>> Check new law jobs on NZ’s Best Law Jobs Network Bell Gully has further strengthened its senior ranks with the recent appointment of six senior associates in the corporate, litigation, employment and projects and real estate teams: Charles Wong, Hannah Turton, Rebecca Compson, Ruth Keats, Adam Conti and Matthew Flinn. “We are pleased to welcome six senior associates – a mix
Diamonds and Due Diligence in Luxury Law ‘Luxury law’ has a certain rich cache, but a Luxury Law Summit in London highlighted some of the issues for lawyers working in luxury brands, highlighting the complex and evolving role of lawyers in the luxury sector, requiring a balance of legal expertise with business acumen and industry-specific
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NEW YORK–Arcadia Finance, a new litigation funding firm focused on commercial litigation and arbitration, today announced its official launch to offer customized financial solutions and unparalleled support to empower clients and partners in achieving their legal goals. Led by litigation funding veterans David Kerstein, Ronit Cohen, and Joshua Libling, the Arcadia leadership team has decades of funding and
Gibson Dunn is pleased to announce the appointment of George J. Sampas as Co-Chair of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group and Head of Cross-Border M&A. He will lead the global M&A practice with fellow Co-Chairs Robert Little in the Dallas office and Saee Muzumdar in the New York office. “George is a preeminent
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The sluggish M&A arena is picking up and profile law firm Gibson Dunn has made some major new lateral hires from Sullivan & Cromwell and Paul Weiss. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, with almost 1900 attorneys, has strengthened its mergers and acquisitions practice with two significant additions from rival firms this week. George Sampas, a longtime
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Paul Hastings Entertainment and Media Transactional partners Ken Deutsch and Susan Williams and Entertainment and Media Litigation partners Tamerlin Godley and Steve Marenberg were included in The Hollywood Reporter’s “Power Lawyers 2024: Hollywood’s Top 100 Attorneys” list. The annual list recognizes the top 100 entertainment dealmakers and litigators who were responsible for negotiating top-dollar deals and arguing high-stakes legal battles this past year. The
Eric Watson, the flambouyant former New Zealand business high-flier, has finally broken cover in response to insider trading charges brought against him by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). A letter written from his current Ibiza address to the US courts is attempting to set aside a default declaration arising from his non-appearance to
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The delay in the sentencing of former Green MP and Hamas supporter Golriz Ghahraman has set off a Twitter-X storm with Court-spun tales of her parliamentary security detail equalling the PMs and her PTSD issues due to her alleged tendency to ‘build a house and then burn it down’. >> Latest law jobs here .
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Akin announced this week that Abid Qureshi and Daniel Walsh have been elected co-chairs of the firm, effective April 1, 2025. They will succeed Kim Koopersmith, who has served as chair since 2013. Qureshi is a widely recognized financial restructuring litigator and has worked on some of the most complex, cutting-edge issues in high-profile chapter
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Seven real estate lawyers from Linklaters in Stockholm have left to join Swedish firm Gernandt & Danielsson. Partners Magnus Lidman and Anna Eriksson headed the Swedish real estate team and were joined in the move by five associates. The press release from Gernandt & Danielsson is below – Real estate transactions team joins Gernandt &
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