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Russell McVeagh expands private client offering with new special counsel

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Priscilla Brown Russell McVeagh

In a somewhat different move for a major law firm, Russell McVeagh have recruited a long-time private practice, self-employed lawyer who practised for eight years in her own practice in the private law arena, focused on trust, estate and relationship property issues. Priscilla Brown previously worked for both MinterEllisonRuddWatts and TGT Legal Russell McVeagh has […]

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Former Norton Rose Risk Lawyer Joins Linklaters to Set Up New Team

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Linklaters risk advisory buisness, Jane Caskey

Law firms are increasingly moving into the risk advisory space and Linklaters have now moved to set up their own risk advisory practice by hiring Nortonn Rose’s Jane Caskey, former Global Head of their Risk Advisory practice. The Linklaters media release is below: Linklaters announces the appointment of Jane Caskey as Global Head of Risk

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Chapman Tripp’s Swanky New Offices Win Award

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Chapman Tripp are delighted in their new offices in Wellington having won an ArchitectureNow award for the fitout of their new offices in the Deloitte building, Customhouse Quay. The new offices, over two levels, accommodate around 130 people in the building, providing a combination of reception, amenity and meeting spaces. The judges described the fitout

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FortyEight Chambers Grows With Further Addition

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Howard Senior Fortyeight Chambers

FortyEight Shortland Barristers has continued to grow since its establishment in 2018, with former Russell McVeagh Senior Associate Patrick Senior joining the group. FortyEight currently have 14 barristers working from Chambers focused on commercial and regulatory work. Patrick Senior has handled work in environmental law, urban development, climate change and related matters. He moved to

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

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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

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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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Australian Law Firm Hamilton Locke Takes on Tech Partner in New Zealand

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Hamilton Locke recruits Corin Maberly in NZ

Australian-based Hamilton Locke has added technology lawyer Corin Maberly to its team, as a partner in the firm’s Auckland office as it continues its plans to further expand its footprint on both sides of the Tasman. Maberly founded his technology practice under the name Maberly & Co in 2014, focused on large-scale IT procurement practices

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