As pressures mount on in-house legal departments and their in-house lawyers to meet the pressures corporates face, a new EY survey shows the varied benefits that accrue to the in-house legal departments by using external lawyers. A report from EY Law taken from over 1000 legal departments shows that some are using external legal managed
The Commercial Bay development has attracted some of the major law firms to its waterfront location this month. Currently Chapman Tripp are moving into the space, where PriceWaterhouseCoopers are anchor tenant in a building that is more than 90 per cent leased but which has been seriously delayed by construction problems and then the pandemic.
Leading law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts relocates its Auckland office to a new purpose-built work space in the PwC Tower at Commercial Bay today. The firm’s Auckland office, comprising 245 people, occupies three and a half floors of the new PwC Tower, joining other leading professional services firms in the 39-level office development. Chief Executive, Andrew Poole
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Former Big Firm lawyer and law lecturer Rose Carlyle has morphed from opinion-writing to penning a first-time thriller that has already excited the international publishing world – with a movie deal already signed. In a Stuff interview, Carlyle, a former lawyer at Kensington Swan and Chapman Tripp before working as a barrister and law lecturer
Its a case of a nasty divorce that just got nastier disaffected litigant Allison Huynh alleged that Big Law firm Morrison & Foerster had been a “willing architect and facilitator” in a nefarious scheme to cheat her and her children out of former husband and Google code writer Scott Hassan’s share of a fortune. Hassan
Bristol-based TLT Solicitors law firm has closed in on the £100m mark in a year when the law firm elected its first new managing partner in almost two decades, according to a report in InsiderMedia. In the year to 30 April 2020, revenue climbed by 13 per cent rise from £87.6m to £98.8m. Growth across
NEW YORK, July 29, 2020 — Pravati Capital, leading litigation finance pioneer and consulting firm, today announced four new members to its esteemed leadership team, each complementing the firm’s outstanding services and legal insight. Joining Pravati Capital, Bruce Cohen, Douglas Smith, Scott Potter and Shane Ham will bolster the company’s litigation practice with specialized experience to better serve clients. Pravati Capital announced four
A Dunedin Ponzi operator has been sentenced to eight years and ten months’ imprisonment, with a minimum non-parole period of five years and four months. Barry Edward Kloogh (57) who ran a Ponzi scheme for more than 20 years was sentenced today in the Dunedin District Court. He had previously admitted to charges of ‘False
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[adrotate group=”14″] A LawFuel Power Law Feature Davey Salmon Former Lee Salmon Long partner Davey Salmon made the move recently to the newly formed Mills Lane Chambers formed with former Minter Ellison partner Zane Kennedy and family law specialist Zara Matheson, which LawFuel reported about last year. Salmon has been involved in a range of
The Ones to Watch: Up-and-Coming Litigators, Continued . . . Aimee Credin – Medico-Legal Expert Wotton + Kearney partner Aimee Credin has already been scooping awards and recognition for her medico-legal and insurance work. She is particularly renowned for assisting health professionals when they face healthcare, medical indemnity and medical insurance issues on behalf of
