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]
Oklo Resources acquired by B2Gold for $90m
ASX-listed gold explorer Oklo Resources Limited has been acquired by Canada-based gold miner B2Gold while under the advice of Thomson Geer. The acquisition has put the ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 01 Jun 2022
Bartier Perry unveils 20-week gender-neutral parental leave policy
Sydney-based law firm Bartier Perry, which has 100 lawyers and partners, has introduced a parental leave policy that is, it says, “among the strongest” in Australia’s ...
SME LAW • Wed, 01 Jun 2022
ESG considerations following Labor’s win
Given the Albanese government’s focus on climate change moving forward, lawyers – particularly those in renewables and financial services – will have to consider the ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 31 May 2022
Recruiter-hosted ‘Top Gun’ screening soars to success
As part of a push to bring fun back to social events for the legal profession, two recruitment firms hosted a screening night for Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick movie
BIG LAW • Tue, 31 May 2022
Dreyfus in as A-G, Albanese names new ministry
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled his full first ministry, with a new Attorney-General to be sworn in following Senator Katy Gallagher’s interim stint in the ...
POLITICS • Tue, 31 May 2022
There is ‘something special’ about working in aviation
In conversation with Lawyers Weekly, the chief legal and risk officer reflects on how there is “never a shortage” of stimulating challenges and experiences while working ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 31 May 2022
Stop ‘letting value get away’ from your company
Too often, law departments and their companies are “leaving value on the table”. Litigation funding is a solution to such lost value, says one firm CEO.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 31 May 2022
Can lawyers benefit from Labor’s new housing policy?
The new Albanese government is proposing a provision of equity contributions of up to 40 per cent of the purchase price of new homes. Here, we explore what it might mean ...
POLITICS • Mon, 30 May 2022
5-year anniversary of Uluru Statement from the Heart marked
The creators of the Uluru Statement from the Heart launched an exhibition to celebrate the five-year anniversary of the Uluru Statement being gifted to the Australian ...
POLITICS • Mon, 30 May 2022