Fresh Face On An Old Firm Last Year – 39 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 …
Business leader New Entrant Paul Majurey has been at logger heads with newly elected Auckland mayor Wayne Brown, who has sought his and his board’s resignation of the Auckland Council’s property arm. But Majurey, of law firm Atkins Holm Majurey, has not bowed at time of publication to any such request. A new entrant to …
MBIE Chief Counsel Last Year – 28 Ann Brennan head the legal team at the powerful Ministry of Business and Innovation and Employment (MBIE) the highly influential civil service branch set up in 2012 to help power New Zealand’s economic development. The pandemic has also been centre-stage for the department, dealing with the business support and …
