Erica Watson – How fair can this be? Two senior partners earning vast amounts of money complaining about the somewhat lesser vast amounts being paid to junior lawyers? But true it is as two senior lawyers make their views on current salary levels in London law – prompted by US law firms stepping up their […]
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Russell McVeagh has stepped up to assist women entrepreneurs with a new initiative to provide pro bono legal advice. The iniative is part of former Telecom CEO Theresa Gattung’s SheEO Ventures programme, and comprises a group of “radically generous” women support women-owned businesses. Launched in 2015 in Canada, SheEO operates now in New Zealand as
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Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that CRAIG ZABALA, the chairman, chief executive officer, and president of Concorde Group Holdings Inc. (“Holdings”), pled guilty before U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud stemming from a scheme
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The LawFuel Gender Survey: New Zealand’s Most Female-Friendly Big Law Firms in 2020 Gender equality continues as one of the major objectives for most law firms who seek to equalize female partner numbers to the preponderance of female law graduates, as well as the demand for greater opportunity for women to reach the highest levels
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Bell Gully chair Anna Buchly has won the 2020 INFINZ Hunter Campbell Diversity and Inclusion award, underpinning the firm’s commitment to providing a diverse and inclusive environment. At the awards held in Auckland last night, Anna was recognised for encouraging and nurturing diversity, in particular around gender and diverse representation at all levels. Managing partner Haydn Wong said the firm’s
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Law firms seeking to attract quality lawyers have done just about everything short of providing holiday homes in the south of France, although even that has probably been done. There have been attractions like Clifford Chance’s London office bar, The Budgie and a swimming pool overlooking Canary Wharf. There are coffee bars and hairdressers, concierge
COVID Pandemic Sees Lawsuits Against Cruise Lines at Tip of Iceberg Losing a family member is always a moment of sadness and often trauma, but when the family member passes away on vacation it is more so. Every year, there are about 200 deaths on cruise ships. Some of those passengers may have died of
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John Bowie – One of the major legal disrupters and a firm that has been described as the fastest-growing law firm in the Asia-Pacific region, is opening its doors in New Zealand from the beginning of 2021. LegalVision has become a major presence in Australia where its legal website is one of the most popular
Fast-growing law firm K3 Legal has formed an alliance with immigration experts, Pathways to New Zealand Ltd, to offer additional support to benefit both of their client lists. While Covid-19 put the brakes on this year, immigration is likely to be a growth area in 2021 as essential workers, highly-skilled migrants, some international students and
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