Jerome Doraisamy is the managing editor of professional services (including Lawyers Weekly, HR Leader, Accountants Daily, and Accounting Times). He is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in New South Wales, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation. You can email Jerome at: [email protected]
Former Shine national employment head joins byrne∙dean
Workplace behaviour and culture firm byrne∙dean has appointed the former employment and discrimination practice leader at national practice Shine Lawyers to lead its ...
SME LAW • Tue, 28 Nov 2023
Alarm bells raised over lack of sustainability in in-house careers
While often seen as the better choice for work/life balance, a career in-house has its risks of becoming unsustainable, according to one expert.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 28 Nov 2023
Reducing email volume between in-house teams and law firms
Law departments and their external providers are being urged to rethink how they communicate, with many spending as much as two-thirds of their working time on emails.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 28 Nov 2023
Westpac GC to join PwC Australia
Big four accounting firm PwC has appointed Westpac’s general counsel of litigation, regulatory investigations, and financial crime as its new GC, who will assume the role ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 28 Nov 2023
FAL Lawyers adds Clayton Utz special counsel as new partner
Canberra and Melbourne-based firm FAL Lawyers has appointed a new partner, who has come over from BigLaw firm Clayton Utz, where she served as a special counsel.
SME LAW • Mon, 27 Nov 2023
DW Fox Tucker adds ‘rising star’ associate
South Australian firm DW Fox Tucker Lawyers has welcomed a new associate, who spent two decades in engineering and has come across from a BigLaw practice.
SME LAW • Mon, 27 Nov 2023
How this fashion lawyer created her own niche
Chloe Taylor has combined her passion for fashion into a legal practice area that allows her to spread her wings across multiple fields. Being proactive has been the key ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 27 Nov 2023
Thomson Geer takes property team, including 2 partners, from Macpherson Kelley
National practice Thomson Geer has moved to strengthen its property ranks with the appointment of two partners and their team from mid-market firm Macpherson Kelley.
BIG LAW • Mon, 27 Nov 2023
‘Let’s kill all the lawyers’
The famous line goes all the way back to 1592 when it was uttered by Dick the Butcher in Shakespeare’s Henry VI. Lawyer bashing is not new. Everyone hates them till they ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 26 Nov 2023