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Have We Seen The End of Colin Craig’s Defamation Lawsuits? . . Probably Not

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The decade-long fights between former Conservative Party boss Colin Craig and various parties, notably his former employee Rachel MacGregor, has been touted as coming to and end with this week’s Supreme Court decision refusing leave for Craig to appeal further. However, regrettably, that may not be the case. The Supreme Court this week rules that […]

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Cathy Quinn

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As with fellow Power List member Pip Greenwood, Cathy Quinn provides an example of successful lawyers who have morphed into roles as professional directors, although unlike her colleague she retains a role with her firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts, as Consultant. A former Hawkes Bay girl, she holds a number of governance roles serving as a non-executive director

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Allison Arthur-Young

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Part of Russell McVeagh’s makeover after its years of bad press following the sexual assault issues has been to appoint resource management lawyer Allison Arthur-Young as the firm’s chair. Canadian-born Arthur-Young joined Russell McVeagh in 2005 after working for Chen Palmer and following her immigration to New Zealand five years earlier. Although she presents a

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Natalie Coates

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New Entrant – Natalie Coates, partner at Kāhui Legal has two first class honours degrees and a post-graduate degree from Harvard. But her academic achievements are not what brings her to the Power List as a new entrant but rather her New Zealand legal-making achievement in September when the Supreme Court allowed former Christchurch Civic

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MinterEllisonRuddWatts Partner Stacey Shortall honoured as distinguished alumni by Victoria University of Wellington

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MinterEllisonRuddWatts–MinterEllisonRuddWatts Partner Stacey Shortall has joined Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington’s distinguished alumni, after being named as a Distinguished Alumni Award winner – one of only six selected in the biennial award process. Award recipients are chosen based on making positive impacts in their communities and beyond, and their achievements are outstanding examples of

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MinterEllison: Corporate Governance Symposium 2021 Looks At The Changing Business World

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Governing for success in the next decade On Monday 2 August 2021, MinterEllisonRuddWatts held its annual Corporate Governance Symposium for directors and executives. With last year’s symposium being held via webinar due to COVID-19, we were excited to be back at the Cordis in 2021. The Right Honourable Sir John Key, the symposium’s keynote speaker,

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MinterEllisonRuddWatts Advises on Infratril’s Stake in Pacific Radiology Group

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Source: MinterEllisonRuddWatts–Top law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts, has advised ANZ, CBA and MUFG as the mandated lead arrangers/underwriters on the debt financing of Infratil Limited’s acquisition of a controlling stake in Pacific Radiology Group Limited. Pacific Radiology is New Zealand’s largest diagnostic imaging service with an implied enterprise value of $867 million and employs nearly 100 radiologists across

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‘Zero Tolerance’ and Russell McVeagh’s ‘Hip Cool’ Former Partner . . The Publicity No Firm Wants

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The ongoing Law Society tribunal hearing into Russell McVeagh’s former partner facing seven charges before the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal in Wellington is just the sort of publicity no law firm needs. But it also demonstrates the ‘work hard/play hard’ culture that pervades high performing law firms and lawyers – an issue that Russell

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Bell Gully Former Chair In IFLR1000 Women Leaders 2021

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Bell Gully corporate partner and former chair Anna Buchly has been included in IFLR1000’s Women Leaders 2021, an elite cohort of the leading female transactional experts in local markets globally. IFLR1000 noted Anna’s impressive track record as well as her consistent recommendations by both clients and peers, selecting her for the 2021 Women Leaders list alongside many notable

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Buddle Findlay’s #MeToo Moment – Concern Over Claim of Big Law Partner’s Inappropriate Conduct

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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

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