Wynn Williams, previously Wynn Williams & Co is a law firm in Christchurch, New Zealand. In the last 50 years it has produced three High Court Judges and one Supreme Court Judge, Andrew Tipping, a remarkable contribution from a small number of partners.
Founded by Harry Bell Johnstone in January 1859, it claims to be Christchurch's first law firm. Henry Wynn-Williams joined the practice in July 1860. and when Johnstone ceased to practice in 1864, Wynn-Williams, whose name the company now bears, remained with the firm until 1912.
Wynn Williams is a founding member of the Lawlink Group, a national network of 18 independent law firms and over 420 lawyers.
In 2007 Wynn Williams was invited to join State Capital Group as its sole New Zealand member. This is the largest network of independent law firms in the world, comprising over 140 firms, which provides its clients with access to known and trusted expert advisers, anywhere in the world.
In 2014 Wynn Williams returned to Christchurch city centre to take up residence in a newly constructed building on Hereford Street, 155 years after the firm was first established in Shands Emporium, on that same street.