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DLA Piper Advises Discovery on Acquisition of MediaWorks TV

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Powered by LawFuel – 17 September 2020 – Global law firm DLA Piper has advised media giant Discovery Inc. on its agreement to purchase  MediaWorks’ TV business, comprising of: free-to-air channels, Three, Bravo, Three+1, Bravo+1, The Edge TV and The Breeze TV; streaming service ThreeNow; and multi-platform news and current affairs service Newshub. Discovery, Inc. is […]

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Labour’s Tax Increases – The Hypocritical Furore

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Bob Jones What a hypocritical furore following the government’s announcement lifting the top tax rate from 33% to 39%. That means once over the threshold figure high income earners must now work all Monday and Tuesday before they’re left any money for themselves. Numerous journalists and diverse economic commentators cried this wasn’t punitive enough. Tax

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Insurance Lawyer Wins Big In Mental Health Claim

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Warkworth insurance law specialist Tim Gunn has successfully battled the country’s largest insurer in a case that has demonstrated the obstacles faced by those suffering from mental illness when progressing claims with insurers. Tim Gunn works from his own specialist insurance law practice, having worked for and against insurance companies nationally, but works principally as

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The Power Lawyers Who Could Rule: The 42 Lawyers Seeking A Seat in Parliament for the 2020 Election

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Lawyers, unsurprisingly, dominate the list of those professions atop the list of candidates in the New Zealand 2020 election. And in the would-be power lawyers are those from both large and small law firms, unions, inhouse law and several who have law degrees but have never practised law. LawFuel has put together 42 of the

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Veteran Lawyer Joins Ngai Tahu Board

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Ngai Tahu Holdings is excited to announce the appointment of two new directors to its board – Kristen Kohere-Soutar and Juliet Tainui-Hernandez Both highly experienced directors are joining the Ngāi Tahu Holdings Board for three-year terms. Kohere-Soutar was previously chair of Whai Rawa, the NgÄi Tahu savings scheme, until joining the board of global professional

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MinterEllisonRuddWatts Advise on Sale of MediaWorks

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Leading law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts advised MediaWorks on its sale agreement to sell MediaWorks TV to Discovery Inc (Discovery), a global leader of ‘real-life’ entertainment.MediaWorks is New Zealand’s largest independent commercial broadcaster, with MediaWorks TV comprising free-to-air channels Three and Bravo, streaming service ThreeNow, and multi-platform news and current affairs service Newshub, as well as the

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DLA Piper Moves to Commercial Bay

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 Global law firm DLA Piper is moving its Auckland office to new premises in the PwC Tower in Commercial Bay on 7 September 2020. DLA Piper’s New Zealand Country Managing Partner, Martin Wiseman, says “I’m incredibly excited to be shifting to this world-class, open-plan, technically sophisticated office environment. It tangibly reflects our desire for more

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How Will The Impending Insolvency Crisis Affect the Legal Profession?

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The impending insolvency crisis in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic raises key questions for company directors and lawyers – such as what choices directors should make in the ‘insolvency environment’. A seminar on the insolvency law landscape and its effect upon the legal profession is the subject of a forthcoming webinar coming in the

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Russell McVeagh advises UDC on $2 billion auto and equipment finance-backed securitisation

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Russell McVeagh has advised UDC on the establishment of its landmark $2 billion AAA rated auto and equipment finance-backed syndicated securitisation programme, New Zealand’s largest ever non-bank securitisation. Partner Deemple Budhia, working closely with senior associate Jesse Fairley, led the transaction. Partner Fred Ward provided tax advice. Support was also provided by senior associates Lucy Becke and Ling Yan Pang and solicitors James Horner and

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JF Northey Prize won by Law Foundation funded work of Professor Richard Boast QC – VUW

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The Law Foundation congratulates Professor Richard Boast QC, VUW Law Faculty, for being awarded this year’s JF Northey Prize for the best book published in 2019 by a New Zealand author:The Native Land Court Volume 3 1910-1953: Collectivism, Land Development and the Law Professor Boast’s work on the Native Land Court has produced three substantial

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