Herbert Smith Freehills has announced a new 35% gender target for the proportion of women in its global partnership, by 2023. By 1 May 2023, women will comprise 35% of: partners; and, partner leadership roles. In 2014 the firm led the way in the legal profession to publicly set international gender targets, within a specific
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We have elected 33 new partners across 14 offices. 33% of new partners are women. The global nature of our 2019 partnership election demonstrates the firm’s truly global reach as well as breadth and depth of knowledge across multiple practice areas. Our recent promotions embody an ambition to deliver to clients the most competitive offering
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance today announced the promotion of 11 counsel and consultants in Asia Pacific. Geraint Hughes, Regional Managing Partner of Asia Pacific said, “Congratulations to this exceptional group of lawyers for their professionalism and commitment to their teams and our clients.” The new counsel/consultants are the following (bios and photos available
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Los Angeles, 29 April 2019 – Global law firm Hogan Lovells announced today that Ann C. Kim, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney, has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in its Litigation practice. Kim joins the firm after spending over 12 years working for the federal government with nearly five years in
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The Attorney General David Parker has appointed Justice Joe Williams to the Supreme Court, replacing Justice Sir William Young, who is to chair the Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch Mosques massacre, while Power List barrister David Goddard has been appointed to the High Court and Court of Appeal. The statement from the Attorney General
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Karen Lake* Law firm rebranding has become an almost daily feature of law firm life – shorter, sharper names, new logos, reworked web sites – the whole gamut of ‘branding’ that has exercised the minds of both lawyers and their branding advisors increasingly. A recent article in Law.com pointed out what might appear obvious, or
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Suit Alleges Defendants Repeatedly Violated Environmental Regulations Governing Underground Storage Tanks at Gas Stations Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY”), and Peter D. Lopez, Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), announced today that the United States has filed a civil lawsuit against Chestnut Petroleum
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Retail telecommunications provider Vodafone New Zealand Limited has been fined $350,000 for making false representations in invoices it sent to customers. Vodafone pleaded guilty and was convicted in relation to 14 charges under the Fair Trading Act for conduct that occurred between January 2012 and December 2018. Despite Vodafone’s contractual terms and conditions stating it
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Your law firm job may be comforting, but it’s not always comfortable Beth Lebowitz* You did everything right. You attended your OCIs during law school, hearing again and again that going to work for that big law firm was the best, if not the only, option. You worked those summer internships, and were lured in
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H Hilary Meredith Solicitors in Wilmslow has appointed Invictus Gold medallist and high-ranking military solicitor, Natalie Robinson as Head of its Armed Forces Compensation Scheme department. Natalie provided specialist military legal support to the British Army for twelve years, reaching the rank of Major, before being medically discharged in 2015 after an injury on duty
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