Simpson Grierson Named Large Law Firm of the Year

Simpson Grierson Named Large Law Firm of the Year

at 2009 New Zealand Law Awards.

6 November 2009: Simpson Grierson Chairman Kevin Jaffe was delighted to accept the premium 'Large Law Firm of the Year Award' at the 2009 New Zealand Law Awards, held at the Auckland Museum Events Centre last night.

The highlight of the New Zealand legal calendar and now in its fifth year, the New Zealand Law Awards are the only event in New Zealand that celebrates and rewards excellence in client service by law firms and barristers as judged by clients.

Simpson Grierson Chairman Kevin Jaffe said, "Your clients are the ultimate judge of the standard of your service, so it is very pleasing to be recognised in this way."

The New Zealand Law Awards defines excellence in client service as:

• Providing proactive, effective, timely, and strategic legal advice

• Having a genuine understanding of the client’s business and their market sector, reflected in commercially pragmatic solutions

• Being aware of cross-disciplinary impacts, with the ability to advise on them or to refer on where necessary

• Being responsive to the client’s need for speedy and cost-effective resolution

• Advising as to the client’s legal and practical options with result-focused professionalism and clarity

• Having up-to-date knowledge of developments in legal, policy, and other relevant matters.

ENDS

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