The Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) is now into into its 7th year as joint venture partner with the New Zealand Police Financial Intelligence Unit, organising this major conference at Te Papa, Wellington. Gary will again act as
Every year, London based research directory Who’s Who Legal publishes a Regulatory Investigations Guide, with support from the Global Investigations Review magazine. In 2019 Gary has again been ranked as leading NZ lawyer, covering his core fields of white-collar crime,
This month the NZ Financial Markets Authority, one of our three tiered AML-CFT regulators, put out its Monitoring Report covering the period to 30 June 2018. This semi-regular publication describes the FMA's enforcement actions and current priorities in the anti-money
Gary has been appointed by TRACE International Inc as its New Zealand local expert partner lawyer. Pro Bono Appointment Trace International is a US-based, globally renowned, standard setting and training organisation in the field of anti-bribery and corruption. It works with
Gary’s latest publication is a New Zealand chapter contributed to the major new international work Anti-corruption Laws and Regulations, a Global Guide. This significant new text, published by Globe Law and Business, aims to be a definitive guide to international
CAR CRASH CONSEQUENCES – LOSS MITIGATION COSTS MOUNT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE INSURERS Sometimes in insurance law, as in life, a whole lot of modest claims or incidents mount up, creating a significant headache. So it was, when the NZ High
Gary has partnered with international publishing powerhouse Thomson Reuters to produce the most comprehensive NZ textbook available on AML/CFT, specifically targeted at new phase 2 professions (initially, lawyers, who are newbie reporting entities from 1 July 2018). Named “AML/CFT Workflows
Insurance Law Reform announced On 6 March 2018 the long-expected Insurance Contract Law review finally broke cover from the New Zealand Parliament. The review is going to take in a wide range of issues, some of which may attract controversy
In December 2014 I co-authored a media law article on minority party politicians using courts to shoehorn their way into TV leaders’ debates. Talking about the 3-year New Zealand term, we said: “Almost on the same three-year cycle, another case
One of the enjoyable aspects of working with technology clients and fin-tech firms is that it opens your eyes to new, more efficient, ways of doing business. The business of dispute resolution is no different: ripe for disruption, if not
