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Wynn Williams Lawyer Speaks of Importance of Diversity aT Queenstown Pride Event

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases / August 30, 2022

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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Australian Law Firm’s Innovative, ‘First Ever’ Business Structure

Law Firm Management, Law Firm Marketing, Law Firms, NZ Featured Posts / August 26, 2022

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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New Zealand Law Firms Urged to ‘Be Kind’ to Win Candidates in a Strangled Market

Law Firms, New Zealand Law News, NZ Featured Posts / August 24, 2022

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 Law – Promotions at AJ Park

NZ Press Releases / August 21, 2022

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

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SFO Appeals NZ First Foundation Prosecution Decision

NZ Press Releases / August 21, 2022

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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Morrison Kent Culture Report Kept Behind Closed Doors

New Zealand Law News, New Zealand Law News / August 17, 2022

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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Big Law Triumvirate Work on $900m NZ Spark Deal

Chapman Tripp, NZ Press Releases, Press Releases / August 16, 2022

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.

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Promotions at MinterEllisonRuddWatts

MinterEllisonRuddWatts, NZ Press Releases / August 12, 2022

Top-tier New Zealand law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts has welcomed three new senior associates to its corporate and employment practices, further strengthening the firm’s market-leading expertise. >> Latest NZ Law Jobs on New Zealand’s Dedicated Law Jobs & News Network Chief Executive Andrew Poole says: “Congratulations to our new Senior Associates. We are thrilled to see our talented lawyers progressing their

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Law Job Opportunities With MPI Vital To Protecting New Zealand’s Economy and Environment

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases, Press Releases / August 11, 2022

Among the more interesting law jobs recently listed on the LawFuel Law Jobs Network are prosecution roles with the prosecutions team at the Ministry for Primary Industries, which handles over 100 prosecutions annually. Perhaps the most common areas of prosecution are in fisheries and animal welfare issues, but MPI work across a range of

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Why Don’t We Know What Is Behind The NZ Law Society ‘Workplace Culture’ Issue?

New Zealand Law News, New Zealand Law News / August 9, 2022

John Bowie* Fresh from its various PR pronouncements and public utterances over the need for good workplace behaviour, the Law Society itself has found itself in the uncomfortably hot epicentre of its own workplace issues with the June resignation of new CEO Joanna Simon, purportedly prompted by ‘behavioural concerns’ involving new President Jacque Lethbridge. The

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