>> The Best Law Jobs on the Best Law Jobs Site – See Here General practice firm Convex Legal has announced they have appointed a second director, promoted an experienced legal executive and hired a new associate. Katherine Mexted has been the sole director since founding the Wellington firm in 2017. Sam French (above) has
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Profile lawyer and Power List member Mai Chen has apparently closed her law firm, established with Sir Geoffrey Palmer QC in 1994, becoming Public Law Toolbox Chambers. The Chen Palmer website now directs to the new ‘Toolbox Chambers’ site. There is no reference to the former firm’s disappearance as a branded boutique that was proudly
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Bankside Chambers, the Chambers-of-choice for former Attorney General Chris Finlayson QC, published an online interview with their profile tenant and relating to his latest book on life in politics and why he chose to enter the political world. The latest book, Yes, Minister, has received high interest and follows the former Minister of Treaty Negotiations’
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Tuesday, 30 August 2022 Press Release: Queenstown Chamber Of Commerce Out to lunch. The Winter Pride Festival took on a slightly more serious note today when over 100 senior executives from the business community came together to discuss what diversity and inclusion in the workplace actually looks like. Out to Lunch! Pride in Business lunch
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Listed Australian law firm AF Legal Group, Australian Family Lawyers, is launching a ‘partnership changing’ initiative into its partnership. >> Latest Law Jobs & Career News Here The model used by the group (ASX:AFL) is taking what it describes as an “unprecedented” step for a partnership model by which both partners and firms can co-own
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Law firms are urged to be ‘kind’ and less adversarial in job interviews if they want to secure legal talent in New Zealand in a time of severe lawyer shortages in corporate, property and litigation practice. Legal sector recruitment expert and founder of Auckland recruitment agency Altitude, Louise Hall-Strutt, said many candidates are basing their
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IP Lawyers AJ Park have promoted four staff with two as principal and two to associate roles with the firms. >> Latest NZ Law Roles Here on The Best NZ Law Jobs Network Natalie Harre and Thomas Huthwaite have become principals, while Sharon Zhu and Lucette Kuhn have been elevated to senior associate and associate, respectively. Harre leads the litigation team
Serious Fraud Office – Leave has been sought to appeal the decision in the Serious Fraud Office’s NZ First Foundation prosecution. The Deputy-Solicitor General consented to a leave application being brought and today, Crown Law filed a Notice for Leave to Appeal with the Court of Appeal.
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The NZ Herald report that the report into Morrison Kent’s culture, sparked by the newspaper’s own reports, is not to be made public. The report related to complaints that arose following an incident in 2019, details of which were reported here. The report is an independent review conducted by barrister Rachel Burt, (left) who specialises
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A triumvirate of major law firms here and overseas acted on the sale of Spark’s TowerCo business to a Canadian pension plan, a NZD900 million deal handled by Chapman Tripp, Allens and Linklaters. Allens used their Technology, Media and Telecommunications division, which has been used in various infrastructure deals in both New Zealand and Australia.
