Rob Towner

He advises on employment agreements, employment aspects of commercial transactions, dismissals, discrimination, redundancy, restraint of trade and labour disputes. He is a trained mediator.

Rob is a member of the Executive Council of the Global Employment Institute. He is a past Chairman of the Employment and Industrial Relations Law Committee of the International Bar Association, the largest international association of lawyers.

He is a part-time lecturer in employment law at the University of Auckland and regularly speaks at employment law seminars and conferences. Rob is the author of the New Zealand chapter in three international textbooks on employment law.

Rob is named as a leading lawyer in Who's Who Legal 2010 in the labour and employment field. He is listed as a leading individual in Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2010 and Asia Pacific Legal 500 2009/2010, with the 2008/2009 edition of the latter stating that he "is easily one of New Zealand's best employment lawyers". PLC Which Lawyer? 2009 lists Rob as a leading individual in employment law in its latest rankings, and Euromoney's Expert Guides names him as one of the world's leading labour and employment lawyers. Chambers Global 2010 ranks Rob in the top tier of New Zealand lawyers, commending his "wealth of experience in both labour disputes and the employment aspects of commercial transactions".