Russell McVeagh is one of New Zealand's leading law firms. Along with Bell Gully

Bell Gully

Bell Gully was founded in 1840 and is one of the country’s oldest legal providers.As one of the largest law firms in New Zealand, Bell Gully can act on the most complex and largest commercial matters....

 and Chapman Tripp

Chapman Tripp

Established in New Zealand in 1875, Chapman Tripp is one of New Zealand's largest commercial law firms, with 52 partners and around 220 legal staff across its offices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch...

, it is considered to be one of the "big three" firms of New Zealand.

The firm was formed in 1863 and operates from offices in Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 and Wellington

Wellington

Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

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Despite the perception of being more aggressive than other large law firms, Russell McVeagh is regarded as one of the leading law firms in New Zealand and acts for a significant number of New Zealand's largest companies and multinationals.

Russell McVeagh is a 250 lawyer firm, with a total staff of over 400 shared across its Auckland and Wellington offices.

Their specialist lawyers operate in the following teams:

• Competition

• Corporate

• Employment

• Finance

• Litigation

• Property

• Resource Management

• Public Law

• Tax

External links

• Russell McVeagh official website
• Russell McVeagh Summer Clerk Recruitment