2021 winners

Congratulations to all of our 2021 Client Choice Award Winners

Accounting & consulting services

Accounting & consulting services

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Accounting & consulting services

Best Accounting & Consulting Services Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: AIM S Australia
Finalists: Alexander Spencer; Allworths Chartered Accountants; BNR Business Accountants; Elevate Accounting; Lucas & Co Chartered Accountants; Tilenni Stiles + Associates

Best Accounting & Consulting Services Firm ($30-$50m revenue):
Winner: Accru
Finalists: Crowe Horwath; Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills; Vincents

Best Accounting & Consulting Services Firm ($50-$200m revenue):
Winner: HLB Mann Judd
Finalists: BDO NZ; McGrathNicol; PKF; SW Accountants & Advisors

Best Accounting & Consulting Services Firm (>$200m revenue):
Winner: RSM
Finalists: BDO AU; Grant Thornton; KPMG NZ; PwC NZ

Accounting & consulting services specialists

Accounting & consulting services specialists

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Major Partner

Accounting & consulting services specialists​

Best Auditing Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: Allworths Chartered Accountants

Best Business Advice Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: Elevate Accounting

Best Financial Planning Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: Tilenni Stiles & Associates

Best Management Consulting Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: Elevate Accounting

Best Payroll Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: Elevate Accounting

Best Self Managed Super Fund Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: Alexander Spencer

Best Tax Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: AIM S Australia

Built & natural environment consulting

Built & natural environment consulting

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Major Partner

Built & natural environment consulting

Best Built & Natural Environment Consulting Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: ArtMade Architects
Finalists: Biosphere Environmental Consultants; EDP Consultants; Lawson Surveys; Washington Brown

Best Built & Natural Environment Consulting Firm ($30-$50m revenue):
Winner: Ethos Urban
Finalists: GTA Consultants; Holmes Consulting; Pattle Delamore Partners

Best Built & Natural Environment Consulting Firm ($50-$200m revenue):
Winner: Urbis
Finalists: Douglas Partners; HASSELL; Tonkin + Taylor

Best Built & Natural Environment Consulting Firm (>$200m revenue):
Winner: Golder
Finalists: Beca; Coffey; Mott MacDonald; Stantec

Built & natural environment consulting specialists

Built & natural environment consulting specialists

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Major Partner

Built & natural environment consulting specialists

Best Acoustical Consulting Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner:  Resonate Consultants

Best Architecture Firm (<$30m revenue): 
Winner: ArtMade Architects

Best Consulting Engineering Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: AT&L Associates

Best Consulting Surveying Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: Lawson Surveys

Best Environmental Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: 4Pillars Environmental Consulting

Best Heritage Consulting Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: GML Heritage Group

Best Planning Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: SGS Economics and Planning

Best Project Management Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: Planix Projects

Best Quantity Surveying Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: MCG Quantity Surveyors

Best Traffic & Transport Consulting Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: IMPACT

Law & related services


Law & related services

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Major Partner

Law & related services

Best Law & Related Services Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: Varga Lawyers
Finalists: AJ & Co Lawyers; Cudmore Legal; Equitas Lawyers; The Fold; Marino Law; Melbourne Law Studio

Best Law & Related Services Firm ($30-$50m revenue):
Winner: DLA Piper NZ
Finalists: Cooper Grace Ward; Russell Kennedy

Best Law & Related Services Firm ($50-$200m revenue):
Winner: Johnson Winter & Slattery
Finalists: Dentons; Lander & Rogers; Maddocks; Piper Alderman

Best Law & Related Services Firm (>$200m revenue):
Winner: Allens
Finalists: Ashurst; Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Gilbert + Tobin; King & Wood Mallesons

Law & related services specialists

Law & related services specialists

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Major Partner

Law & related services specialists

Best Commercial & Business Law Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: Marino Law

Best Dispute Resolution & Litigation Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: Equitas Lawyers

Best Immigration Law Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: Equitas Lawyers

Best Insurance Law Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: The Fold

Best Wills & Estates Law Firm (<$30m revenue): 
Winner: Cudmore Legal

Best Conveyancing Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: Genuine Conveyancing
Finalists: Brown & Brown Conveyancing; Bytherules Conveyancing; EB Conveyancing

