DLA insurance team exits for Wotton + Kearney

DLA insurance team exits for Wotton + Kearney
DLA Piper partners Caroline Laband and Misha Henaghan are moving on. (Image: supplied)
Victoria Young
Eighteen lawyers, including three partners, are leaving DLA Piper for specialist insurance firm Wotton + Kearney.DLA will lose partners Caroline Laband, Misha Henaghan from its Auckland office and Peter Leman will move from Wellington. They start on Feb 1.The partners will bring with them another 15 other lawyers as they move to the Australian-headquartered firm.The move will increase Wotton + Kearney’s New Zealand size to 14 partners and 80 staff.It follows the move of Sean O’Sullivan and a team of healthcare lawyers from DLA to Wo...

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