Tompkins Wake

Tompkins Wake is a New Zealand law firm, headquartered in Hamilton, New Zealand with offices also in Auckland, Rotorua and Tauranga. The firm was founded as Tompkins and Wake in Hamilton on 22 June 1922 by Lance Tompkins and Cecil Barry Wake (known as Barry Wake).

Tompkins was a prominent lawyer in Hamilton. In 1958, he was appointed a Queen's Counsel. In 1963, he was called to the Supreme Court.[1]

Sir David Tompkins (Lance Tompkins' son), studied from 1947 to 1952 and graduated from the then University of New Zealand with an LLB. He was also a partner in Tompkins Wake, was made a QC, and then sat as a High Court Judge in Auckland. Sir David was Chancellor of the University of Waikato from 1981 to 1985[2]

While the firm still bears its founders' names, it did become Tompkins, Wake, Paterson and Bathgate during the 1960s through to the 1980s when it returned to Tompkins Wake.[3]

The firm famously launched the "Case for Hamilton"[4] in 2009, threatening to sue the rest of New Zealand because it was difficult to recruit lawyers.

In November 2010 Tompkins Wake acquired Swarbrick Dixon to create Hamilton's largest law firm. The firm then opened its Auckland office in 2012 and in November 2014 Tompkins Wake merged with Davys Burton in Rotorua.[5]

Current partners

The current partnership of Tompkins Wake are:

Stephanie Ambler, Tom Arieli, Kate Cornegé, Bryce Davey, Peter Duncan, Peter Fanning, Mark Hammond, Campbell Izzard, Theresa Le Bas, Liz Lim, James MacGillivray, Marianne Mackintosh, Andrew Orme, Bridget Parham, Scott Ratuki, Mark Renner, Kate Searancke, Michael Shanahan, Campbell Stewart, Kate Sullivan, Phil Taylor, Fraser Wood.

Awards and recognition

2016
  • New Zealand Law Awards Finalist – Mid Market Deal of the Year

2017
  • Best Lawyers 2017 – Robert Bycroft, leading authority in Biotechnology Law
  • New Zealand Law Awards Finalist – Mid Size Law Firm of the Year[6]
  • New Zealand Law Awards Finalist – Consumer, Media and Tech Deal of the Year

2018

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific – Leading Firm, Corporate M& A, Projects and Resource Management (Tier 3) [7]

  • The Legal 500 Asia Pacific – Recommended Lawyers, Bridget Parham, Bryce Davey, Mark Renner, Phil Taylor, Robert Bycroft, Theresa Le Bas, Tom Arieli[7]
  • Best Lawyers 2018 – Robert Bycroft, leading authority in Biotechnology Law[8]
  • New Zealand Law Awards Finalist – Mid Size law Firm of the Year[9]
  • New Zealand Law Awards Finalist – Employer of Choice (51–100 Lawyers)[9]
  • New Zealand Law Awards Finalist – Mid-Market Deal of the Year[9]

2019
  • The Legal 500 Asia Pacific – Leading Firm, Corporate M& A (Tier 4), Projects and Resource Management (Tier 3)[10]
  • The Legal 500 Asia Pacific – Recommended Lawyers, Bridget Parham, Bryce Davey, Marianne Mackintosh, Mark Renner, Philip Monahan, Phil Taylor, Robert Bycroft, Theresa Le Bas, Tom Arieli[11]
  • Chambers and Partners, Asia Pacific – Liz Lim, Recognised Practitioner, Banking and Finance, New Zealand
  • Best Lawyers 2019 – Robert Bycroft, leading authority in Biotechnology Law

Other notable partners

References
  1. "Family of Lawyers". Auckland Law School. University of Auckland. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  2. "Former Chancellors of the University of Waikato: University of Waikato Calendar". calendar.waikato.ac.nz. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  3. "Obituary Judge John Bathgate". NZ Law Society. NZ Law Society. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  4. "Take that NZ: Lawyers consider suing the nation". Stuff. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  5. "Tompkins Wake and Davys Burton to merge". NZ Law Society. NZ Law Society. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. User, Super. "2017". www.lawawards.co.nz. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  7. "The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018 – New Zealand – Corporate and M&A recommended Law firms, Lawyers". www.legal500.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  8. "Best Lawyers List for New Zealand | Best Lawyers". www.bestlawyers.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  9. "NZ Law Award Finalists 2018". NZ Law Awards. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  10. "The Legal 500 > Tompkins Wake > Hamilton, NEW ZEALAND >". www.legal500.com.
  11. "The Legal 500 > Tompkins Wake > Hamilton, NEW ZEALAND > What we say".
  12. Niesche, Christopher Niesche and Owen Hembry, Owen Hembry and Christopher (2 June 2006). "Boyd on the line and listening". The New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
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