LGT Group acquires Crestone Wealth Management
BigLaw firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth has advised LGT Group on its acquisition of Crestone Wealth Management for $475 million.
BIG LAW • Thu, 20 Jan 2022
Australian Unity Healthcare Property Trust completes $1bn refinancing
G+T has advised on the $1 billion refinancing of Australian Unity Healthcare Property Trust’s corporate debt facilities.
BIG LAW • Thu, 20 Jan 2022
HSF adds special counsel from Clyde & Co
Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has hired a special counsel from BigLaw rival Clyde & Co for its employment, industrial relations and safety practice in ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 20 Jan 2022
Is 2022 the year to launch your own firm?
Lawyers Weekly spoke with four award-winning and nominated professionals about whether this year is the right time for others to consider venturing out on their own.
SME LAW • Wed, 19 Jan 2022
The continued rise of state-based class action regimes
Over the three decades since the introduction of the Federal Court of Australia’s class action regime, class action litigation has become an increasingly prominent ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 19 Jan 2022
‘Moving from an in-house role to the bar is incredibly attractive’
Award-winning lawyer Matthew Littlejohn spoke to Lawyers Weekly recently about his journey as a Darwin-based barrister to practising in-house in Melbourne and why legal ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 18 Jan 2022
Why legal counsel must nominate for awards
There are many reasons that in-house lawyers should put their hands up for industry recognition, says two-time award winner Calli Tsipidis.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 18 Jan 2022
Being a GC that steps up
Not only is it increasingly incumbent upon senior in-house lawyers to put themselves forward for non-legal work within a business, but stepping up in such ways is also ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 18 Jan 2022
New laws introduce leave for pregnancy loss before 20 weeks
The introduction of two days of compassionate leave is an important acknowledgement that early pregnancy loss is very real, writes Glen Cranwell.
BIG LAW • Mon, 17 Jan 2022
