31. David Bricklebank The ‘bank’ is in the name and David Bricklebank’s role in New Zealand’s largest bank with assets exceeding $180 billion is one of significance given the increased regulatory and compliance requirements affecting all financial institutions. As General Counsel and Company Secretary of Athe bank since 2017, he holds a key role in […]
LawFuel Power List 2024 During the year, the legal profession has seen new entrants, as an emerging number of influential commercial lawyers and litigators increasingly exert their influence over the profession. Women continue to also better reflect the preponderance of women law graduates as capable and effective women lawyers play a key role in shaping
“Dynamic Duo” Earned Acclaim Defending Clients in High-Profile Matters WASHINGTON, D.C. – McGuireWoods continues growing its nationally recognized Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation Department with the arrival of Washington, D.C., partners Steven J. McCool and Julia M. Coleman, who have built distinguished careers defending clients in high-profile criminal prosecutions and investigations. McCool is a former federal prosecutor and prominent trial
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Asian Legal Business (ALB) has named Morrison Foerster of counsel Gigi Yuen to its 2024 list of Hong Kong Rising Stars. In its second annual list, ALB highlights the next generation of standout lawyers who “demonstrate exceptional potential in the industry while earning strong praise from their clients.” Gigi is rapidly becoming one of the leading lawyers in
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The top 10 of New Zealand’s most influential and powerful lawyers on the LawFuel List for 2024 – 1. Una Jagose KC Una Jagose QC, New Zealand’s Solicitor-General since 2016, remains at the top of the 2024 Power List, notwithstanding the most challenging year of her career. The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in
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Another younger dealmaker has made the cut in this year’s LawFuel Power List of the country’s 50 most powerful lawyers. Ian Beaumont at Russell McVeagh cut his dealmaking teeth at leading M&A and transactional law firm Skadden Arps in New York before returning to New Zealand and advising on some of the largest deals done
Prominent criminal lawyer Emma Priest has joined the ranks of leading lawyers on LawFuel’s Power List as a result of both her work as an effective advocate and an effective legal educator. Emma Priest’s her’s two-decade journey has been marked by versatility and a career as a criminal lawyer, a job she loves as she
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Dr Bryce Edwards The first question in politics is “who rules?” It’s at the forefront of the debate about David Seymour’s Treaty Principles bill, which holds that the Government has the ultimate right to govern and Parliament has the full power to make laws. Te Pati Māori argues that Māori never ceded sovereignty and should
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Profile lateral hires in the competitive London law market continue with Kirland’s hiring Andrew Husdan, a highly regarded fund finance expert from Clifford Chance, who will join Kirkland in London as partner. Husdan is a highly respected fund finance law expert. His expertise encompasses a wide range of financial structures, including traditional financings, hybrid arrangements,
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Damian Williams, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York has announced his “bittersweet” resignation from the powerful legal role, which will take effect on 13 December. The announcement of his resignation is carried in the media statement below – Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York,
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