Specialist IP & related services

Specialist IP & related services

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Major Partner

Specialist IP & related services

Best Specialist IP & Related Services Firm (<$20m revenue):
Winner: MBIP
Finalists: SunnIP

Best Specialist IP & Related Services Firm (>$20m revenue):
Winner: FB Rice and Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
Finalists: Griffith Hack

Practitioner awards

Practitioner awards

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Major Partner

Practitioner awards

Best Accountant:
Winner: Litsa Christodulou (HLB Mann Judd) and Angus Smith (RSM)
Finalists: Chris Dexter (SW Accountants & Advisors); Darren Scammell (Grant Thornton)

Best Built & Natural Environment Consultant:
Winner: John Lucchetti (Stantec)
Finalists: Sarah Alper (Aurecon); Chris Purchas (Tonkin + Taylor); Amanda Ring (SJB Planning)

Best IP Specialist:
Winner: Dr Brittany Howard (FB Rice)
Finalists: Rachel Hooke (FB Rice); Dr Matthew Overett (Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick); Nicola Scheepers (Griffith Hack)

Best Lawyer:
Winner: Paul Farrugia (Buddle Findlay)
Finalists: Martin Coleman (Ashurst); James Darcy (Allens); Linda Tapiolas (Cooper Grace Ward)

Overall awards

Overall awards

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Overall awards

Best Professional Services Firm (<$30m revenue):
Winner: ArtMade Architects

Best Professional Services Firm ($30-$50m revenue): 
Winner: Accru

Best Professional Services Firm ($50-$200m revenue):
Winner: HLB Mann Judd

Best Professional Services Firm (>$200m revenue):
Winner: Golder and RSM

Best Professional:
Winner: Paul Farrugia (Buddle Findlay)

Industry awards

Industry awards

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Major Partner

Industry awards

Best Provider to Construction & Infrastructure:
Winner: Coffey and Golder
Finalists: Douglas Partners; SMEC; Tonkin + Taylor

Best Provider to Financial & Insurance Services:
Winner: Grant Thornton
Finalists: DLA Piper NZ; Hall & Wilcox; Lander & Rogers

Best Provider to Government & Community:
Winner: Douglas Partners
Finalists: Buddle Findlay; Gilbert + Tobin; Golder; HLB Mann Judd

Best Provider to Mining, Oil & Gas:
Winner: Herbert Smith Freehills
Finalists: Allens; BDO AU; GHD

Best Provider to Power & Utilities:
Winner: Clayton Utz
Finalists: Beca; GHD; Herbert Smith Freehills

Best Provider to Property:
Winner: Douglas Partners
Finalists: Herbert Smith Freehills; Stantec; Urbis

CX awards

CX awards

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CX awards

Best CX Firm: Accounting & Consulting Services:
Winner: Accru
Finalists: HLB Mann Judd; RSM

Best CX Firm: Built & Natural Environment Consulting:
Winner: SJB Planning
Finalists: Donald Cant Watts Corke; ETHOS URBAN; GTA Consultants

Best CX Firm: Law & Related Services:
Winner: DLA Piper NZ
Finalists: Anthony Harper; Johnson Winter & Slattery; Lander & Rogers; Piper Alderman

Best CX Firm:Specialist IP & Related Services:
Winner: Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
Finalists: FB Rice; Griffith Hack

Innovation awards

Innovation awards

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Innovation awards

Most Innovative Accounting & Consulting Services Firm:
Winner: Accru
Finalists: HLB Mann Judd; McGrathNicol; SW Accountants & Advisors

Most Innovative Built & Natural Environment Consulting Firm:
Winner: Ethos Urban
Finalists: Cox Architecture; HASSELL; Urbis

Most Innovative Law & Related Services Firm:
Winner: Gilbert + Tobin
Finalists: DLA Piper NZ; MinterEllisonRuddWatts; Piper Alderman; Russell Kennedy

Most Innovative Specialist IP & Related Services Firm:
Winner: Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
Finalists: AJ Park; Spruson & Ferguson

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