Dentons Kensington Swan is pleased to announce the promotion of three new Partners, continuing its growth in New Zealand. Campbell Featherstone, Silvia McPherson and Ezekiel Hudspith, all existing senior members of the team, will join the partnership in 2022.

Dentons Kensington Swan’s Chief Executive Officer, Charles Spillane, says, “I’m delighted to announce these appointments. They come at a time when we are continuing to grow in New Zealand, as part of the world’s largest law firm.”

“The world continues to face disruption and uncertainty, these appointments reflect that Dentons Kensington Swan has the talent at the highest level to support our local and international clients on their most complex matters.”

Campbell Featherstone joins the leadership of the Wellington Corporate and Commercial team. He specialises in advising our clients on their commercial, technology and privacy/data protection law (including GDPR) issues. His clients include global technology companies, Government Departments and commercial entities. Campbell started with the firm as a law graduate in 2008, and returned in 2018 after spending five years in private practice in London.

Silvia McPherson joins the leadership of the Private Wealth team in Auckland, specialising in asset protection, business succession planning, trust and charity law. Silvia has significant international experience gained in the UK market where she provided a range of trusts, private client, tax and charity law advice to high net worth individuals, trustees of private, statutory and commercial trusts, financial institutions and charities.

Ezekiel (Zeke) Hudspith joins the leadership of the Environment and Planning team in Wellington and specialises in helping clients to navigate all aspects of the Resource Management Act and related legislation. He also assists clients in obtaining resource consents and designations, and making submissions on changes to district and regional plans. Zeke has particular expertise and experience in freshwater management, three waters infrastructure, and water allocation.

Dentons Kensington Swan’s Chair, Hayden Wilson, says, “Campbell, Silvia and Zeke are leaders in their fields. Each of them have established reputations as pragmatic advisers who add value to their clients’ projects. Their appointments reflect our ongoing commitment to increasing our talent base to continue to meet our clients’ needs in this changing world.”

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