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2010
Bike Auction for Youthline
8 March 2010: Simpson Grierson has arranged the donation of two high performance bikes to Youthline, which the organisation has put up for auction on the Trade Me website.
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Business leaders join Dr Don Brash for breakfast
Wednesday 3 March 2010: Don Brash, chair of the Government's '2025 Taskforce' shared some of the key findings from the 2025 Taskforce's report titled, "Answering the $64,000 Question" at the Simpson Grierson Insights Series event held in Auckland this morning.
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Simpson Grierson helps Youthline
deal with text influx

A significant donation from Simpson Grierson will play a key role in helping Youthline respond to a surge of calls for help and advice, arriving via SMS text messaging.
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2009
Dr Brash addresses the $64,000
question at Policy Makers
Series

8 December 2009: Don Brash, chair of the Government's '2025 Taskforce' generated a steady stream of questions from the business audience present at the Simpson Grierson Policy Makers Series event held in Wellington today.
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Prime Minister shares economic overview
at Simpson Grierson 'Insights' Speaker Series

2 September 2009: Prime Minister John Key captivated a full-house of business leaders with an economic outlook for 2009/2010 at the Simpson Grierson Insights Series held in Auckland today.
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Simpson Grierson hosts 'bake-off' to
support the SPCA's Cupcake Day

31 August 2009: All diets were on hold at Simpson Grierson's Auckland and Wellington offices today, as staff turned out in force to support the SPCA's Cupcake Day 2009.
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Capacity Turn-out for Annual
Employment Law Seminar

18 August 2009: Tonight Simpson Grierson hosts its annual Employment Law Seminar at the Auckland office. As usual, demand for attendance was high, with the event reaching full capacity within days of the invitation being sent.
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Simpson Grierson proud sponsor of
'Bridging the Infrastructure Deficit' report

11 August 2009: Simpson Grierson is delighted to be the exclusive legal sponsor of the New Zealand Herald's 'Bridging the Infrastructure Deficit' business report, published in section C of the newspaper today.
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'Get out of the trenches and engage'
calls Mood of the Boardroom Report

14 July 2009: The highly anticipated, 'Mood of the Boardroom Report 2009' launched at the Stamford Plaza in Auckland today, reveals what New Zealand's most powerful commercial decision-makers, including Simpson Grierson Chairman Kevin Jaffe, have to say about the big issues facing New Zealand and the business community.
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A New Chairman for Simpson Grierson
6 July 2009: Last week, New Zealand's largest law firm announced that Kevin Jaffe, Head of the firm's Corporate/Commercial department, would take on the role of Chairman from 1 July 2009. Rob Fisher retired from the Simpson Grierson partnership after forty years with the firm, the last ten of which he served as Chairman.
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Hon Rodney Hide tells Auckland's business leaders
the fundamentals to New Zealand's economic success

9 June 2009: The Minister of Local Government and Minister for Regulation Reform, Hon Rodney Hide, addressed eighty of the city's key movers and shakers at the Simpson Grierson Insights Series in Auckland today.
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Simpson Grierson to host NZBIO
Bioeconomy Industry Summit

25 May 2009: As a premium sponser of NZBIO, Simpson Grierson is proud to announce that it will host the NZBIO Bioeconomy Industry Summit at the firm's Auckland office on Wednesday 3 June and Friday 3 July. The Summit will bring together a group of industry leaders, including members of the NZBIO Advisory Council, to define a vision of what a broad-based bioeconomy will involve for New Zealand's future economic prosperity.
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Simpson Grierson to Host New Zealand
Hotel Industry Seminar

11 May 2009: As proud co-host of the New Zealand Hotel Industry Conference 2009, to be held at SKYCITY Convention Centre on Thursday 14 May, Simpson Grierson is co-hosting a pre-conference seminar at its Auckland office on Wednesday 13 May, from 2.45pm – 5.40pm.
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Simpson Grierson named leading
law firm and environment partners
'singled out for praise'

20 April 2009: The recently released Environment Law Guide 2009, published by Australian Legal Business (ALB) magazine, ranks Simpson Grierson as a 'leading firm' and singles out an impressive number of its environmental lawyers as among the best in Australasia.
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Simpson Grierson's Commerce Commission
clearance based on 'failing firm' argument -
the first of its kind in current economic climate

