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]
Westpac agrees to ‘largest-ever civil penalty in Australian history’
Australian banking and financial services giant Westpac has reached an agreement with AUSTRAC to pay $1.3 billion for breaching anti-money laundering and ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Wed, 23 Sep 2020
New virtual masterclass for dealmakers launched
Lawyers Weekly is hosting its first-ever masterclass, equipping emerging leaders in law with the necessary tools to run private business acquisitions.
BIG LAW • Wed, 23 Sep 2020
Hamilton Locke adds 2 new partners
East coast-based firm Hamilton Locke has appointed two new lateral partners, bringing the firm’s partnership ranks to 18.
SME LAW • Tue, 22 Sep 2020
Pilbara Minerals secures new debt facility
Lithium-tantalum producer Pilbara Minerals has been advised on a new US$110 million debt facility.
BIG LAW • Tue, 22 Sep 2020
Legal teams favour existing firm relationships (potentially to their detriment)
New research shows that legal departments are largely confident with their regular slate of legal service providers and perhaps aren’t doing enough to explore if those ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 22 Sep 2020
Staying on top of modern slavery issues amid COVID-19
It is especially critical, in the age of coronavirus, that legal teams ensure that the prospect of modern slavery is minimised within one’s supply chain.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 22 Sep 2020
REPORT: #auslaw completed ‘record’ pro bono hours in FY20
Even against the backdrop of a pandemic and subsequent economic downturn, Australian legal professionals have completed more pro bono hours than at any point in the last ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 22 Sep 2020
CleanCo, BHP strike deal to ‘substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions’
A five-year deal has been agreed to whereby CleanCo will provide BHP with electricity from renewable sources for the latter’s coal mines in Queensland.
BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Sep 2020
16 reappointed to AAT
The Morrison government has reappointed 16 tribunal members for the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
POLITICS • Mon, 21 Sep 2020