Mai Chen, Managing partner, Chen Palmer

Mai Chen, Managing partner, Chen Palmer Photograph of Mai Chen Event date: Saturday, 20 April 2013 Mai Chen is the Managing partner of Chen Palmer New Zealand Public Law Specialists, Barristers and Solicitors, Australasia’s first public law specialist firm, which she co-founded in 1994. She has led Chen Palmer for the last 18 years. She is the best selling author of the Public Law Tool Box, published by Lexis Nexis in 2012, and is an Adjunct Professor in Commercial and Public Law at the University of Auckland Business School. She also teaches an Executive MBA course at Auckland University, and has taught an intensive masters courses at the Auckland Law School. She is the inaugural Chair of NZ Global Women. Born in Taiwan, Mai Chen arrived in New Zealand at the age of six and understands the challenges for migrant families starting life in a new country. In her keynote session for the EthnicA conference she shares her experience and explores the challenges and opportunities of leadership in New Zealand - for communities as well as individuals. See full profile