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The Growing Kiwi Law Firm Offering Unique Opportunities For Legal Roles

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Tompkins Wake has been on a steady growth path in recent years with its acquisition of smaller law firms and opening new offices, but it has also been a consistently popular ’employer of choice’ when it comes to attracting new lawyers. Currently the firm is offering a range of legal jobs, but apart from the

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Catherine Callaghan KC – Regulatory Lawyer

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Catherine Callaghan KC took silk in 2018 and has become a leader in public and administrative law in the UK with regular instructions from government and regulatory bodies ranging from the General Medical Council to the Advertising Standards Authority.  A Victoria University Law graduate who also retains her practising certificate in New Zealand, she contributes

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Kiri Allan – The Activist Justice Minister And Her Power Lawyer Connections

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Justice Minister Kiri Allan is putting her mark on her major portfolio in a manner reflecting something of both a generational change in Justice administration, as well as building on the transformational Pacifica brand developed with finesse by former Law Society president and fellow East Coaster, Tiana Epati. Her halting of the controversial scheme intended

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Elite Woman Power Lawyer To Leave Minters For New Role

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One of MinterEllisonRuddWatts top corporate lawyers is to leave the firm to join investment bank Jardens in a move that will leave a gap in her old firm, even though her husband remains there. Silvana Schenone was named New Zealand Deal Maker of the Year in 2021 at the Australasian Law Awards and has extensive

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Mai Chen ‘Sacks Herself’ to Start New Chambers, Closing ChenPalmer

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Profile lawyer and Power List member Mai Chen has apparently closed her law firm, established with Sir Geoffrey Palmer QC in 1994, becoming Public Law Toolbox Chambers. The Chen Palmer website now directs to the new ‘Toolbox Chambers’ site. There is no reference to the former firm’s disappearance as a branded boutique that was proudly

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