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Top 20 Elite law firms based in Wellington, New Zealand

RevenueBase identified 30 elite law firms headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand as of September 2026 and tracks 340 professional contacts across them, including 212 with verified work emails. Across New Zealand, Auckland is the largest hub for this category (154 companies); Wellington follows with 30.

This list covers elite law firms headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 29, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 29, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
30Companies
340Contacts tracked
212Verified emails
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The 20 largest elite law firms based in Wellington, New Zealand

Ranked by team size
Top 20 of 30 elite law firms based in Wellington, New Zealand, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to elite law firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20081 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Gibson Sheat is a full-service commercial law firm with offices in Wellington, Lower Hutt and Masterton.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
2Partial evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5019 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Ford Sumner is a Wellington based law firm with a retainer client base including local, national and international organisations in a range of industry sectors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
3Partial evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“New Zealand law firm specialising in advising corporates (especially overseas corporates).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
4Indirect evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“MoranLaw is a boutique intellectual property, commercial and private client firm operating from Wellington & Auckland, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
5Partial evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5013 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Thomas Dewar Sziranyi Letts began life in 1995 as a specialist civil, criminal and family law litigation practice, becoming one of the largest in the country.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
6Partial evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-1013 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are business, trust and private client law experts that think like you.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
7Indirect evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Patent Attorneys · Trade Mark Attorneys · Intellectual Property Lawyers: Wellington · New Zealand - Your IP Specialists The firm Henry Hughes Limited was established in 1882 & we…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
8Indirect evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Catalyst Intellectual Property, we believe that IP is the catalyst for commercialisation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
9Partial evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-1010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Dyhrberg Drayton Employment Law is a boutique employment law firm which commenced in February 2011.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
10Partial evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-1010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Franks Ogilvie is a Wellington based specialist public and commercial law firm offering services throughout New Zealand.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
11Partial evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-507 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Gillespie Young Watson provides a bespoke legal service tailored to the requirements of private clients in four specialist practice areas: property law, commercial law, trust law…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
12Partial evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“McBride Davenport James is a specialist law firm based in Courtenay Place, Wellington.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
13Partial evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“BuckettLaw is a boutique law firm comprising of specialist employment lawyers, providing clients with timely and expert advice since 1998 and led by leading employment law expert…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
14Indirect evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-503 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
15Indirect evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We deliver specialist, timely advice in our chosen fields of expertise at a competitive market rate.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
16Indirect evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Cameron Lawyers is a general legal practice located in Thorndon, Wellington.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
17Partial evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-501 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Kindrik Partners is a boutique corporate and commercial law firm for tech companies and investors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
18Partial evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Rickit Law is a specialist law firm providing a full range of services and advice in the areas of Property Law, Commerical and Corporate Law and Trusts,Wills, Estates and Enduring…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
19Indirect evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Best possible outcomes for clients.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
20Indirect evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For over 25 years, Becker and Co has been a trusted provider of legal services in Wellington, and throughout New Zealand.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026

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Elite law firms based in Wellington, New Zealand at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026
62.4%Verified-email coverage
11.3Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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11-50
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Email recency for this list is measured across the whole New Zealand list rather than for Wellington, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Wellington, over 30 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among elite law firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand whose own description of what they do matches “elite law firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names elite law firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among elite law firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Wellington are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 212 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 29, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Elite law firms by metro in New Zealand

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names elite law firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many elite law firms are there based in Wellington, New Zealand?

RevenueBase identified 30 elite law firms headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Gibson Sheat Lawyers, headquartered in Wellington, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in New Zealand has the most elite law firms?

Auckland leads New Zealand with 154 headquartered companies, followed by Wellington (30) and Christchurch (29).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 212 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 30 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 29, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.