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]
IPO activity in 2021 looking ‘promising’
According to a new report, Australian IPOs will defy early expectations this year, following a record end to 2020.
BIG LAW • Sun, 28 Feb 2021
The rise of the ‘legal support-preneur’
For a bounty of reasons – from underappreciation by employers to a desire for greater flexibility – support professionals in law firms are looking to consult externally, ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 25 Feb 2021
‘Reboot it all’: How one firm innovated successfully
In 2020, Hamilton Locke embraced a new model that not only up-ended traditional structures but also served to maximise “people experience”.
SME LAW • Thu, 25 Feb 2021
Vaccine roll-out and parental disputes: A recipe for disaster?
With Australia’s roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination now underway, family lawyers may have to consider whether there will be a spike in disputes over the welfare and ...
SME LAW • Thu, 25 Feb 2021
Why extramarital affairs cannot be overlooked in family law proceedings
The introduction of no-fault divorce may have unintended consequences for consideration of coercive control, Joplin Higgins says.
SME LAW • Thu, 25 Feb 2021
HSF names new ESG global leadership team
Global firm Herbert Smith Freehills has a new-look leadership team for its environmental, social and governance (ESG) practice.
BIG LAW • Wed, 24 Feb 2021
OneVentures invests $1.5m in Coassemble
Venture capital firm OneVentures has been advised on its investment in Australian online learning start-up Coassemble.
NEWLAW • Wed, 24 Feb 2021
Property lawyers must ‘work beyond traditional practice specialisations’
In light of an increasingly digitised economy, lawyers with retail clients not only have to innovate but see digitisation as a business strategy in itself.
BIG LAW • Tue, 23 Feb 2021
Law departments must push past ‘change fatigue’ and keep advancing
By now, corporate counsel should know what works and doesn’t work for their teams. They must lean in to pandemic-inspired changes and ensure they can deliver services in ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 23 Feb 2021