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The LawFuel Power Twitter List: Nos. 11 – 20

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 […]

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Lawyer At Centre of #MeToo Misconduct Complaint to Face Law Society Charges

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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

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Linklaters Big ‘Agile Working’ Move – Offering All Its Legal Secretaries & PAs Voluntary Redundancy

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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

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Public Defenders to In-House Roles – The Diversity of New Zealand Legal Jobs

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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,

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Buddle Findlay Advise Infratril on $1.9 bn Tilt Renewables Sale

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

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Law Firm’s Copied Correspondence Was Not The Sincerest Form of Flattery, But Simply Breach of Copyright

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

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DLA Piper advises Accel-KKR and Seequent on $USD1 Billion of Seequent Group

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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,

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Minters’ CEO Leaves After Email Firestorm

Minter Ellison CEO Anette Kimmitt has left the firm she headed following her email to staff about partner Peter Bartlett acting for Australian Attorney General Christian Porter who faced rape allegations. MinterEllison’s chairman, David O’Brien, told staff via an email sent on Wednesday that Kimmitt had left, and would be replaced in an acting capacity

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Russell McVeagh Welcome Back Tax Expert

Russell McVeagh is delighted to announce that Tax expert and alumnus Greg Neill is returning to the firm as Russell McVeagh’s newest Tax partner, effective 1 April 2021*. >> See the latest legal jobs on LawFuel’s Law Jobs Network Based in the firm’s Auckland office, Greg returns to Russell McVeagh following six years as a partner of

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