Board Chair Allison Arthur-Young said, “Congratulations to all of our clients and their advisers who are finalists ahead of this year’s INFINZ Awards – we’re extremely proud to have assisted on half of the dozen transactions noted as finalists and thank our clients for choosing us to work alongside them on these market-leading transactions, undertaken in a
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Russell McVeagh is delighted to announce that Tax expert and alumnus Greg Neill is returning to the firm as Russell McVeagh’s newest Tax partner, effective 1 April 2021*. Based in the firm’s Auckland office, Greg returns to Russell McVeagh following six years as a partner of an Australasian financial advisory firm in its tax group, where he has been advising on a broad range
Internet entrerpreneur Kim Dotcom’s ongoing battle to avoid extradition to the United States has seen a number of lawyers appearing for him in the numerous proceedings. Most recently the lawyers have been Ron Mansfield and Simon Cogan, however the instructing solicitors have now changed. Formerly, the on-the-record solicito5rs were Anderson Creagh Lai, who have requested
Buddle Findlay is delighted to have supported the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) in agreeing a cloud framework agreement with TechnologyOne Limited that will allow government agencies to access TechnologyOne’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) financial management information systems (FMIS). This cloud framework agreement was specifically designed to allow agencies to transition as easily as possible
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Seventy-two year old Sydney criminal barrister Chris Murphy was described in a Daily Telegraph article as being ‘over the hill’ and ‘too old and deaf’ to properly represent his clients in court. But the words from the newspaper and their journalist Annette Sharp have resulted in a $110,000 damages award from the newspaper to the
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
Sharon Osborne has hired a top gun Hollywood lawyer to represent her after her falling out over The Talk show when she defended Piers Morgan over his comments about Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah. Jeremiah Reynolds from Eisner & Co has become one of Hollywood’s top lawyers in the litigation space, with a roster of
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.
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 sought submissions on an Issues Paper as part of its review (see our previous summary here). Given our role representing clients in many
Duncan Cotterill has opened a Queenstown office with the acquisition of Mackersy Legal, from the beginning of April. Mackersy Legal specialises in property syndication work and has managed property syndication company Mackersy Property, operated by Ron Mackersy (pictured) which has accumulated commercial property assets throughout New Zealand worth around $2 billion via at least 80
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