Dentons Kensington Swan have announced their development of a new tax practice with the arrival at the firm of former KPMG and MinterEllison tax specialist Bruce Bernacchi. Bernacchi left KPMG two years ago after working to secure the role as Executive Chair of the firm to join tax advisory service Greenmount Advisory and has now
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Best Lawyers have published their 2023 Best Lawyers: Real Estate and Infrastructure publication, providing a top level look at the US real estate scene and the leading lawyers practising in the area. Best Lawyers also contains articles from leading real estate lawyers on the current volatile real estate market as the US and other markets
Law firm Anthony Harper has announced the promotion of Jessica Hanning and Matt Winter to partnerships effective January 1, 2023. Jessica Hanning is a commercial litigator with more than10 years’ experience. She has advised on a range of commercial disputes including farm leases, defective product claims, liquidations, and debt recovery. Hanning also has particular expertise in
Bell Gully have appointed five new partners and three special counsel in a new round of elevations for the firm. The press release announcing the appointments is below: Bell Gully’s new senior appointments represent some of the best legal talent in Aotearoa New Zealand. The five new partners are experienced banking and finance lawyers Sarah
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Allen & Overy have introduced an AI chatbot to help their lawyers work more efficiently
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Gibson Dunn has received certification for Black Equity at Work, recognizing the firm’s work in diversity, part of the Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) organization. MLT is designed to ensure talented underrepresented minorities can get on, and stay on the path to senior leadership stepping up to achieve diversity in the workplace. It worked with
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With over 1000 lawyers and a strong lobbying presence, Akin Gump hit LawFuel ‘Most Prestigious Law Firm’ list this year and continues its strong growth with the opening of an office in Boston, where it intended to focus on financial restructuring, private equity, and investment management issues. The opening sees the firm joined by a
Alex Spiro’s legal representation of Elon Musk has provided the Quinn Emanuel Urquart & Sullivan litigator with another reason to make him one of the rising stars at the US bar, who has handled major cases for other celebrities including Mick Jagger, rappers like Killer Mike and Meek Mill and athletes like Charles Oakley and
Shearman & Sterling have confirmed that they had to let go of 38 employees which include 26 business services team members and 12 associates mainly focused on transactional practices. The New York-based firm says this was necessary to adjust to changing market conditions, which continue to show challenging times ahead, as per the recent Thomson
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In a move that further advances women in the legal profession the Solicitor General Una Jagose KC appointed Alysha McClintock as Auckland’s Crown Solicitor. She succeeds Brian Dickey KC (left) who joined Bankside Chambers this month after resigning from his appointment in June 2022. The appointment of the new Crown Solicitor occurs on 20 February.
