Law Graduate 2023 – Avid.legal(Wellington)
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We’re looking for a recent/soon-to-be lawyer to join our Wellington-based team. We expect the position to start in February 2023 (but can be flexible around this).
We’re looking for someone that is eager to learn, up for a challenge, and has good banter. If you’re not
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We’re recruiting: 5 Year + Corporate/Commercial Lawyer
(Wellington)
What we’re looking for
We’re looking for someone with 5+ years’ experience to join our team in Wellington.
This role will provide you with an opportunity to work alongside some of the fastest growing technology and innovative businesses in the country.
Our culture and values are very important to us. You need to be…
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We’re recruiting: corporate/commercial lawyer 1-3 years experience
We’re looking for a junior lawyer to join our team (1-3 years’ experience, with expressions of interest from more experienced lawyers also welcomed).About us
Avid.legal is a boutique firm based in Wellington that has been busy since inception 5 years ago. Our key areas of work broadly fall into:
- technology law;
- venture capital;
- M&A;
- procurement;
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NZ PRIVACY LAW UPDATE: NOTIFIABLE DATA BREACHES AND INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
This post is aimed at helping businesses navigate two significant NZ privacy reforms that come into force on 1 December 2020:
Other key reforms not covered here (new criminal offences, binding access decisions and compliance notices) are summarised in this article from the Privacy Commissioner: https://www.privacy.org.nz/blog/key-changes-in-the-privacy-act-2020/.…
Covid-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme (& SBCS Loans) Expanded for High Growth Businesses and Pre-Revenue R&D Businesses
On 14 May 2020 the NZ Wage Subsidy Scheme was expanded to help “high growth businesses” and some pre-revenue R&D businesses that were previously ineligible because either:
- their pre-Covid-19 year-on-year growth has been so good they couldn’t establish a 30% decline in revenue versus the same month 1 year ago (even though they have suffered
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Covid 19 – relief for directors allowing trading to continue during a crisis
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COVID-19 – Government Stimulus Package – Guidance and CommentImportant update 31 March 2020.
On Friday 27 March 2020 the government announced:
On Saturday 28 March 2020, the government published a further clarification to the changes it introduced…
Capital Raising – How to calculate the ‘Issue Price’ per share on a fully diluted basis
In this blog we dive deep into how the ‘Issue Price’ per share is calculated on a fully diluted basis in New Zealand capital raising transactions.The template AANZ Term Sheet for Equity Investments (found here) contains a short footnote explanation, and this blog is intended to enhancement that information with some illustrative examples.
The…
COVID-19 and Rent and outgoings ABATEMENT under some NZ leases
This document may help you save some rent payments under your lease during these difficult times.
Feel free to share it with others who you think might benefit from having this information too (and suggest they contact their own lawyer if they need advice/guidance).
Disclaimer: This isn’t intended to be legal advice for your…