Chapman Tripp law firm news

Kensington Swan’s partnership could grow to up to 40 partners in the next couple of years, chairman Clayton Kimpton has revealed.

A summary of deals information received by ALB this week.

Revealing the winners at the 2011 ALB-Macquarie Bank Law Awards: which firms collected the honours this year?

All insolvency practitioners will be subject to new registration requirements under the terms of a new Bill reported back to the NZ parliament.

The 2011 Macquarie Bank ALB Australasian Law Awards are only one month away and a clear leader in the finalist tally has emerged.

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck the New Zealand city of Christchurch, destroying dozens of buildings in the city centre and causing "multiple fatalities".

The number of females practicing law in New Zealand has increased by 10 percentage points in the past 10 years, according to the New Zealand Law society.

New Zealand firm Chapman Tripp has spearheaded the merger of MARAC Finance, CBS Canterbury and Southern Cross Building Society to create financial services group, Heartland.

The CEO role at Chapman Tripp will be discontinued following the departure of Alastair Carruthers, with the CEO responsibilities to be split between managing partners Andrew Poole and Mark Reese.

Chapman Tripp partner Brigid McArthur has left the firm after more than 20 years to join Greenwood Roche Chisnall (GRC).

Long-serving Chapman Tripp CEO Alastair Carruthers has announced that he will leave the firm on 30 November.

Christchurch-based law firms say they are returning to some normality following the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that shook the region on September 4, but it will be a long time before the full affects of the quake are seen.

A number of law firms in Christchurch are still operating from temporary locations following the recent earthquake on the South Island of New Zealand

New Zealand–based Chapman Tripp has become the latest firm to selected ADERANT Expert software solution.

In February this year, New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Bill English laid out a stark assessment of the NZ economy. Rising unemployment, sluggish growth even in the pre-GFC era and a five year drop in exports were the highlights – or lowlights – of what English described as an extended passage of decline.

Chapman Tripp and Anthony Harper have both announced new senior appointments this week.

New Zealand's Attorney-General Chris Finlayson is considering making pro bono work a requirement for law firms engaged in government contracts.

Law firms with private equity clients can expect to be burdened with a heavy workload in the next 12 months, but determining exactly what practice groups will shoulder that workload requires partners to look at their clients’ situations

After the retirement of chairman and rugby aficionado Rob Fisher, newly-elected chairman Kevin Jaffe packs into the Simpson Grierson scrum. He outlines his plans with ALB''s Renu Prasad

ALB looks at the unique challenges for North-based New Zealand firms in the South Island market