LawFuel Law Firm News – Ashurst has been named Asia-Pacific Law Firm of the Year at GlobalCapital Global Derivatives Awards 2022. The awards recognise firms which have made a significant impact on the global derivatives market. Winners for this award were nominated based on independent market feedback and substantial research conducted by an editorial panel.
LawFuel News – Keystone Law has welcomed seven new senior lawyers to the firm, bolstering its experience and expertise across a range of practices and sectors. Isaac Felberbaum, Robert Spedding, Trevor Garrood, Susan Haggard, Peter Millichip, Hannah Sisk and Chris Willison, are the latest lawyers to join Keystone, moving from senior roles at top UK
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Former managing director at Bain Capital and general counsel to Bain Capital’s credit business to serve as co-leader of the firm’s market-leading special situations and private credit group NEW YORK, New York, October 3, 2022 – Akin Gump today announced the addition of high-profile special situations lawyer Ranesh Ramanathan to the firm. Together with partner Dan Fisher, Ramanathan
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The recently elected president of the New Zealand Law Society, Jacque Lethbridge, has resigned from the role following the \”culture review\” report commissioned by the NZLS from Michael Heron KC. The report, released this week, related to what the NZLS said was the “breakdown in the relationship between the President and the then Chief Executive
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George and Amal Clooney, Co-Founders of The Clooney Foundation for Justice and Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, will host the first-ever ‘Albie Awards’ at the New York Public Library later this week. Named after Justice Albie Sachs, revered for his heroic commitment to ending apartheid in South Africa, the Albie Awards will honor
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The only sensation that a medical instrument can accurately reproduce is hearing. A device known as a cochlear implant is used to achieve this by electrically stimulating the auditory (hearing) nerve. This device has had a major impact on people suffering from deafness but has had its own extensive history of severe complications at the
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The Law movies you don’t want to miss “A good lawyer makes you believe the truth, but a great lawyer makes you believe in the lie!” This is the basic disposition associated with lawyers and when it comes to law movies made this century we have the list. They weren\’t all academy award winners or
Duncan Cotterill have been joined by technology and privacy lawyer Peter Fernando. >> Latest Law Jobs Here Fernando is based in the firm\’s Christchurch office, according to the Duncan Cotterill press release. “This is a period when many organisations are increasingly cloud-based, recognising the need to integrate various existing systems with new platforms, often using
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The Auckland High Court has ordered life insurer AIA to pay a pecuniary penalty of $700,000 for making false and/or misleading representations to some customers, following proceedings brought by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) – Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko. AIA admitted to the conduct last year in court. The FMA and AIA agreed a penalty of $700,000 reflected
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Joanna Simon\’s short term at the New Zealand Law Society as CEO has seen her take a new position as Chief Executive of the Starship Foundation. She served as NZLS CEO for a little over a year, resigning over alleged ng launched review of \’behavioural concerns\’ involving Society\’s president, Jacque Lethbridge. The Law Society has
