Auckland-based partner Raewyn Lovett has been appointed as the new chair of trans-Tasman firm Duncan Cotterill Lawyers.

Lovett has been a partner of the firm for 19 years and specialises in the corporate and commercial sector.

She is the current chair of Netball NZ and also chairs its trans-Tasman subsidiary company, TTNL Ltd, which is responsible for the ANZ Championship.

Lovett sits on several private company boards, including Obex Medical Ltd.