Slater & Gordon Appoint Firm Veteran As CEO
Slater & Gordon appoint a new CEO
Should This Energy Drink Co-Founder Be A Power Lawyer in Our List?
The 2023 LawFuel Power Lawyer List Contenders Continue To Arrive Choosing members of the forthcoming 2023 Power Lawyer List means sorting through a vast number of lawyers who are performing across the legal world in a vast number of ways. We ask for you to consider who should be on or out of the 2023
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Clifford Chance Hire Two Energy Partners From Latham & Watkins
Clifford Chance has hired two energy and infrastructure partners from Latham & Watkins to strengthen its project financing capabilities who will join the firm in London and Dubai. Craig Nethercott has three decades’ experience in finance and infrastructure issues and Chirag Sanghrajka has 16 years’ experience on energy and infrastructure and finance deals. The press
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The Big Firm Lawyer-Turned-Blogger . .. Now Broadcaster
Senior lawyer and writer Philip Crump, who achieved a considerable profile under the ‘Thomas Cranmer pseudonym with his Substack blog ‘Cranmer’s Substack’. has taken a new position heading ZB News’ new outlet, launching this week. >> Who should be on the NZ LawFuel Power List 2023? Check Here The new paywalled digital subscription service is
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Allen &Overy Shearman merger continues to progress as partners prepare to vote
Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling continue to make great progress toward creating the unparalleled and fully integrated global elite law firm, A&O Shearman. All transaction milestones have been met thus far and support for the combination among clients, partners, and colleagues has been overwhelmingly positive worldwide. Today both firms announced that the partnership
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Returning for more: Paul Weiss Launch Second Raid upon Kirkland & Ellis
Paul Weiss have launched another raid upon Kirkland & Ellis recruiting partners for their equity group and following an earlier raid upon a senior legal team in Kirland’s London office
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Bats and Boardrooms: The Inspirational Saga of Scott Weenink’s Dual Careers
Former LawFuel Power Law List member Scott Weenink, a former M&A lawyer, has taken the helm at New Zealand Cricket as the CEO. Weenink, 50, has played 12 first-class and seven List A games for Wellington from 1995 to 1997. He is the brother of Power List member Mark Weenink, presently General Counsel at Todd
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The LawFuel Law Jobs Survey: Economic and Political Dynamics Dampen New Zealand Law Jobs
The LawFuel law jobs survey looks at the outlook for New Zealand law jobs by surveying the major biglaw law firms to see what their attitude is towards egal jobs.
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Law Firm Says Mainzeal Decision Shows Need For Legislative Reform
Supreme Court Urges Review of Directors’ Duties >> NZ Law Jobs Here – New Jobs Daily Bell Gully have written about the Mainzeal case, finding against former directors of the failed business, including former Prime Minister Dame Jenny Shipley, saying that there is a need to recalibrate directors’ duties. The firm says in a briefing
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Dame Jenny Shipley & Directors Lose $40 Million Mainzeal Appeal
Former directors of the collapsed construction company Mainzeal, including former New Zealand Prime Minister Dame Jenny Shipley, have been ruled liable to pay $39.8 million plus interest and costs to creditors and subcontractors who were left $111 million out of pocket when the company collapsed a decade ago. LawFuel Power Lawyer Jack Hodder KC (right)
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