Profile lawyer and Power List member Mai Chen has apparently closed her law firm, established with Sir Geoffrey Palmer QC in 1994, becoming Public Law Toolbox Chambers.The Chen Palmer website now directs to the new ‘Toolbox Chambers’ site. There is no reference to the former firm’s disappearance as a branded boutique that was proudly set […]
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Bankside Chambers, the Chambers-of-choice for former Attorney General Chris Finlayson QC, published an online interview with their profile tenant and relating to his latest book on life in politics and why he chose to enter the political world.The latest book, Yes, Minister, has received high interest and follows the former Minister of Treaty Negotiations’ earlier
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>> Latest Law Jobs on NZ’s Best Law Jobs NetworkFormer Meredith Connell partner David Johnstone has been welcomed to the bar after joining Bankside Chambers, yet another senior partner who has departed the firm in recent months.He joins a number of partners who have departed MC in recent months, following a 17 year stint at
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The recent ranking of the ‘Elite Women’ in law for 2021 is another ranking survey that sought to identify “exceptional female leaders” in the law who showed standout achievements.Whilst somewhat nebulous, the list of women included hardly any from the LawFuel Power List and included 13 partners, 11 ‘C suite executives’, nine counsel and 2
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Dame Patsy Reddy leaves her role as Governor General today, looking towards life with a new dog and a refreshed garden . . but the power lawyer remains a figure of influence within the profession.Dame Patsy, sitting at no. 2 position on LawFuel’s 2021 Power List, has been Governor General for five years and has
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More women than ever make the top 50 most powerful and influential lawyers in New Zealand on LawFuel listThe top fifty in LawFuel Power Law list of the country’s most influencial lawyers in the Power List includes more women than ever, with 23 women making the list, the highest in the five years’ the list
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New Entrant – Managing one of the ‘Golden Triangle’ top 3 law firms sees Andrew Petersen hit the List following his appointment as Bell Gully Chair this year.Petersen, who heads the firm’s projects and real estate division, replaces Anna Buchly (below) who had been firm Chair for three years and its first-ever woman chair. She
Sir Michael FriedlanderThe Keegan Alexander consultant has a vast property portfolio via his Sampson Corporation with a fortune that may well be touching a billion.Still retaining a modest entry on the Keegan Alexander website, he has a Power List ranking befitting his wealth and philanthropy through his Friedlander Foundation. A consultant at law firm Keegan
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Last Year: 49Jim Farmer QC has remained one of the most influencial lawyers in New Zealand for several decades, following a distinguished and continuing legal career as one of the country’s foremost silks.His academic and legal credentials are impressive, with books on Government, Tribunals, Creditor and Debtor law, Industrial Relations, CER and many articles in
Numerous power lawyers inhabit the country’s boardrooms, including some who have also inhabited the higher reaches of the Power List’s rankings. We have purged the list of those who operate purely in a business environment, other than some who remain as key influencers and remain involved in the profession (like Pip Greenwood and Cathy Quinn)
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