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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Squire Patton Boggs has expressed deep condolences following the tragic death of Simone White, a London-based associate at the firm, who died while on vacation in Laos due to suspected methanol poisoning. White, an intellectual property (IP) associate, was among six tourists who died after allegedly consuming bootleg alcohol in Vang Vieng, a popular tourist
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Dan Peach has been recruited by Simpson Thacher from Linklaters who have been building the firm’s European finance and private equity team. The media announcement about the lateral move is shown below – Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP today announced that Dan Peach will join the Firm’s London office as a Partner, where he will focus on
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Justice Simon Moore’s valedictory sitting at the High Court in Auckland was a celebration of his 44-year legal career, filled with laughter, roasts, and heartfelt tributes. >> Looking for a new law job? Look no further – LawFuel Jobs Network The event, held in courtroom one, saw a packed audience of family, friends, and senior
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Heidy Vaquerano at Fox Rothschild is a member of the LA Business First ‘Women of Influence’ list and as an entertainment lawyer has provided an interview about her views on her profession, the law and making a difference for women and lawyers. Vaquerano told L.A. Business First that, “AI is the biggest challenge.” She explained that “there
