The salaries may be eye-popping and the addition to their CVs prestigious, but for midnight-oil burning junior lawyers working at Biglaw firms the deal is largely a ‘Faustian pact’, as lawyers continue to leave elite law firms despite the money and prestige . . but the deals and work continues to flow. UK legal services […]
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The New Zealand Power Lawyers missing from the Herald’s ‘Power List’
The Herald’s Shamelessly Appropriated ‘Power List’ . . And The Missing Power Lawyers Read More »
Law firm success in 2022 will depend upon technology to retain legal talent and obtain new clients
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A record-breaking divorce settlement has been achieved by Dubai’s ruler who has been ordered to pay his former wife and two children up to £554m in what is believed to be the biggest divorce settlement awarded by an English court. The legal fees for the massive settlement are believe to be around £150m (almost USD$200m).
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Nathan Cooper * New Zealand made two important climate commitments at the COP26 summit last month — to halve emissions by 2030 and to join the global methane pledge to cut methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030. But what happens if these pledges are inadequate for the climate emergency we face? And how can we ensure
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Just after we reported on changes being made to hourly billing, (from Freshfields) we read that Linklaters are changing from the traditional lockstep compensation model for their partners, driven by competition and a need to attract and retain legal talent. The news comes from a Financial Times report indicating that senior partner Paul Lewis indicating
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The National Party’s recent call for a royal commission of inquiry into New Zealand’s pandemic response may have been part of a wider political strategy, with former leader Judith Collins highly critical of the government’s handling of the Delta outbreak. But the idea predated its recent advocate, and there are good, non-political reasons for holding such an
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LinkedIn remains one of the most effective social media channels for lawyers’ marketing and observational posts. Popular in New Zealand as it is elsewhere (in the US, close to 80 per cent of law firmuse the channel) it continues to grow in popularity here also as more firms use the network for everything from recruitment
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Kirkland & Ellis is the highest-earning law firm in the world and as if that isn’t enough attraction for many lawyers, the latest alteration to the law firm’s attraction has been to shorten the road to equity partnership by a year – straight to highest-paid law firm top tier position. The move is made against
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The Christchurch Bar have been shocked at the death of senior criminal lawyer – ‘a force to be reckoned with’, as one said – following a Bar dinner. Margaret Sewell died unexpectedly at her Fendalton home. She had represented some of New Zealand’s most notorious murderers, including double child killer Jeremy McLaughlin and “black widow” Helen
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