It’s been a bad few days for Dentons, following the end of its Chinese-connection with Dacheng Law Offices has now joined Clyde & Co facing money laundering charges from the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The two law firms face alleged offences spanning about four years. Investigators at the solicitors’ watchdog have published details of the prosecution
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Bankside Chambers’ Laura O’Gorman has been appointed to the High Court. >> A New Law Job? Check The LawFuel Network Justice O’Gorman went to the University of Auckland in 1996, attaining a BCom/LLB (Hons) degree before working at Buddle Findlay until 1998. She obtained an LLM from the University of Cambridge in 1999. Subsequently, during
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Global law firm Dentons has announced its separation from China’s Dacheng Law Offices due to new national security restrictions imposed by the Chinese government. The 2015 merger had formed a 6,600-lawyer entity, with Dacheng contributing over 4,000 attorneys. The split is in response to recent Chinese mandates on law firms, with Dentons maintaining a “preferred firm” connection. This move reflects growing challenges faced by foreign firms in China’s evolving political and economic landscape.
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Left to right: Rachel Dunne, Lauren Curtayne, Kelly McFazdien, Laura Fraser. Partner Partner Chapman Tripp has been announced as a New Zealand Firm of the Year finalist in the 2023 Women in Business Law Awards, with four of its Partners being shortlisted. Chapman Tripp finalists include Rachel Dunne, for both Mergers & Acquisitions and Equity
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The SFO has identified the key areas of focus to deter serious fraud and corruption in New Zealand
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The Stroock & Stroock partnership continues to shrink with the latest moves being the departure from the troubled firm by Richard Stern, the chair of this practice, who has left with four team members to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius – a move that adds to the ongoing departures from Stroock’s evolving partnership landscape. On Monday,
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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Scott A. Sher, a nationally preeminent antitrust lawyer, has joined the firm as a partner, resident in the Washington, D.C. office. Sher will advise clients on antitrust issues that arise in the M&A process and on antitrust investigations and competition issues. “We are thrilled to welcome
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>> Latest Law Jobs Here Leading New Zealand law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts has again been named as a top employer in the NZ Lawyer 5-star Employer of Choice 2023 list. The list showcases legal employers leading the way with policies and initiatives that engage their staff in areas critical to positive employee experience, including leadership, remuneration,
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ST. LOUIS (August 7, 2023) – Harry (“Hal”) W. Wellford, Jr., a shareholder in the St. Louis office of Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has been appointed to serve as a trial master for the Missouri Attorney General’s Trial Masters Program and Committee. Wellford is one of 14 attorneys from
