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Felix Geiringer

Felix Geiringer

New Zealand Bar Association

Felix Geiringer is barrister practising from Lambton Chambers in Wellington, New Zealand. He was a member of the New Zealand Bar Association Council from 2019-2023 and, from 2021, was Vice-President (Wellington) and co-chair of the Advocacy Committee. Before becoming a lawyer, Felix was a mathematician. He was a Rhodes Scholar and read mathematics at Magdalen College, Oxford. His mathematical studies included looking at neural networks and how they operate. He later worked as a cryptologist and computer programmer for an embedded systems company in Reading, England. Felix has been part of the NZBA team submitting on the Senior Courts Electronic Document Protocol, the recently released Digital Strategy for Courts and Tribunals of Aotearoa New Zealand, and the new Court Practice Direction on the use of AI. He has been involved in high-profile cases, particularly in the fields of media law, commercial law, human rights, trusts, and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Felix previously worked for Clifford Chance (London) in its banking regulation team. He was also called to the bar in England as a member of Lincoln’s Inn and worked at the well-known human rights set, Doughty Street Chambers. He has made several appearances in the New Zealand Supreme Court and the Privy Council.

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