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Paul, Weiss Adds Investment Funds Partner in Los Angeles

New York and Los Angeles, April 2, 2025 – Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Steve Y. Yoo will join the firm as a partner in the Investment Funds Group in the Corporate Department, resident in Los Angeles. Yoo’s practice focuses on the structuring, formation and operation of private equity funds. “Steve […]

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LSEG Global M&A Financial Advisory Review

LSEG is pleased to present our Global M&A Financial Advisory Review and Emerging Markets M&A Financial Advisory Review  for the first quarter of 2025. LSEGDeals Content is the most extensive and flexible resource available for timely M&A and Capital Markets transactions insight and analytics, relied upon by the financial press and deal makers around the world. Our leading-edge products

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Buddle Findlay Appoint Sherridan Cook as New National Chair

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New Zealand Law Firm News To an extensive background in employment law, health and safety and commercial litigation, Sherridan Cook now adds the role of National Chair of Buddle Findlay. Sherridan first joined the firm as a law clerk in Wellington, after growing up in Christchurch. After heading overseas, he returned to the firm around

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Shoosmiths offers £1m bonus pot for 1 million AI prompts

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Landmark move rewards AI adoption to accelerate smarter, faster, better client service 02 April 2025 – Shoosmiths has reinforced its position at the forefront of legal innovation by becoming the first major law firm to link a firmwide bonus to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by its workforce. The firm has set a clear

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BakerHostetler adds former federal prosecutor Ryan Hedgesas white collar partner in Chicago

Why this matters Hedges is the latest former federal prosecutor to join the White Collar, Investigations and Securities Enforcement and Litigation team, which recently welcomed Artie McConnell, who served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of New York for 10 years. Hedges is a seasoned trial lawyer with significant experience handling white

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Littler Adds Senior Counsel in Columbus From Zashin & Rich

COLUMBUS, Ohio (March 31, 2025) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Drew C. Piersall as senior counsel in its Columbus office. Piersall joins from Zashin & Rich and brings more than 20 years of employment and labor law experience. “We are delighted to welcome Drew to the Columbus office,” said

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Former New Zealand lawyer pleads guilty to fraudulently claiming almost $375,000 from Government-funded legal support scheme

>> Your law job is here – LawFuel Jobs A former Bay of Plenty lawyer has pleaded guilty in a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) case to fraudulently claiming almost $375,000 from a legal support scheme funded by the Ministry of Justice.  Appearing in Tauranga District Court today, Paulette Main admitted to one representative charge of

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New Zealand Law – Buddle Findlay appoints Sarah McEwan as new Board member

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>> Your new law job is here . . LawFuel Jobs Buddle Findlay welcomes Auckland-based partner, Sarah McEwan to the Board of Management, effective from 1 April 2025.  Sarah specialises in corporate law with a broad range of experience in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and securities transactions and corporate advisory and governance matters. Sarah

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Littler APPOINTS Gerardo V. Hernandez as Office Managing Shareholder in Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (March 20, 2025) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has appointed Gerardo V. Hernandez as office managing shareholder (OMS) of the firm’s Fresno office. Hernandez succeeds Ryan L. Eddings who has stepped down to focus on his active practice and other firm responsibilities. “As we expand Littler’s

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NZ Law – The $110 Million Lesson: What Every Director Should Learn From Mainzeal’s Collapse

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MinterEllison Partner Notes Key Mainzeal Lessons Over 80 percent of New Zealand’s directors have never experienced a major corporate collapse—making the Mainzeal case a critical wake-up call for governance professionals nationwide. The Mainzeal case was a landmark case resulted in directors being personally liable for $40 million plus interest, fundamentally reshaping how boards must approach

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