Young AMINZ
Connect | Learn | Grow
Are you a newly admitted lawyer? A rising dispute resolution practitioner?
Wherever you’re at, if you have an interest in dispute resolution, and would like to gain knowledge, exchange views and build your network, Young AMINZ is for you.
Connect with, learn alongside, and grow your network of fellow practitioners in their early years of practice.
Why join Young AMINZ?
Young AMINZ hosts educational and social events throughout the year. Young AMINZ Members have the opportunity to…
Connect.
Build your professional network.
Meet like-minded peers as well as senior practitioners working in your field of interest.
Enjoy social events throughout the year.
Learn.
Attend selected educational seminars and events at no (or minimal) charge.
Gain access to free webinars with subject specialists.
Expand your dispute resolution knowledge and gain CPD points along the way.
Grow.
Meet senior AMINZ members at social events.
Receive mentoring from senior AMINZ members.
Open doors for future opportunities in the sector.
Take part in collaboration opportunities with other institutions.
It’s free!
In order to ensure the next generation of practitioners have ample opportunity to expand their network, knowledge and experience of the sector, Young AMINZ Membership is free of charge to students, practitioners and younger members of the profession for a limited period of 10 years.
Young AMINZ membership is separate to AMINZ membership. However, Young AMINZ members are encouraged to register and attend any regular AMINZ events that are of interest throughout the year. You can be a member of both, should you wish!
Meet the Co-Chairs
You can contact the Young AMINZ Co-Chairs with any inquiries related to Young AMINZ membership or events.
Sam Macintosh
Sam Macintosh is an Associate at Wynn Williams in the civil litigation team. His areas of practice focus on complex commercial dispute resolution, including advising clients on disputes involving commercial contracts, company and competition law issues, statutory liability, commercial property and leases, and insolvency. Sam has experience appearing as sole and junior counsel before courts and tribunals and in alternative dispute resolution. Sam is currently the Co-Chair of Young AMINZ and is an assistant editor to the Kluwer Arbitration Blog for Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands.
Before joining Wynn Williams Sam worked with the New Zealand Law Society’s national regulatory team, and later as a research and policy analyst in Parliament. In 2019 Sam competed in the Willem C. Vis Moot as part of the Victoria University of Wellington team, placing 5th globally. The Moot focuses on issues of international commercial arbitration and the sale of goods across borders.
Email: sam.macintosh@wynnwilliams.co.nz
Diana Qiu
Diana Qiu is a junior barrister at Thorndon Chambers. Her practice comprises of public, commercial and international law matters, including investor-state arbitration. In addition to being a co-chair of Young AMINZ, Diana is the New Zealand representative on the Asia-Pacific Forum for International Arbitration. She was also the 2022 recipient of the AMINZ Determinative Scholarship and assisted in publishing the Inaugural Aotearoa New Zealand Arbitration Survey Report.
Diana has published on arbitration and international law matters. Her first article, which examined how to determine the laws applicable to commercial arbitration, was published in the academic journal of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. It was also included in a United Nations bibliography on writings related to the work of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law.
Prior to joining Thorndon Chambers, Diana was a judge's clerk to the President of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand | Te Kōti Pīra o Aotearoa. She was also a Teaching Fellow at the Faculty of Law at Victoria University of Wellington | Te Herenga Waka.
Email: diana.qiu@chambers.co.nz
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