About us

About us
Recent Recognition

We are consistently recognised by external rankings publications and awards as the premier specialist corporate lawyers in New Zealand. While we measure our success by helping our clients, not by external awards and recognition, the external recognition we receive reinforces the value of the results we achieve for our clients.

  • Chambers Asia Pacific 2023: Ranked for Corporate/Commercial category, describing Harmos Horton Lusk as “a high-quality specialist M&A firm with a dedicated team of seasoned practitioners … noted for its diversity of experience and ability to handle complex transactions”. Directors Andrew Harmos, Nathanael Starrenburg and Tim Mitchelson, and Consultant Greg Horton each received individual rankings.
  • Asia Pacific Legal 500 2023: Ranked for Corporate and M&A, describing the firm as “one of the best in the business”. Director Andrew Harmos in the Hall of Fame and Director Nathanael Starrenburg individually ranked as a Leading Lawyer.
  • IFLR1,000 2023: Ranked for M&A and Capital Markets. Directors Andrew Harmos, Nathanael Starrenburg and Annie Steel, Consultant Greg Horton and Special Counsel Paul Oldfield are each individually ranked as Leading Lawyers.
  • Transaction Awards and Nominations: Over the last 10 years, we have been nominated for, or won, 30 transaction awards at the New Zealand Law Awards (including M&A Deal of the Year, Equity Markets Deal of the Year, International Deal of the Year and Mid-market Deal of the Year). At the 2022 awards, we won the Insolvency and Restructuring Deal of the Year and received excellence awards for other transactions in the M&A Deal of the Year category. In addition, we received an excellence award for a transaction in M&A Deal of the Year category at the 2022 Australasian Law Awards.
  • Firm Awards and Nominations: At the New Zealand Law Awards, we have been nominated for, or won, Deal Team of the Year four times and we have been nominated for, or won, Mid-size Law Firm of the Year six times. In addition, we have been nominated for NZ Deal Firm of the Year at the 2018 and 2017 Australasian Law Awards. Director Nathanael Starrenburg has also been an excellence awardee for the NZ Dealmaker of the Year award at the 2022 and 2021 Australasian Law Awards.
  • Employer Awards: Ranked as an Employer of Choice by NZ Lawyer in 2020 and we were a finalist for the Employer of Choice award at the 2018 New Zealand Law Awards.