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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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Chapman Tripp – FMA Releases Guidance for fund managers to ensure their fees are reasonable

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Chapman Tripp – Although the statutory obligation not to charge an unreasonable fee is specific to KiwiSaver schemes, the Guidance is directed at all fund managers to assist them to satisfy the FMA’s conduct expectations and its interpretation of their issuer obligations to act in members’ best interests and to ensure members are treated equitably.

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Bell Gully – Access to justice cuts both ways: Class action law reform must ensure that all parties are treated fairly

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Bell Gully – The Law Commission is currently reviewing class actions and litigation funding, and considering whether reform is needed in this fast-growing and mostly unregulated area of the law. The Law Commission soug​ht submissions on an Issues Paper as part of its r​eview (see our previous summary here). Given our role representing ​clients in many

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Westpac demerger: What does that mean for NZ Inc.?

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In recent days, Westpac Banking Corporation (WBC) announced it is considering a demerger of its New Zealand business. On 24 March 2021, WBC issued the following media release: MinterEllisonRuddWatts- As part of Westpac’s fix, simplify and perform strategy we have been actively  considering the businesses we operate in. Westpac has already placed a number of 

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Russell McVeagh Welcomes Back Senior Alumni

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Russell McVeagh is welcoming back an impressive group of senior alumni who have returned to the firm over recent months, with many of these lawyers re-joining the firm following overseas experience working at top global law firms. In addition to Tax partner Greg Neill (far right) who joins the firm in April*, Louise Taylor (left, above) has joined as

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