33 Andrew Cordner Despite Fonterra’s disastrous period of late, the company remains a cornerstone of New Zealand’s economy and Andrew Cordner’s legal team have doubtless been heavily involved in ensuring the dairy giant retains that role. Andrew Cordner comes with a legal pedigree second to none and now fronts legal work for the company responsible […]
35 Pip Greenwood Since stepping down from her partnership role at Russell McVeagh, Pip Greenwood has hardly slowed. In April she took a role as director of Westpac NZ and currently also serves as a director of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, Spark NZ, the A2 Milk Company, and Vulcan Steel. However, as a high profile,
31 Nigel Hampton, QC Last Year – No. 35 Remaining in the same position, Nigel Hampton QC was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the law. His active legal career continues, capping an already successful and esteemed involvement in his representation of the families of the Pike River
20 Phil Newland October 29, 2018 by LawFuel Editors (Edit) The litigation landscape has been lit up with more claims than ever and one of the prime movers – and funders – is Phil Newland’s Litigation Funding Group, LPR. The slow-moving efforts to change the High Court rules relating to litigation funding have now slowed the movement towards
27 Mark Weenink October 29, 2018 by LawFuel Editors (Edit) Bankers to the Government and another of the banks to be facing the regulatory fire coming from the Reserve Bank, former Minter Ellison Rudd Watts managing partner Mark Weenink sits on the bank’s management team. Holding the title of General Manager,Regulatory Affairs, Compliance & General Counsel New
Powered by LawFuel – University of Auckland – Points of law arising from the 2017 Court of Appeal decision in Ngaronoa v Attorney-General, which challenged the decision to bar all prisoners from voting in parliamentary elections, set the scene for this year’s Māori Issues Moot, held earlier this month. Nineteen students from Auckland Law School
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There have always been lawyers-aplenty in parliament, but taking a leaf from the LawFuel book, The Herald’s Sasha Borissenko decided to take a look at some of the ‘more colourful’ of the profession by providing her ‘listicle’. >> See the LawFuel Power List – The Country’s 50 Most Powerful Lawyers Perhaps unsurprisingly, Winston Peters did
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National law firm, Lane Neave, has acted for the family owned Sanderson Group on the sale of three large retirement villages to NZX listed company, Arvida Limited. Under the $180m deal, completed on 31 July 2019, the Sanderson Group sold Bethlehem Country Club and Bethlehem Shores in Tauranga, along with the Queenstown Country Club, which
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Property expert makes Partner in latest wave of firm promotions Powered By LawFuel – July 2019 – Leading national law firm Kensington Swan has promoted commercial property expert Michelle Hill to Partner. Michelle joins partners Matthew Ockleston and Paula Ormandy in leading the Auckland property team, which has seen significant recent growth and is part
The sudden death of highly experienced Christchurch barrister Tim Fournier has left colleagues and family mourning the death of the popular lawyer. He died on Friday after reportedly being injured in a fall. Known as both a cheerful and engaging personality, as well as a savvy and successful criminal defence lawyer, Fournier had been involved in
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