The Lawyers 2025: The top firms’ gender pay gaps
ANALYSIS: Some firms have set specific targets, while others say it’s all about embedding the right culture – all say they still have work to do.
Hamish McNicol
Wed, 13 Aug 2025
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- Main takeaway: New Zealand’s largest law firms have been busier than anticipated over the past 12 months although headcounts have remained largely static since 2023.
- Background: We surveyed and spoke to dozens of law firms and in-house legal teams to assess the size and the shape of the country’s legal sector, likely worth hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
- Key players: Anderson Lloyd, Anthony Harper, Bell Gully, Buddle Findlay, Dentons, DLA Piper, Duncan Cotterill, Kennedys, Lane Neave, Meredith Connell, MinterEllisonRuddWatts, Russell McVeagh, Simpson Grierson, Wynn Williams, Fonterra, Air New Zealand, Kāinga Ora, IRD, Ministry of Justice, Crown Law, MBIE, Auckland Council, Commerce Commission, ILANZ, Juno, Jarrod Moyle.
Law firm Anderson Lloyd last month put out a press release with the news it had achieved gender parity at the equity partner level.
This, the 28-partner firm says, was “a significant milestone in a legal sector where women continue to be underrepresented in senior leadership”.
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Hamish McNicol
Wed, 13 Aug 2025
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Key points
- Main takeaway: New Zealand’s largest law firms have been busier than anticipated over the past 12 months although headcounts have remained largely static since 2023.
- Background: We surveyed and spoke to dozens of law firms and in-house legal teams to assess the size and the shape of the country’s legal sector, likely worth hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
- Key players: Anderson Lloyd, Anthony Harper, Bell Gully, Buddle Findlay, Dentons, DLA Piper, Duncan Cotterill, Kennedys, Lane Neave, Meredith Connell, MinterEllisonRuddWatts, Russell McVeagh, Simpson Grierson, Wynn Williams, Fonterra, Air New Zealand, Kāinga Ora, IRD, Ministry of Justice, Crown Law, MBIE, Auckland Council, Commerce Commission, ILANZ, Juno, Jarrod Moyle.
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