Findlay
Ellis Gould
Recommended
Atkins Holm Majurey
Brookfields
Chancery Green
Greenwood Roche
Kensington Swan
Meredith Connell
Minter Ellison Rudd Watts