The appointment of Alice Balme and Mike Doesburg is in response to ‘growing needs of clients’.
Wynn Williams further strengthens its expertise in the resource management and environmental law space with the appointment of two new partners, Alice Balme and Mike Doesburg.
The company said the two “young guns” have made their mark on the resource management and environmental law landscape with their respective work on two of the country’s most high-profile plans.
“These two appointments are very much in response to the growing needs of our clients,” managing partner, Philip Maw said.
“The complexity of the New Zealand law, and fulfilling obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, as each applies to our natural resources and to the environment is challenging. We have a responsibility to equip our clients with the very best advice to help them navigate their way.
“The appointment of Alice Balme and Mike Doesburg as partners has been very much a strategic response to the current and anticipated environment given the pending reform of the Resource Management Act. “
Balme specialises in resource management and local government law and joins the company after five years as in-house general counsel with Queenstown Lakes District Council.
Doesburg has been with the company since 2018 and advises on complex regional and district planning matters, including land development, freshwater planning and coastal issues. He is also the co-author of the ‘Marine Pollution’ chapter in Environmental and Resource Management Law in New Zealand (Nolan, ed.) and sits on the Auckland branch committee of the Resource Management Law Association.
Doesburg will continue to play a pivotal role in the firm’s resource management and environmental law practise from the Auckland office, while Balme’s appointment has been the impetus to progress Wynn Williams’ plans to open its Queenstown office in the coming months.
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