Meredith Connell

Meredith Connell has a team of 120 lawyers working on some of New Zealand’s largest, most complex and highest-profile commercial litigation matters, commercial transactions and the Crown Warrant (acting as prosecutor for the Crown on criminal matters in NZ).  Founded in 1922 by Sir Vincent Meredith, New Zealand’s first Crown Solicitor, the firm has established a formidable track record that makes them New Zealand's largest, most experienced and most successful litigation practice. Building on that heritage, they have diversified into one of this country’s largest and most successful full-service commercial law firms, providing clients with specialist advice across more than 23 practice areas but with an emphasis on complex litigation matters.  

In 2015 Brian Dickey became the sixth Meredith Connell partner to hold the office of Crown Solicitor, creating an unbroken lineage that will extend beyond the firm’s hundredth year.  As Crown Solicitors, they have prosecuted practically every serious crime before the courts in Auckland for the past 90-plus years.