Chapman Tripp Name Four ‘Women in Business Law’ Awards

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Left to right: Rachel Dunne, Lauren Curtayne, Kelly McFazdien, Laura Fraser.

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Chapman Tripp has been announced as a New Zealand Firm of the Year finalist in the 2023 Women in Business Law Awards, with four of its Partners being shortlisted.

Chapman Tripp finalists include Rachel Dunne, for both Mergers & Acquisitions and Equity Capital Markets, Lauren Curtayne for Energy, Natural Resources & Mining, Kelly McFadzien for Technology and Laura Fraser for Litigation.

The awards recognise leading women lawyers throughout the APAC region and celebrate firms that have impressive initiatives to promote diversity and women in the legal industry.

Chief Executive Partner, Pip England, says, “It is wonderful to see Rachel, Lauren, Kelly and Laura being recognised for their expertise and their contribution to the New Zealand legal profession. It is also an honour to have the firm shortlisted. We are proud to say that women comprise 60% of our leadership team and that 53% of our Partner promotions over the last five years have been women.”

Rachel Dunne specialises in corporate and securities law and has acted on many of New Zealand’s most significant recent initial public offerings and other equity capital markets transactions, as well as a range of complex public and private M&A transactions. Rachel is a current member of the Takeovers Panel and the NZ Markets Disciplinary Tribunal, and a founding member of the NZX Corporate Governance Institute.

Lauren Curtayne advises on all aspects of major projects, commercial contracts and regulatory matters within the energy sector.  Her experience includes renewable electricity projects (in each of wind, solar, geothermal and hydropower), conventional electricity, oil and gas (upstream and downstream), mergers and acquisitions of energy companies and joint ventures, energy storage, hydrogen and new fuels, and negotiation of power purchase agreements.

Kelly McFadzien specialises in intellectual property, transactions and projects involving technology, infrastructure and outsourcing. She advises a wide range of clients across a variety of industries.

Laura Fraser advises clients on a broad range of contentious commercial and regulatory breach claims. Specialising in the conduct of complex commercial litigation, Laura has represented clients in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court and has acted in numerous alternative dispute resolution forums.

Winners will be announced on 7 September 2023.

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SFO Identifies Areas of Strategic Focus To Deter Complex Fraud and Corruption

/ New Zealand, NZ Press Releases / August 8, 2023 / By

The Serious Fraud Office has published new Strategic Areas of Focus, targeting its efforts where it believes its specialist resources can have the greatest impact in disrupting and deterring serious or complex fraud, including corruption.

The SFO will aim to have at least 40% of its cases fall within its new Strategic Areas of Focus and will update the list every 12 – 18 months.

“The SFO has developed a new Statement of Intent for 2023-27 which outlines our priorities for the next four years,” says SFO Director Karen Chang. 

“The SFO’s remit is broad, spanning across all sectors and industries, with the discretion to select which cases it takes. One of our priorities is Case Impact, to target cases that have the greatest potential to disrupt and deter serious or complex fraud. 

“We are focused on creating a ripple effect from our work that acts to disrupt and deter offenders, through the judicial process and our work in lifting awareness and counter fraud prevention capability.

“To help us achieve the Case Impact priority, we have developed Strategic Areas of Focus to guide our decision-making and to signal to stakeholders where we are looking to focus our attention and resources.

“These focus areas are intended to be dynamic and responsive to issues that we believe are particularly pertinent to New Zealand’s economic and financial wellbeing in the current environment.” 

The Strategic Areas of Focus for the next 12-18 months are:

  • Corporate and commercial fraud that threatens New Zealand’s reputation as a safe place to do business
  • Misappropriation of targeted Government funding (including emergency recovery or rebuild) 
  • Disruption of emerging trends 
  • Foreign bribery or foreign influence allegations 
  • Fraud that targets or disproportionately harms a particularly vulnerable community or group 
  • Corruption of public officials where health and safety is compromised 
  • Frauds perpetrated or facilitated by trusted professionals or professional enablers 

“The list does not represent the entirety of SFO’s caseload and we continue to encourage complainants to approach us about any allegations involving suspected serious or complex fraud,” says Ms Chang. 

For more information: sfo.govt.nz/fraud-and-corruption/what-we-do/strategic-areas-of-focus/ 

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