From left to right, Sabina Comis, Dave Forti, Mark Thierfelder and Vince Cohen. Dechert has today announced that, effective July 1, 2023, partners David W. Forti and Mark E. Thierfelder will become Co-Chairs and that partners Sabina Comis and Vincent H. Cohen, Jr. will become the firm’s first Global Managing Partners. The incoming leadership team
Despite ongoing geopolitical uncertainty and a tightening economy, the Australian M&A market is predicted to rebound in the year ahead, according to Corrs Chambers Westgarth’s M&A 2023 Outlook report. As valuations and share markets settle, the M&A 2023 Outlook predicts deal activity will rebound in mid-2023. Australian M&A activity will be bolstered by tight competition and strong
Brought into Freshfields this year to strengthen its private equity and financial sponsors group, following nine years as Partner at a smaller London boutique she handled domestic and international M&A and commercial transaction work. With the firm’s growth increasingly coming from financial and complex regulatory and competition work, Ward’s work is at the core of the Freshfields
Former Slaughter & May lawyer Josh Bayliss became CEO of Virgin Group in 2011. A graduate of Auckland University Law School his role at Virgin sees him responsible for the Group’s strategic development and licensing of the Virgin brand globally. He also holds responsibility for direct investments on behalf of the Branson family in various
The moves by the government to entrench the 3 Waters legislation has invoked serious concern from a number of top lawyers. The highly contentious legislation has aroused debate and concern across multiple groups, but the last minute move to require a super majority to revoke the legislation is something that has itself provoked concern, if
Buying ad space is a sure-fire way to gain top-of-Google rankings, which can also buy growth in business rapidly. Pay-per-click (PPC) lets lawyers market on search engines by providing top placement, buying traffic as distinct from some of the organic SEO law marketing tactics that achieve top rankings. The trick here is that you (a)
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Leading New Zealand law firm Russell McVeagh has announced the promotion of talented Real Estate lawyer, Natalie Steur, to partner (subject to completing Law Society requirements). Natalie’s promotion will continue the expansion of the firm’s market-leading Real Estate & Construction team following on from Sarah Blackmore‘s promotion to partner last year. The team, which includes partners Ed Crook, David
Leading legal recruiter Louise Hall-Strutt see ‘horror stories’ that turn off potential candidates for law jobs in a market where they can afford to be choosy. Salaries are not the be-all and end-all of what they are looking for, she says, but rather what the reputation is of their prospective law firm. And she outlines
The building and construction industry commonly sees disputes regarding payments for a wide variety of reasons including building delays, under payments, non payments, design and planning errors and others. Such disputes can be extremely disruptive for the contractors and builders as it can affect cash flow, which could impact their ability to buy materials, support
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The largest law firm in Hamilton is one credit claimed by Tompkins Wake, but its 100th centenary has also seen the firm building on the Waikato origins it enjoyed when founded by ‘Lance’ Tompkins and Cecil Wake in 1922. Now sitting among the top 12 firms in the country, the firm enjoyed an evening with
