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]
How your firm can give back
For Joanna Oakey’s practice, supporting communities means so much more – both personally and professionally – than simply donating money. It means having a meaningful, ...
SME LAW • Thu, 11 Feb 2021
Learning to love life and law again
While the age of coronavirus has presented myriad personal and professional challenges for lawyers, it has also provided a unique opportunity to redesign one’s schedule ...
SME LAW • Thu, 11 Feb 2021
War of words erupts between Aussie legal tech providers
The chief executives of InfoTrack and GlobalX have traded blows following the acquisition of the latter by a Canadian-based entity.
BIG LAW • Wed, 10 Feb 2021
Recap: Masterclass on running a pre-IPO cap raise
In the first of a three-part masterclass series, two senior capital markets lawyers from Baker McKenzie unpacked the ins and outs of raising capital before a company is ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 10 Feb 2021
The law firm GC’s role in 2021: Part one
In the first of a two-part series, Lawyers Weekly explores how the role of general counsel in private practice has evolved, and what has been learnt, in the age of ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 09 Feb 2021
Networking dos and don’ts in the new normal
The nature of daily legal practice has evolved in the age of coronavirus, and so, too, must lawyers’ approaches to networking, says Cassandra Heilbronn.
BIG LAW • Tue, 09 Feb 2021
Regulation seen as biggest challenge for Aussie law departments
Relative to the rest of the world, Australian corporate counsel see industry-specific regulation as being the primary hurdle to overcome this year, among other ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 09 Feb 2021
PepsiCo adds senior legal director
Leila Golchin has been hired as the new senior legal director for PepsiCo in Asia Pacific, meaning that three out of five senior lawyers in the business’ APAC region are ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 09 Feb 2021
Why a ‘real move away from BigLaw’ could occur
The age of coronavirus saw movement away from the top end of town in personal injury law, Bree Knoester says, and the same trend could occur in other practice areas, too
BIG LAW • Mon, 08 Feb 2021