[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are proud to announce Henry Brandts-Giesen’s appointment to Partner in the Private Wealth practice of Kensington Swan. With the transition of former partner, Tim MacAvoy, into a consulting role with the firm, Henry also takes on the role of head of the Private Wealth practice. He leads a team which assists private clients, families,
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Wellington barrister and recently retired Chapman Tripp partner Pheroze Jagose has been appointed to the High Court, the Attorney General announced today. Mr Jagose was a telecommunications and commercial litigation specialist at Chapman Tripp, before leaving to join the bar in 2016, where he worked in competition, trade practices and other areas of litigation.
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] An in-house legal role with one of New Zealand’s fastest growing property investment groups, owned by Rich Lister Ayal Aharoni, (left) is one of the recent jobs added to LawFuel’s law news site in recent days. The fast-expanding law site, aided by some of the largest social media law jobs groups for NZ law
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]First Two Years of a Business Are Critical Tim Moynahan* By now, it is more or less common knowledge that more businesses fail within the first two years of launching than at any other period in the company’s existence. There are good reasons for this dramatic failure rate. Why is the new business failure rate
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Today’s law office is radically different from what many might think – and the changes keep coming. The law office a client might walk into today is more likely to see espresso machines and funky colors than book-lined walls and dark paneled walls. A recent feature LawFuel prepared for the New Zealand law market
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Chief Justice John G Roberts Jr wished bad luck upon school graduates in dispensing some graduation advice that might have taken many by surprise. Speaking at a ninth grade commencement address at an elite school attended by his son, the speech was described by the Washington Post as “personal, understated and popular probably because it touched on
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Maintaining good health is key towards one successful lawyer’s Florida law practice, with the attorney offering some key advice for anyone seeking to develop good personal health and fitness. Florida personal injury attorney Greg Huber, 45, told the Palm Beach Post some of the tips he had for anyone seeking to maintain health. High
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Forgetting the ‘Russia problem’ for Donald Trump, the President has continuing trouble over the alleged fraud case that has beleaguered his Trump University seminar program. A plaintiff in the case, which Trump settled, has refused the $25 million settlement leaving open the potential for the President to face a fraud trial. “Yes, that’s right,”
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]An increasing number of younger lawyers appear to be favouring provincial cities to pursue their legal careers, avoiding the traffic and lifestyle cost “unafforded” by the larger centres. Wanganui’s Megan Christie, 31, for instance, has joined a relatively young law firm as a young lawyer herself, now promoted to associate position with the firm and
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The lawyer who stood beside Sonny Bill Williams during his judicial conduct hearing is one of the country’s most prominent sports lawyers and a member of LawFuel’s up-and-coming Power List members. A former MinterEllisonRuddWatts lawyer and Cambridge graduate, Cottrell was General Counsel at the Rugby Union before moving into sports management with Cottsport, the
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