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]
Leading a listed cannabis company through COVID-19
The hemp industry is growing, and for Elixinol GC Teresa Cleary, this extraordinary year highlights the need for legal departments to ensure their businesses are focused ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 08 Dec 2020
Prioritise based on risk
The legal department is required to act both proactively and reactively. Striking a balance between the two can be difficult. Risk, however, must always dictate how one ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 08 Dec 2020
‘I can’t think of a better space to build a career’, says TMT Partner of the Year
Australia’s TMT sector is currently going from strength to strength, making it a hugely exciting practice area to be in, says James North.
BIG LAW • Mon, 07 Dec 2020
REVEALED: How #auslaw is faring with LGBTQI+ inclusion
New research, conducted by Lawyers Weekly and Momentum Intelligence, unveils the extent of progress made in fostering inclusive workplaces for legal professionals ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 07 Dec 2020
Leaving behind a career in law to educate girls in East Africa
Motivated both by her passion for justice and belief that education is a silver bullet for human rights issues in developing nations, Cassandra Treadwell is using her ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 06 Dec 2020
Partners ‘have to have compassion’
There is a need for team leaders to set the right example in all aspects of daily legal practice – this, first and foremost, requires one to be human, says Malcolm ...
SME LAW • Thu, 03 Dec 2020
‘Uniquely suited’: Why young sole practitioners will thrive post-pandemic
This year has opened a window for emerging leaders in the SME law space to not only carve out expertise in chosen niches, but also build their practices from the ground ...
SME LAW • Thu, 03 Dec 2020
Outsourcing vs upskilling: How and when to choose
Sole practitioners who are expanding their firms to have employees need to identify which business tasks they can manage themselves and which need to be done externally – ...
SME LAW • Thu, 03 Dec 2020
Managing the looming ‘Hunger Games’ period: Part II
The end-of-year intensity for family lawyers is shaping up to be different in the age of coronavirus as compared to previous years, and provides some clues as to what ...
SME LAW • Thu, 03 Dec 2020