UK-based Clyde & Co is to continue its aggressive Australian expansion, including by poaching partners, a Law.com report says. The firm has experienced strong, double-digit growth on the back of litigation growth in the Australian market, since establishing itself in Australia in 2012. “We are aggressively pursuing growth in each of the industries that we […]
Morrison & Foerster Adds a Powerhouse Team of Nine Corporate Lawyers to Its Industry-Leading Corporate Group Led by Randy Bullard, the Team’s Practice Also Further Enhances the Firm’s Newly Announced Latin America Desk, Which Includes Corporate, Litigation, Compliance, and Finance Capabilities Left to right: partners Enrique Conde, Randy Bullard, Alexandra Aguirre, and Juan Delgado. NEW
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Like all the large law firms, MinterEllisonRuddWatts creates a work hard environment, although there are reports of a culture that remains open to improvement. Although the NZ firm has stars like LawFuel’s former Lawyer of the Year Stacey Shortall, the firm continues to demonstrate a strong move towards technology innovation. CEO Andrew Poole Firm Chair
The flip side of #Metoo is the need to employ ‘superior’ men, requiring positive discrimination in the view of Australian law firm Lander & Rogers. The firm ranks highly on The Australian Financial Review Law Partnership Survey, with 37 per cent of partners being female and with 76 per cent of senior associates being female
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New Zealand Justice Minister Andrew Little has admonished Google for their name suppression breach over the naming of a murder suspect in a Twitter video. Justice Minister Andrew Little has taken to his 27,000 followers on Twitter to admonish Google for breaching name suppression orders in the Grace Millane case in December 2018. The online
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Developing trends in law office design show some distinct characteristics, leading architects Warren & Mahoney told LawFuel. The firm, founded in Christchurch in 1955 and now operating across seven offices in Australia and New Zealand, has had considerable experience working with both law firms and others in office redesign projects. Among their clients have been
LawFuel says – The 31 partner law firm has been on an aggressive growth path for some years, expanding from its Christchurch base to Auckland with a strong focus on its ’27 areas of specialty’. The firm offers varied employment opportunities via its internships and programmes. Anthony Harper says – We have great pride in
Law Office Design: From Corporate to Collaborative: Redesigning Legal Spaces Sapna Patel* Often when we think law firms, there are a few stereotypes that tend to come to mind: commonly, people in suits with briefcases perched in plain, wood panelled corporate offices. However, as work trends change, there is also a need for work environments
Solo lawyers and those at small firms show a drop in earnings, with women attorneys making over one-third less income than their male counterparts, according to the latest Martindale-Avvo survey. But the survey also shows the most lucrative areas of practice for lawyers operating in small firms. The latest survey shows lawyers making an average
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About the firm – Large Bay of Plenty law practice handling a full range of legal work from commercial to family, employment and more. Firm Snapshot – 11 partners Operates from offices in Tauranga, Rotorua, Whakatane and Opotiki Open to approaches from lawyers Provides a summer clerk programme every year from November to February in
