Horne, who will be based in the firm's Auckland office, has more than 15 years experience advising clients in both New Zealand and the United Kingdom in dispute resolution, civil and commercial litigation, banking and financial services and IT and telecommunications.

Horne was previously a partner of Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, before departing in 2006 for London, where he worked for nine years as a partner at Clifford Chance.