7 April 2009: Simpson Grierson is delighted with the recent Commerce Commission decision clearing the proposed purchase by Fletcher Building Limited of Stevenson Group Limited's masonry businesses in Auckland and Whangarei.
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Simpson Grierson Continues its Ascent of
Chambers Global Legal Rankings

24 March 2009: A move up a tier in the Banking and Finance and Dispute Resolution practice areas are just two of the highlights from Simpson Grierson's rankings in the recently released Chambers Global Guide 2008/09 – a guide to the world's leading law firms.
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Business leaders 'all ears'
as Deputy Prime Minister shares
the Government's economic strategies

17 March 2009: Over 140 of the Wellington region's key movers and shakers listened attentively as Minister of Finance Bill English shared the government's economic strategies for leading New Zealand through the recession and beyond, at the first Simpson Grierson 'Policy Maker Series' event for 2009.
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Simpson Grierson proud to support
and participate in NZBio 2009

11 March 2009: As a premium sponsor of NZBIO, Simpson Grierson was proud to support and actively participate in the NZBIO 2009 conference, held at the Sky City Convention Centre in Auckland on the 9th, 10th and 11th of March.
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Simpson Grierson Advisors on
First Council-Listed Bond Issue

4 March 2009: Simpson Grierson partners, Andrew Harkness and Michael Pollard are advising Auckland City Council on its offering of up to $100 million secured fixed-rate, five year bonds (with the ability to accept $50 million in oversubscriptions), to be listed on the NZX. This is the first time a local authority has applied to list retail debt products on the NZDX.
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Simpson Grierson Hosts
Franchise Seminar

25 February 2009: Simpson Grierson was delighted to host and provide speakers for the Franchise Association of New Zealand Seminar held at the firm's head office in Auckland last night.
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Partner Willy Akel joins Impressive
Line-up of Speakers at MEDIABIZ/09

19 February 2009: Simpson Grierson litigation partner Willy Akel was in excellent company at the MEDIABIZ/09 Conference in Auckland today, with a star-studded speaker line-up that included television, radio and print notables - Paul Holmes, Cameron Bennett, Rob Harley, Kevin Milne, Liam Jeory and Fran O'Sullivan.
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Simpson Grierson supports Westpac
Rescue Helicopter Charity Golf Day

17 February 2009: Simpson Grierson was delighted to sponsor a golf hole at the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Charity Golf Day, held at Auckland's Remuera Golf Club yesterday.
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Simpson Grierson Team Triumph at
Mayoral Cup Charity Golf Tournament

13 February 2009: Simpson Grierson senior associate Greg Allan and associate Man Sum Chiu were part of a mixed team that scooped the cup at North Shore City Council's Mayoral Cup Charity Golf Tournament held at North Shore City's Takapuna Golf Course yesterday.
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The Proposed Reform of the RMA -
What Does It Really Mean?

12 February 2009: There has been a lot of information in the media recently about the proposed reform of the Resource Management Act 1991. Many have simply summarised the proposals released by the Government last week, but Simpson Grierson goes one step further, commenting on the implications for business and local and central government.
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Simpson Grierson delighted to
participate in new Employment
Law Alliance publication

4 February 2009: As the sole New Zealand representative of the global Employment Law Alliance (ELA), Simpson Grierson is delighted to participate in the publication of the ELA's 'Changes to HR Regulation in 2008'.
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'Insights' Speaker Series delivers
strong start to 2009

29 January 2009: An 80 strong crowd of Auckland's top business leaders came together over breakfast this morning, to hear Andrew Ferrier, Chief Executive Officer of Fonterra Co-operative Group, kick off the first Simpson Grierson 'Insights' Speaker Series event for 2009.
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Simpson Grierson Dealmakers maintain
exclusive New Zealand presence on
international M&A transaction table for 2008,
despite global financial crisis

12 January 2009: The mergermarket global M&A roundup for 2008 was released today, with Simpson Grierson showing its market strength as the only New Zealand law firm to be featured on the twelve month mergermarket legal advisory table for Australasian M&A transactions.
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2008
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