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Pro bono guide launched in NSW (4-Jan-2008)
A COMPREHENSIVE guide to the pro bono practices of the 22 largest law firms in NSW has been launched by the Young Lawyers and National Pro Bono Resource Centre.

Bakers, ABL lead in private fashion buy (10-Oct-2007)
BAKER & MCKENZIE and Arnold Bloch Leibler advised on the $44 million purchase by Gresham Private Equity Limited of Mimco Pty Ltd, a leading Australian women’s fashion accessory business.

Partners and seniors at ABL (13-Jul-2007)
TWO NEW partnership and seven senior associate positions have been announced at Arnold Bloch Leibler.

Victoria a model for pro bono: NPBRC (6-Jul-2007)
A NATIONAL study has identified some of the main constraints discouraging legal practices from becoming involved in pro bono work, and suggests the Victorian Government’s approach to using incentives to encourage more to take on pro bono work should be followed.

Young Lawyers bolster support to save AustLII (21-Jun-2007)
AS MORE supporters of Australia’s most widely used free legal research service are increasingly pledging their money to keep it operating effectively, the New South Wales Young Lawyers have been working behind the scenes to build awareness.

Arnold Bloch Leibler partners among pro bono award winners (21-Jun-2007)
THE VICTORIAN Law Foundation presented distinguished pro bono service awards to eleven recipients last week.

Lead a lawyer to learning (14-Jun-2007)
The business of education is a serious one for an increasing number of Australian firms. But just how do the teams of people organising CLE for a firm’s lawyers keep control of quality, quantity and partner involvement? Kate Gibbs and Clare Buttner report

ABL seeks millions for indigenous community (4-May-2007)
A PRO-BONO action being run by Arnold Bloch Leibler (ABL) on behalf of the Wadeye community in the Northern Territory could potentially net $60 to 80 million from a government accused of indirect racial discrimination over the course of three decades.

Anonymous lawyers spill the beans on own firms (20-Apr-2007)
PIPER ALDERMAN scores top points for its pay, but its meeting room biscuits leave a little to be desired. While Arnold Bloch Leibler has the best biscuits, it is rumoured to be stingey with equity. So say the results of a UK survey of Australian law firms.

From Melbourne to Sydney, the ABL way (14-Dec-2006)
ALTHOUGH SPREADING from Melbourne to Sydney has been difficult for some, Arnold Bloch Leibler says success can still be found by what its senior partner calls a “quintessential Melbourne law firm”.

Human rights award for native title lawyer (14-Dec-2006)
Peter Seidel of Arnold Bloch Leibler has won HREOC’s 2006 Human Rights Award.

Blakes best firm, but Mallesons has top lawyers (30-Nov-2006)
MALLESONS STEPHEN JAQUES has taken out top spot in the Chambers Global 2007 list of the cream of leading lawyers per practice group in Australia, while Blake Dawson Waldron was named firm of the year.

Norton Gledhill incorporates Rosenthal (23-Nov-2006)
A NEW special counsel has joined Norton Gledhill’s corporate group.

AWB lawyers part of a broken system: Roxon (9-Oct-2006)
THE LEGAL profession needs wholesale improvement if it is to repair damage done by scandals such as the Cole Inquiry, Shadow Attorney-General Nicola Roxon said in a speech last week.

ABL sponsors art and fine wine (29-Sep-2006)
FOR THE second year running Arnold Bloch Leibler is the principal sponsor the Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition & Awards for 2006

Skeletons to emerge at Cole Inquiry (29-Sep-2006)
LAST WEEK the Federal Court rejected the Australian Wheat Board’s (AWB) claims of legal professional privilege, instead ordering a large number of documents be released to the Cole Inquiry

ABL in AWB bid for professional privilege (29-Sep-2006)
ARNOLD BLOCH LEIBLER acted for AWB Limited in the Federal Court case AWB Limited v Honourable Terence Rhoderic Hudson Cole handed down last week.

Gresham brings magic to Witchery (4-Sep-2006)
A SERIES of buyouts by private equity firms of Australian retailers continued as Gresham Private Equity bought out Peter Lew’s Witchery Fashions.

Woolworths leases back acquired centres (3-Aug-2006)
Arnold Bloch Leibler acted for SAITeys McMahon (SAITM) and Australian Prime Property Fund Industrial (APPF), a fund managed by Lend Lease, on their acquisition and leaseback of Woolworths’ distribution centres. Clayton Utz represented Woolworths on the deal, which was worth $846 million.

Arnold Bloch Leibler reaches highpoint (26-May-2006)
Arnold Bloch Leibler acted for the Besen family on its sale of a 50 per cent stake in the Highpoint Shopping Centre in Melbourne. One of Australia’s most significant retail assets, the Highpoint stake was purchased by the General Property Trust (GPT) for $621.2 million. Allens Arthur Robinson acted for the buyer, which also acquired management rights to the Centre

Mid tier needs clearer identity (19-May-2006)
MID TIER firms need to drop areas of practice that no longer give them a competitive edge in a market that is likely to see a “shake out” in coming months, according to commentators.

The media, the litigation and the takeover (1-May-2006)
“More twists and turns than a zig-zag railway is how one lawyer described the Toll/Patrick deal. Possibly the most talked about and most litigious takeover ever, it involved a veritable posse of lawyers from four different firms

Lawyers and media find common ground (1-May-2006)
UNLESS THEY had been asleep for the last eight months no one could have missed reading something about the Toll Patrick takeover – in fact, everyone probably read several articles and analyses and possibly chuckled at a witty advertising campaign. The attraction of the public’s attention was no accident

Talent exodus shakes firms into action (16-Dec-2005)
COMPETITION FOR talent was the top issue of the year, the managing partners of Australia’s top firms have said in a Lawyers Weekly end of year survey.

Deals 9 September (12-Sep-2005)
Deals 9 September

Deals 2 September 2005 (2-Sep-2005)
Deals 2 September 2005

Appointments 8 July 2005 (8-Jul-2005)
Appointments 8 July 2005

ABL lawyers inspired to high office (24-Jun-2005)
THE EXPERIENCES of acclaimed mountaineer Peter Hillary were used at Arnold Bloch Leibler (ABL)this month to bolster the goal settings of lawyers within the firm.

Appointments 14 January 2005 (12-Jan-2005)
Appointments 14 January 2005

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