The 2026 listing of leading New Zealand Property & Real Estate Law Firms details firms practising within the areas of transactional property and real estate matters across all New Zealand legal markets who have been identified by clients and peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
First Tier
Bell Gully
Russell McVeagh
Second Tier
Chapman Tripp
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Thompson Blackie Biddles
Third Tier
Anthony Harper
Buddle Findlay
Simpson Grierson
Recommended
Anderson Lloyd
Dentons
DLA Piper
Dunphy Emmett
Fulcrum Law
Greenwood Roche
Hesketh Henry
Martelli McKegg
Meredith Connell
Previous editions
2020 edition published April 2020
First Tier
Bell Gully
Chapman Tripp
Russell McVeagh
Second Tier
Thompson Blackie Biddles
Third Tier
Anthony Harper
Buddle Findlay
Greenwood Roche
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Simpson Grierson
Recommended
Anderson Lloyd
Dentons
DLA Piper
Hesketh Henry
Hornabrook Macdonald
Meredith Connell
2019 edition published June 2019
First Tier
Bell Gully
Chapman Tripp
Russell McVeagh
Second Tier
Thompson Blackie Biddles
Third Tier
Anthony Harper
Buddle Findlay
Greenwood Roche
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Simpson Grierson
Recommended
Burton Partners
DLA Piper
Hesketh Henry
Kensington Swan
Lane Neave
Meredith Connell
Wynard Wood
2018 edition published May 2018
First Tier
Bell Gully
Russell McVeagh
Second Tier
Chapman Tripp
Thompson Blackie Biddles
Third Tier
Anthony Harper
Greenwood Roche
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Recommended
Buddle Findlay
Burton Partners
DLA Piper
Duncan Cotterill
Kensington Swan
Lane Neave
Meredith Connell
Simpson Grierson
Wynard Wood
2017 edition published July 2017
First Tier
Bell Gully
Chapman Tripp
Russell McVeagh
Second Tier
Greenwood Roche
Thompson Blackie Biddles
Third Tier
Anthony Harper
Buddle Findlay
Kensington Swan
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Recommended
Burton Partners
DLA Piper
Lane Neave
Meredith Connell
Simpson Grierson
2016 edition published March 2016
First Tier
Bell Gully
Chapman Tripp
Russell McVeagh
Second Tier
Greenwood Roche
Simpson Grierson
Thompson Blackie Biddles
Third Tier
Anthony Harper
Buddle Findlay
Recommended
DLA Piper New Zealand
Kensington Swan
Minter Ellison Rudd Watts