It could have been aspiring lawyer Kim Kardashian’s first case – her third divorce, this time from Kanye West. Instead she’s gone for the gold-plated Laura Wasser, who she used for divorce #2 (from baseballer Kris Humphries). Laura Wasser has handled celebrity divorces from Britney Spears and Johnny Depp. She also handled the ‘circus’ we
Christine Hansen – “Refreshing” a law firm brand is always a fraught task, but as the legal market becomes more tech-focused and competitive, the need to show you are ahead of the game is something that remains key to successful projection of a brand image. We wrote about the major law firms that have rebranded
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Bell Gully has announced a new chair to replace Anna Buchly after three years in the role, by appointing projects and real estate chief Andrew Petersen. Petersen has been at Bell Gully for almost two decades, having joined from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in 2003. His clients include Cooper and Company (the company redeveloping Auckland’s Britomart
The Bar Exam and Divorce Loom Valentines Day for Kim Kardashian, the ‘Keeping up with the Kardashians’ star and aspiring lawyer who will be without her 43 year old husband but will still manage to make the day “special” without the rapper. Kardashian has successfully completed her first year of law studies while preparing to
MinterEllisonRuddWatts–Continued responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, greater regulatory action and adjustments to legislation will all shape the litigation landscape in the year ahead. These are among the predictions made by MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ leading dispute resolution team in its Litigation Forecast 2021.Partner and co-leader of the national law firm’s Dispute Resolution team, Andrew Horne (pictured) says that
Bell Gully is delighted to announce the appointment of three new partners, five senior associates and a special counsel for 2021. The new partners are specialist banking and finance lawyer Jennifer Gunser (pictured)and two experienced litigators Blair Keown and Kirsty Dobbs*. Bell Gully’s three new partners “The firm’s market leading litigation and financial services teams continue to be very busy
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Senior Associate Eva Roe has been promoted to Senior Associate in Anderson Lloyd’s Queenstown Property and Private Client Team. Eva specialises in property law, with a focus on projects, property subdivisions and developments, and has a background in banking and finance. Heidi Bendikson has been promoted to Senior Associate in Anderson Lloyd’s Queenstown Property and Private Client
If lawyers needed to read a brief written with a certain hard-biting verve then they need look no further than the Smartmatic defamation case filed against Fox News, Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, Jeanine Pirro, Rudy Giuliani, and Sidney Powell. Smartmatic are an election tech company, based in Florida and run by Antonio Mugica (pictured below)
Anna Cartwright, a partner in Jones Day’s London Office who serves as co-leader of the Firm’s global Real Estate Practice, is among the diverse mix of legal professionals chosen by The Lawyer for its “Hot 100” list for 2021. The “Hot 100” recognizes lawyers in Britain with significant accomplishments in the prior year, who meet The Lawyer‘s criteria
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Former Chapman Tripp chief executive Nick Wells has stepped back from a lead role at the firm, leaving the partnership to become a consultant to the firm’s corporate practice and to its Maori legal group, Te Waka Ture. Wells, a LawFuel Power List entrant at No. 30 last year, has been at the firm for
