It’s smaller firms leading the Twitter charge but Donald Trump may have put others off the platform’s advantages The smaller firms and one of the oldest in New Zealand are leading the Twitter charge while the bigger law firms lag in the rankings here. Among the Big Law contenders, Meredith Connell have 122 followers, Anderson […]
Last year we posted the Top 20, and this year we have some new entrants and some surprise entries – plus (okay, you caught us) a couple of omissions. We’re focused here on those with influence in the legal community in New Zealand. So it includes the inevitable lawyer/politician. Take lawyer/consultant Steven Vincent for instance
The 2021 LawFuel Twitter Power List – New Zealand Law’s Top 20 Twitter List Read More »
No. 11 Felix Geiringer 4.1k Wellington-based barrister and Phoenix Football enthusiast Geiringer provides quirky wit and nifty legal insights – interspersed between regular cricket analysis. No. 12 Dr Dean Knight 3.87k The Associate Professor of public law at Victoria University is another regular tweeter but his are also generally relevant and perceptive on
It may have taken three years, but the Law Society has now pressed charges of alleged misconduct against the former partner The former Russell McVeagh partner who left the firm following the allegations of #MeToo sexual misconduct involving summer interns is to face misconduct charges before the Law Society on May 17. The former partner
Lawyer At Centre of #MeToo Misconduct Complaint to Face Law Society Charges Read More »
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the legal profession like every other business, but some law firms are taking the whole work-from-home trend a step further Linklaters is one of the world’s largest firms, with over $2 bn in gross billings and making it in the top ranks of the world’s largest law firms. It has
In-House roles, RMA and Property Law to Disputes Tribunal Opportunities As the LawFuel law jobs platforms continues to expand, the range of new legal jobs for New Zealand lawyers continues to display its variety. In recent days the LawFuel law jobs network has featured some key New Zealand legal jobs for lawyers across different locations,
Public Defenders to In-House Roles – The Diversity of New Zealand Legal Jobs Read More »
: We are delighted to announce that Aimee Mitchell has joined TGT Legal as a partner. Aimee started her career at TGT before moving overseas to work as a trust and private client adviser in the Channel Islands and then in London, where she was most recently a partner at a leading boutique private client
Former Channel Islands Private Client Lawyer Joins TGT Legal as Partner Read More »
Powered by LawFuel – Buddle Findlay is delighted to have advised Infratil on its conditional transaction announced on 15 March 2021 to sell its shareholding in Tilt Renewables Limited (Tilt) for ~NZ$1.926 billion.[1] The proposed transaction will proceed by way of scheme of arrangement (Scheme), under which Powering Australian Renewables (PowAR) will effectively acquire Tilt’s Australian
Buddle Findlay Advise Infratril on $1.9 bn Tilt Renewables Sale Read More »
Manchester-based law firm JMW Solicitors obtained a £45,000 damages payout from a law firm competitor after it saw with surprise and disappointment that the competitor had been plagiarising its correspondence. A partner at JMW saw the plagiarism when he was sent a letter of claim issued by Widnes-based law firm Hayes Connor, seeing that it was one
DLA Piper has advised Accel-KKR and its portfolio company, Seequent Holdings Limited on the sale of Seequent Holdings Limited to Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY) for ~NZD 1.46 billion (USD 1.05 billion). Seequent, head-quartered in Christchurch, is a global leader in software for geological and geophysical modeling, geotechnical stability, and cloud services for geodata management, visibility,
DLA Piper advises Accel-KKR and Seequent on $USD1 Billion of Seequent Group Read More »
