Intellectual property firm, James & Wells, has announced the promotion of Andrew Scott to Partner and James Rowland to Associate. Andrew Scott joined James & Wells’ patent team in 2014 after practicing in Australia for eight years. With a background in physics, biochemistry and chemistry, including a PhD in synthetic medicinal chemistry and post-doctoral studies […]
Board Chair Allison Arthur-Young said, “Congratulations to all of our clients and their advisers who are finalists ahead of this year’s INFINZ Awards – we’re extremely proud to have assisted on half of the dozen transactions noted as finalists and thank our clients for choosing us to work alongside them on these market-leading transactions, undertaken in a
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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*. Based in the firm’s Auckland office, Greg returns to Russell McVeagh following six years as a partner of an Australasian financial advisory firm in its tax group, where he has been advising on a broad range
Internet entrerpreneur Kim Dotcom’s ongoing battle to avoid extradition to the United States has seen a number of lawyers appearing for him in the numerous proceedings. Most recently the lawyers have been Ron Mansfield and Simon Cogan, however the instructing solicitors have now changed. Formerly, the on-the-record solicito5rs were Anderson Creagh Lai, who have requested
Buddle Findlay is delighted to have supported the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) in agreeing a cloud framework agreement with TechnologyOne Limited that will allow government agencies to access TechnologyOne’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) financial management information systems (FMIS). This cloud framework agreement was specifically designed to allow agencies to transition as easily as possible
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Law Society Posts a $3 Million Loss after a ‘challenging year’ The Law Society has posted a $3 million loss last year after five redundancies, shifting from its earthquake-prone Wellington building. ==> See new law jobs at LawFuel’s Jobs Site Here The annual report to June 30, 2020 saw a $3 million loss following a
Lawyer burnout is a major problem for law firms globally, but it’s not an inevitability
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Law Society Tribunal suspends lawyer for misconduct over abusive emails sent to litigant From the NZ Law Society – John Paul Schlooz has accepted two charges of misconduct in relation to abusive emails he had sent to a litigant in person over an extended period. The complainant was the estranged wife of Mr Schlooz’ close
Former children’s commissioner for England launches case against video-sharing app Video-sharing app TikTok is being sued in an action commenced by a former children’s commissioner for England who has launched a claim that could cost TikTok billions of dollars if successful. Lawyers acting on the lawsuit claim that TikTok takes children’s personal information, including phone
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Despite the furore over the Russell McVeagh conduct that is now – some three years later – wending its way through a Law Society disciplinary process, the incident at a Buddle Findlay social event last Christmas has renewed focus upon the problem as the firm’s resource management partner has left the firm. The NZ Law
