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Growth for Gadens’ Brisbane team (18-Aug-2008)
GADENS LAWYERS has strengthened its Brisbane team with the appointment of Judd Last as a senior solicitor and Peter Coggins as a solicitor.
Insurance expert joins Gadens (29-May-2008)
Insurance expert Ray Giblett has joined Gadens as a partner in the firm’s Sydney office.
Gadens builds in Brisbane (15-May-2008)
Gadens Lawyers has boosted its property and corporate advisory capabilities in Brisbane following the appointment of Margarita Escartin and Kelly-Ann Quin.
Saturation point (15-Apr-2008)
A document saturation point has some lawyers reaching their information absorption limits. But with effective document management moving beyond mere housekeeping to a powerful weapon of knowledge, at least the desk is tidy
Your success is mine (22-Feb-2008)
From being ranked themselves on how well their external firms perform to having to justify every dollar spent, in-house lawyers face an ongoing challenge when it comes to briefing firms for work. Just what are the options when it comes to ranking lawyers? Kate Gibbs investigates
Gadens builds Brisbane risk, insurance team (12-Feb-2008)
BUILDING ITS presence in Brisbane, Gadens have appointed Glenn Dransfield, Paul Calvert and Michelle Wilde, to its office in Brisbane.
Gadens appoints planning & environment partner (31-Jan-2008)
PLANNING AND environment lawyer, Stafford Hopewell, has been appointed as a partner in Gadens’ Brisbane office.
M+K takes on Sydney’s middle market (31-Jan-2008)
VICTORIAN COMMERCIAL law firm, Macpherson+Kelley Lawyers has acquired Sydney firm Peter Kemp Solicitors (PKS).
Demand for legal secretaries outgrows supply (9-Nov-2007)
GROWTH within the legal profession has outstripped the supply of legal secretaries but, according to legal recruiters, many firms are getting around this by looking at candidates with transferable skills.
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.
Bean counting at Gadens, Brisbane (11-May-2007)
THE BRISBANE office of Gadens Lawyers has announced the appointment of Deborah Bean to the partnership.
Four of a kind for Hopgood Ganim (27-Apr-2007)
FOUR NEW solicitors have been appointed to law firm Hopgood Ganim.
Piper Alderman: rich and hot (27-Apr-2007)
PIPER ALDERMAN has the most friendly working environment, the best work life balance and offers its staff the best career prospects, all of which should make up for its disappointing meeting room biscuits, the final results of a UK online survey of Australian law firms suggest.
Gadens announces five appointments (20-Apr-2007)
THE BRISBANE office of Gadens Lawyers has announced the promotion of four senior associates and one director.
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.
Mills Oakley guns for rival partners and clients (20-Mar-2007)
MILLS OAKLEY has used the opening of its office in Brisbane to fire a warning shot at both top and mid tier firms.
Who will be at the Fair this year? (13-Mar-2007)
Teams of partners, summer clerks and human resources managers will storm Sydney’s Darling Harbour on 23 March in order to put their best on display. Here, they hope to draw in the finest legal talent from the hordes of job seekers also attending the Fair. Firms tell us what they have on offer
Gadens puts Top Ten on display (26-Oct-2006)
TEN CONTEMPORARY artists currently have works on show in Gadens Lawyers’ second annual exhibition of Queensland art.
Five Years Ago: 5 October 2001 (12-Oct-2006)
5 October 2001
Qld gas deal in the pipeline for Gadens (12-Oct-2006)
GADENS LAWYERS acted for Australian Pipeline Trust (APT) in its successful tender for south-east Queensland gas distributor Allgas, announced last week.
Bean counting at Gadens (9-Oct-2006)
The Brisbane office of Gadens has taken on a new director in its banking and finance practice
Five Years Ago: 21 September 2001 (29-Sep-2006)
21 September 2001
The marriage of mid-tier firms (8-Sep-2006)
THE MID TIER is beating the top tier to headlines this week in a string of mergers across the country.
