Jerome Doraisamy is the managing editor of Lawyers Weekly and HR Leader. 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]
Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors to focus solely on workplace and employment law
Mid-tier firm Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors (ABLA) has closed its corporate and commercial practice and is set to focus just on workplace relations and ...
SME LAW • Sun, 05 Mar 2023
Loam Bio completes $105m raise
Decarbonisation start-up Loam Bio has been advised by G+T Ventures on its $105 million Series B funding round.
BIG LAW • Sun, 05 Mar 2023
K&L Gates adds 11th partner since December
Global law firm K&L Gates has continued to bolster its partnership ranks, this time with a Sydney-based real estate partner from BigLaw practice Arnold Bloch Leibler
BIG LAW • Fri, 03 Mar 2023
Workplaces under scrutiny: What’s hot in law this week (27 Feb-3 Mar)
Myriad workplace issues and trends — from treatment of staff to greenwashing, from virtual courts to leadership traits — have dominated legal news this past week
BIG LAW • Fri, 03 Mar 2023
What Allegro Funds has planned for Slater & Gordon
In a letter to the shareholders of listed national law firm Slater & Gordon, private equity firm Allegro Funds has outlined its intentions for the BigLaw practice, ...
BIG LAW • Fri, 03 Mar 2023
Hall & Wilcox adds team of 5 senior lawyers for Newcastle office
BigLaw firm Hall & Wilcox has appointed a partner, two special counsel, a senior associate and a lawyer from a mid-tier firm to bolster its offering in Newcastle and ...
BIG LAW • Fri, 03 Mar 2023
Rugg-Ryan mediation fails, could ‘open the door for further litigation’
A case brought by a former staffer against an independent MP may be a test case for determining what constitutes “reasonable” overtime hours — a decision set to impact ...
POLITICS • Thu, 02 Mar 2023
Wotton + Kearney builds ‘dual expertise’ class action defence offering
International law firm Wotton + Kearney has continued to bolster its litigation ranks, following the poaching of a team from Corrs Chambers Westgarth and the expansion of ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 02 Mar 2023
What dictates firms of choice for male and female lawyers
Recent research suggests that men and women want to work for different Australian law firms. Why?
CAREERS • Thu, 02 Mar 2023