Slaughter and May Partner Leaves Following Internal Investigation

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Oliver Storey Slaughter and May

Slaughter and May financing partner Oliver Storey has left the firm following an investigation and advice from the firm’s London office to the Solicitors Regulation Authority about the matter. Senior partner Steve Cooke made the announcement about the departure adding: “We expect the highest standards of behaviour from all our partners and staff. If these […]

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Freshfields team files amicus brief in Trump v. New York, supporting inclusion of all people in congressional apportionment

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A Freshfields team comprising partner Aaron Marcu, special counsel Scott Eisman, and associates Elena Hadjimichael, Christian Vandergeest, and Robert Barton has filed an amicus brief on behalf of Professor Ilya Somin and Professor Sanford Levinson in Trump v. New York, a pending U.S. Supreme Court case over whether the federal government may exclude undocumented immigrants

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The Power-Lifting, In-House Lawyer Who Dismisses a Harvey Specter Comparison & Rises To CEO

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Patrick Gamble CEO Perpetual Trust Company

It was not difficult for in-house lawyer Patrick Gamble to shrug off a comparison made by a magazine article that the up-and-coming young legal operator was something of a Harvey Spector (pictured below) because of his sharp mind and sharp dressing. The proficient sportsman, who became a New Zealand Power Lifting champion in 2015 and

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Patrick Gamble Named CEO of Perpetual Guardian Group

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[adrotate banner=”105″] Patrick Gamble has been named CEO of the Perpetual Guardian Group, a collection of companies delivering market-leading fiduciary and investment services across New Zealand. The Group is the largest professional trustee service provider in New Zealand and distributes the largest volume of philanthropic funds in the country. Mr Gamble joined the parent company

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Former Liquidator Geoffrey Smith Gets Four Year Prison Term for Fraud

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A former Auckland liquidator has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment on charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office. Geoffrey Martin Smith (67) stole approximately $130,000 from two companies while acting as their liquidator. He was convicted in September following a judge-alone trial on two counts of ‘Theft by person in a special relationship’ and

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Litigation Funding: LPF Director Says Supreme Court Decision Stresses Importance of Access to Justice

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  Phil Newland, founder and director of LPF Group, New Zealand’s leading litigation funder, said the principles of access to justice are critical to LPF, yet because legal action can be expensive, uncertain, and take a long time, it can be out of reach for most ordinary New Zealanders.  “The Supreme Courts’ decision in Ross

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The Splendour & Sustainability of Chapman Tripp – Who Said The Law Office Was Dead?

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Chapman Tripp’s new digs in the Commercial Bay development spare little expense, as befits one of the country’s leading law firms who have made 2020 a year to remember (pandemic excepted). The firm, which undertook a mid-year ‘brand refresh’ will undoubtedly be establishing in tangible fashion far more than prestige, class and an appropriate level

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MinterEllisonRuddWatts Sells AI Innovation Product To Realise Full Potential

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— Leading AI business, McCarthyFinch, is selling its business to Onit, a leading provider of enterprise workflow solutions including enterprise legal management, contract lifecycle management and workflow automation. McCarthyFinch was co-founded by top tier law firm MinterEllisonRuddWatts in 2017. The firm notes that the timing is ideal to hand over the reins to Onit – enabling McCarthyFinch and

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Perkins Coie Continues Labor & Employment Practice Growth in LA

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LOS ANGELES (November 17, 2020) – Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Neal A. Fisher Jr. has joined the firm’s expanding Labor & Employment practice as a partner in the Los Angeles office. Neal is the ninth addition to the national practice since July 2019, the most recent being Chris Wilkinson and Sarah Flotte in Washington, D.C., and

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