The fun of the fair (11-Aug-2006)
Armed with brochures and goodie, law firms at the Fair will be trying to fill your arms with information, and your head with ideas, on what they are really like. To make it easier for you to navigate the bustle, Alex Boxsell finds out who will be there, what they want, and what they will offer you
Issues 101 - 150 (3-Aug-2006)
Issues 101 - 150
What keeps managing partners up at night (3-Aug-2006)
What stops the big guns from sleeping easy? Kate Gibbs speak to some of Australia’s biggest private practice players
38 candles on the road to partnership (30-Jun-2006)
ASPIRING WOULD-BE partners have a new benchmark age to aim at thanks to a recent Lawyers Weekly straw poll.
Appointments – 17 October (23-Jan-2006)
Appointments – 17 October
Dixon says goodbye to Gadens (19-Dec-2005)
A LONG and profitable relationship at Gadens Lawyers Victoria has come to an end, with Grant Dixon resigning from his position as managing director.
Practice areas: Litigation (16-Dec-2005)
Practice areas: Litigation
Timeline: March 2005 (16-Dec-2005)
Timeline: June 2005
Twelve angry lawyers go live (2-Dec-2005)
THE SHOE WAS on the other foot for eight Sydney lawyers who last week went on trial in front of a live audience.
Penalty increases 100-fold (11-Nov-2005)
THE PENALTY for unlawfully carrying on business as a finance broker increased 100-fold from $500 to $50,000 in Western Australia, as of October 31
Appointments 4 November 2005 (4-Nov-2005)
Appointments 4 November 2005
Gadens’ international success (31-Oct-2005)
Gadens Lawyers has successfully represented a multinational drilling contractor in an arbitration tribunal sitting in London
The chips are down for Sony (14-Oct-2005)
After a four year legal battle an Australian small businessman has come up trumps against Sony after the High Court ruled that installing mod chips in Play Station consoles was legal. The chips allow gamers to bypass manufacturers’ regional coding systems and play cheaper games that have been made outside Australia
Advantage, Gadens (7-Oct-2005)
Head partner of Gadens Lawyers’ Sydney property group, Steve Healy has been appointed as deputy chairman of Tennis New South Wales
Gadens finalist in EEO awards (23-Sep-2005)
GADENS LAWYERS this week waited for the announcements of the 2005 EOWA Business Achievement Awards, in which it was amongst the Leading Organisation for the Advancement of Women award finalists.
Take heed, emailers (16-Sep-2005)
ALLENS ARTHUR Robinson is this week took the moral high ground by not revealing details of the fate of two female secretaries who hit the headlines last week over a vitriolic cyber brawl that was forwarded around the legal and financial communities.
Allens embroiled in secretary stoush (16-Sep-2005)
ALLENS ARTHUR ROBINSON was embroiled in an email exchange last week when two secretaries in the Sydney office entered into an email stoush that was soon forwarded around the world.
Specialise or fail: Mid tier warned (12-Sep-2005)
THE MID TIER would be wise to avoid being everything to everybody in a marketplace where it is easy for clients to find the top players in particular areas, according to experts.
Which firms will be there? (2-Sep-2005)
Firm listings
Top work no sweat for mid tier (2-Sep-2005)
WHILE THERE will always be room for a Freehills or an Allens Arthur Robinson, even generalist mid-tier firms are competing effectively in the current market, a newly appointed managing partner said last week.
Green Gadens in CSR crunch (29-Jul-2005)
LAW FIRMS IN New South Wales eat up about 334,000 trees a year, a Gadens Lawyers review has revealed. However, the review does not simply lay the blame elsewhere. The firm admitted last week that its own annual paper consumption is equivalent to at least eight football fields of Indonesian forest.
Changing their mindset (29-Jul-2005)
Law firms in Queensland are going to have to rethink the way they train their graduates with the implementation of the national profession legislation. Kellie Harpley reports
Folklaw 22 July (22-Jul-2005)
Folklaw 22 July
Gadens woos Corrs construction team (24-Jun-2005)
GADENS LAWYERS have achieved a “major coup” in wooing a construction team from Corrs Chamber Westgarth, the firm said last week.
Appointments 12 November 2004 (12-Nov-2004)
Appointments 12 November 2004
Appointments 13 August 2004 (19-Aug-2004)
Appointments 13 August 2004