New Zealand to the Caymans and back: Jeremy Muir's Legal Journey

GET IN TOUCH 🌏 Our website: https://www.vxt.co.nz/podcasts/filenotes 0:00 Who is Jeremy Muir? 1:33 Why law? 4:25 Time at university 8:46 Transitioning from study to work in law 11:34 Leaving New Zealand to practice in Guernsey and the Cayman Islands 16:11 Getting admitted in different jurisdictions 21:04 Returning to New Zealand 23:05 Becoming a partner 27:10 Balancing personal challenges with work 30:53 What practical steps are important to become a partner? 34:50 Resilience in the face of professional failure 39:36 Defining high performance 41:53 This episodes sponsor, VXT 42:31 What is FinTech? 43:47 The legal implications of the growth of technology in financial services 44:57 Can regulatory frameworks keep up with technology? 46:23 Are consumers adequately protected while using FinTech? 47:30 Do lawyers need to educate themselves on technology? 48:46 Working with one of the most successful FinTech startups in the world. 50:53 What is crypto? 52:29 What would you say to crypto sceptics? 55:21 How Jeremy navigated skepticism while building his practice 56:13 Making financial literacy compulsory in education 57:36 Quick fire questions GET IN TOUCH 🌏 Our website: https://www.vxt.co.nz/podcasts/filenotes JOIN OUR COMMUNITY 🔗 Linkedin:   / 96650486   🐦 X (formerly Twitter):   / thefilenotes   ABOUT US File Notes is a limited podcast series with influential legal professionals, discussing their career journeys, lessons learned, unique insights, and diving deep into their areas of expertise. Our aim is to uncover insights that might help upcoming legal professionals think about their own careers and practical advice that they can use in their day to day.