Our Profession, Our People
13 March 2015 · LawTalk 860
period of gametes and embryos. A barrister who practises in both Wellington and Dunedin, Ms Douglass is convenor of the New Zealand Law Society’s Health Law Committee.
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O P has been appointed Lord Chief Justice of Tonga. Mr Paulsen moves to his new role from being a partner and head of the litigation team at Cavell Leitch. His experience has ranged from commercial litOwen Paulsen igation for banks, insurance companies and other large corporate clients (to Court of Appeal level) to civil litigation and debt collection for private clients including disputes over contracts, torts, land and boundaries, guarantees, and intellectual property rights among other areas.
On the move Shieff Angland has appointed two new partners: R H and S E. Raymond is experienced in both New Zealand and China as a legal advisor and author in business law, commercial Raymond Huo property and trusts. Before joining Shieff Angland Raymond served two terms as a Member of Parliament. Shelley is a specialist employment lawyer and also works closely with the commercial team on intellectual property matters.
Garry Barkle (le ) at the admission of his second daughter, Greta (third from le ). Mr Barkle’s first daughter is next to him and Justice Collins is on the right.
forestry and carbon leasing. She advises on a variety of matters including commercial property sales and acquisitions, agribusiness and Overseas Investment Office applications. N M works in the Nicki Montgomery transactional banking and finance group. She advises on banking law with a particular focus on leveraged finance, cross-border acquisition finance, restructuring and non-contentious insolvency.
Shelley Eden Lee Bagshaw
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Nelson barrister Garry Barkle now has two daughters who have been admitted. His second daughter, Greta Alessandra Barkle, was admitted by Justice Collins in the High Court at Nelson on 4 February. His first daughter, Clara, was admitted in Nelson on 13 October, also by Justice Collins.
L B has joined the Simmonds Stewart team in Auckland. Simmonds Stewart is a commercial law firm specialising in the technology sector. Lee joins the firm from Singapore law firm RHTLaw Taylor Wessing where he was a partner and head of the firm’s regional corporate technology practice. Simpson Grierson has appointed J H to the partnership. James practises in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital. Before joining Simpson Grierson, James worked James Hawes at Slaughter and May in London and as in-house counsel to Balderton Capital, a leading European venture capital fund.
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(LEADR Advanced Panel) Sarah Lee
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Simpson Grierson has appointed three new senior associates. S L advises on a range of commercial and corporate issues. She specialises in sales and marketing, consumer and fair trading laws. R ML is a commercial property expert specialising in
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