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Prestigious UK Law Firm Investigated Over Money Laundering Issues

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Mischcon de Reya is one of the more prestigious law firms in the UK, gaining prominence for its 1995 representation of Princess Diana in her divorce from Prince Charles. However more recently it has been at the centre of a complex investigation by anti-money laundering investigators. The Guardian has reported that solicitors from the Solicitors […]

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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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The Lawyers Deciding the On-The-Water America’s Cup Challenges

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Reports recently outlined the three lawyers who can make or break an America’s Cup challenge, one of the most litigious sporting events in the global sports calendar. The America’s Cup Arbitration Panel has already had to decide 10 cases before the 36th challenge in Auckland next year, with their latest decision being the one reverberating

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Why The FMA Should Take Court Action Over KiwiSaver Fees

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Sam Stubbs* – The FMA this week released its report into active and passive management styles, which found that there was no clear correlation between passive management and lower fees – and that fees had not dropped to the extent that would be expected. “While investment management fees have declined globally, and economies of scale

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7 Developing & Lucrative Non-Law Careers For Lawyers

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Dan Garner – The pandemic and increasing law career options mean more lawyers than ever are seeking non-law careers, a law degree providing an ideal base for developing work in a wide range of fields, but there are some developing areas of opportunity for lawyers, with seven we have identified below. We have written on

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Can The Idea From Some Big Law Firms of Working From the Partners’ Office Actually Work?

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Working from a partner’s office is hardly something most younger lawyers would dare attempt, but it is part of the new, COVID norm apparently. Increasingly there has been debate about just how sacrosanct the partner’s office should be. As Law.com reported, a law firm partner’s identity and bravado can be shaped by many things, including

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Bob Jones On The Pandemic: Sweden Got It Right

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Bob Jones – New Zealand is arguably the easiest country in the world to stomp out a virus pandemic, simply because of our small population and our islands remoteness. But after the often embarrassing small nation self-awareness, the back-slapping, self-congratulations and infantile “team of 5 million” claptrap, we’ve discovered we can’t. We’re not alone. Israel

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Abandoned OE, Returning Lawyers Change NZ Law Jobs Scene Changes But Who Are The ‘In Demand’ Lawyers Now?

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The pandemic has seen a major change in the law jobs scene as – for the first time in some years – the market has moved from being ‘candidate driven’ to being one where the employers are finding the ability to pick-and-choose in a tougher market. The Niche Recruitment law jobs survey shows that returning

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Law Firms Moving to Auckland’s Latest Hot Site

The Commercial Bay development has attracted some of the major law firms to its waterfront location this month. Currently Chapman Tripp are moving into the space, where PriceWaterhouseCoopers are anchor tenant in a building that is more than 90 per cent leased but which has been seriously delayed by construction problems and then the pandemic.

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