The recent tie-up between Kensington Swan and global law giant Dentons has been part of one of the biggest buy-ups and law firm mergers ever seen in the global legal marketplace. As LawFuel reported this week, Dentons have this week alone done two deals with US law firms with the express objective of creating the […]
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The Insolvency Practitioners Regulation Act 2019 –Mandatory Reporting Obligations The Insolvency Practitioners Regulation Act 2019 (Act) was passed on 17 June 2019. Based on a recent MBIE Discussion Paper, the operative provisions of the Act will not come into force until June 2020. When fully implemented, the Act will introduce licencing requirements for all insolvency
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Lane Neave has advised Public Trust in relation to a public retail bond issue by Metlifecare Limited (Metlifecare). Metlifecare has now issued NZ$100 million of secured fixed rate bonds, exceeding its minimum target of NZ$75 million and accepting NZ$25 million of oversubscriptions. Chief Executive Officer, Glen Sowry, said the response indicated Metlifecare’s position as a trusted company
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Synlait Loan Achieves First ESG Measures Powered By LawFuel –Chapman Tripp worked with ANZ on a ground breaking deal for New Zealand’s first loan linked to environmental, social and governance (ESG) measures. The loan has been provided to milk processing firm, Synlait. The ESG component of the $50m loan to Synlait means the interest costs
The Attorney General and policy-shaper who topped last year’s list remains at Number 1. An Otago Law & Business graduate, he subsequently blended his community involvement with both business and law. He co-founded the Dunedin Community Law Centre, worked for Anderson Lloyd (when it was Anderson Lloyd Caudwell and then entered business working as manager
This week the Commerce Commission officially issued a warning to Hell Pizza regarding the advertising of its “Burger Pizza”, which in the Commission’s view likely breached the Fair Trading Act 1986 by misleading consumers into thinking the pizza included meat as an ingredient when it did not. The issue of how plant-based meat or dairy
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Two Fast-Moving Lawyers Talk About Using Their Voices To Increase Productivity Lawyer Joseph Garven, a patent attorney with James & Wells, is something of an adrenaline junkie whose spare time is spent mountain biking, snow boarding or doing anything else that involves speed. And so, it is no surprise that when it comes to running
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Leading QC and criminal law expert Bruce Squire QC died on Monday. Known and respected as a tough-but-fair lawyer who took an uncompromised, professional stance on behalf of clients, the former Crown lawyer acted on a range of cases, including successfully representing murder accused Murray Foreman in 2008, accused of the shooting of Hawkes Bay
The Culture Change ‘Task Force’ Sounds “Fervently Marxist” – But Is It What The Law Society Should Be Doing? Thomas Bloy* #MeToo has ushered in a new era for lawyers and it’s all about ‘culture change’. The scandals that rocked the ivory towers, the Bazley report, and the countless blogs, articles, and radio and TV discussions
Powered by LawFuel – International Financial Law Review (IFLR) has named Bell Gully as the leader in the New Zealand market across key categories in its recently released legal directory. >> See the latest law jobs on the LawFuel Network – Click Here The firm is only one of two New Zealand firms to achieve
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