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Power Lawyer: Simon Watt Named Climate Change Law Leader

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Bell Gully partner Simon Watt has been reaffirmed as New Zealand’s leading climate change lawyer, following the release of the internationally respected Chambers Global directory. Simon Watt Simon is just one of 22 lawyers around the world recognised for their climate change work. As the leading climate change lawyer in New Zealand, he has been ranked by Chambers Global […]

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What IS LegalTech Anyway? And What Is Happening For LegalTech2021 After The Pandemic?

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What is LegalTech?

There is much in LegalTech That Will See More Happening in 2021 Legaltech has become the byword for legal technology including software, which helps lawyers support the legal industry, but there will be some more big news for legaltech 2021. The term has become synonmous with new technology developments in an industry long seen as

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Which Law Marketing Firm? The Key Information You Need Before Choosing A Marketing Firm For Your Law Firm

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Law marketing  Choosing a top law marketing firm may seem an easy ask, however there are a number of key factors that need to be considered when making a choice that can have major ramifications for your law firm’s public profile and success. Law firm marketing has become a big business and there are a

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Simpson Thacher Continue To Boost London Law Practice With Eyes on European Expansion

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has hired senior lawyers from Freshfields and Kirkland & Ellis to build its European restructuring practice in London. Adam Gallagher and James Watson join as partners from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Kirkland & Ellis respectively with Simpson Thacher betting on more distressed companies seeking legal help following the pandemic, Brexit and

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Legal Jobs For Everyone – From Spys To SFO Roles on Growing Law Jobs Network

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LawFuel’s law jobs network has continued to attract a wide range of legal jobs for New Zealand lawyers, including positions with the Government Communications & Securities Bureau, seeking an intermediate lawyer, to a range of other roles. The LawFuel law jobs are unique in that they are posted across the entire network, which includes not

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A $30 Million Revenue Hole for Shearman After Mass Departure

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big legal fees in Big Law

A new arbitration boutique law firm to have offices in Paris, London and New York has been started with eight of Shearman & Sterling’s arbitration partners, including global arbitration heads Emmanuel Gaillard and Yas Banifatemi. The departure of more than 38 lawyers is believed to leave the Big Law heavyweight with an estimated $30 million

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Is David Boies Looking At Stemming The Tide of Departures?

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The departures from leading legal boutique Boies Schiller Flexner have been significant, after more than 60 partners departed in recent times, including the co-managing partner Nicholas Gravante and the litigators Karen Dunn and Bill Isaacson. LawFuel has previously reported on the troubled firm and its partner departures. Bloomberg Law reports that name partner David Boies

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Is This a Law Firm Management Trend That Is Likely To Catch-On?

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law firm management professional Kate Tompkins

For many years, several leading business advisors have suggested that law firms need to broaden their management horizons by employing law firm CEOs who are not themselves lawyers. Many lawyers either dislike or show a lack of ability to managing law firms and yet there are frequently management professionals readily available to take charge and

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Who Said 2020 Was Bad For Lawyers? World’s Highest Grossing Law Firm Set To Surge to $5bn on

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The world’s highest-grossing law firm, Power Law firm Kirkland & Ellis, is on track to post record annual revenue of ~$5 billion for the 12 months ending in January, according to the Financial Times. Despite a sagging global economy, Kirkland & Ellis has surged with growth in its three main areas of operation —private equity, restructuring, and

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