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Freshfields lawyer Rob Colvin awarded City’s Wig & Pen Prize for pro bono work

Freshfields lawyer Rob Colvin

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) Senior Associate, Rob Colvin, has been awarded the Wig & Pen Prize in recognition of his commitment to pro bono legal work over the last decade. Awarded jointly by the City of London Law Society (CLLS) and City of London Solicitor’s Company, the Wig & Pen award celebrates the pro bono

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Capital Lawyers Come Out of Retirement To Battle Out-of-Control Wellington Council

lambton quay Wellington lawyers

The shambolic proceedings in Wellington’s endless earthquake strengthening and bicycle lane obsession has brought two retired lawyers to the forefront of a new activism to attempt to provide some measure of common sense to the capital’s parlous state. The much-vaunted pedestrianization of the ‘Golden Mile’, part of an attempt to get Wellington moving, but which

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The Legal Dealmaker-Turned-Investment Banker Silvana Schenone Makes 2023 Power List

Silvana Schenone enters the LawFuel Power List of new Zealand's most powerful lawyers

Former MinterEllisonRuddWatts partner Silvana Schenone may no longer be at the legal coal face, but her role with leading New Zealand-owned investment banking group and wealth managers Jardens sees her play a key role in the company’s development in both the New Zealand and Australian markets and to enter the 2023 Power List of New

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Lawyer Involved in $2.2 Million Kickback Litigation Scheme Jailed

Paul Paradis in corruption scandal

A former New York lawyer who was involved in a LADWP corrupt litigation scheme has been jailed for almost three years for accepting $2.2 million in kickbacks and involving a collusive lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles. Paul Paradis represented the City in the cases which involved massive conflict of interest and which the

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