In a bid to reduce its carbon emissions, Shoosmiths said it would deduct funds from team travel each time its lawyers flew to a meeting, according a report in The Telegraph. The firm’s objective is to encourage the firm’s more than 1,000 employees to consider alternatives to flying as the company aims to reduce its carbon
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Senior Silk Last Year – 14 From Pike River to prisoners’ rights, the hirsute Christchurch KC is also known as something of a ‘disaster lawyer’ with his involvement in a range of the country’s worst, recent tragedies and disasters including representing victims in the collapse of the Christchurch CTV building during the 2011 earthquake, the
LawFuel – Mayer Brown announced today that it will enter into a Joint Law Venture (“JLV”) with established Singapore law firm, PK Wong & Nair LLC (“PK Wong & Nair”), after receiving formal approval from the Singapore Legal Services Regulatory Authority. The JLV, to be known as Mayer Brown PK Wong & Nair Pte. Ltd.,
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Divorce Diva Last Year – 34 Deborah Chambers KC has been a prominent barrister specialising in relationship property and trust law, achieving a number of trust-busting and other legal wins for clients. A high-charging lawyer in both court and at billing time, she has been a prominent member of the bar for some years she
Last Year – 22 >> Top Law Jobs Here Being legal counsel for New Zealand’s largest bank, with over $180 billion in assets, David Bricklebank has some heady responsibilities, weighted down with a growing complexity of regulatory requirements to deal with. Not the least of which is the multi-billion dollar profit the big bank earns
Commercial Silk Last Year – 19 Recently appearing on behalf of Timaru, Waimakariri and Whangarei District Councils to seek clarity over property rights affected by the government’s three waters’ proposals, Jack Hodder has been one of the busiest KCs or litigators anywhere. The Westlaw NZ database indicates that since 1980, Jack has been counsel in
Last Year – 8 Michael Heron continues to climb the Power List, a wide-ranging set of work focused principally upon his growing go to status for enquiries, reports and arbitration work. A former partner at Meredith Connell and Russell McVeath, the former solicitor general (2012-2016) has also spread his legal wings further following his resignation
Long time franchise law expert Stewart Germann, sometimes known as ‘The Franchise Coach’ has cemented a deal in the UK to bring a portfolio of global franchise heavyweights to New Zealand. The new franchises include companies representing $NZD5 billion in revenue, employing tens of thousands of people globally. They incude seven restaurants and two
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Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARC ELEFANT, a New York lawyer, pled guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme to obtain millions of dollars in fraudulent insurance reimbursements and other compensation from fraudulent trip-and-fall accidents. ELEFANT is the
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Last Year – 36 Steadily climbing the rankings is criminal silk Ron Mansfield who regularly appears in high profile criminal cases like his most recent profile appearance for the former MP the hapless and vengeful Jami-Lee Ross of \’he lied and lied\’ fame. But Mansfield KC has steadily built his criminal defence credentials over recent
