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]
Leveraging better service from law firms
One of the most important things for in-house teams is to feel heard by their external providers. In a post-pandemic market, those teams may have the upper hand in ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 09 Nov 2021
Data privacy and the law
Regardless of a firm’s choice of data sharing techniques, said businesses will have to get ahead of the game if they are to better serve clients and navigate evolving ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 08 Nov 2021
$11.1bn financing for Melbourne’s North East Link PPP completed
Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has advised the financiers to the “largest Public-Private Partnership in Australia”.
BIG LAW • Mon, 08 Nov 2021
Salmon Earthmoving Holdings acquired
BigLaw firm Gilbert + Tobin has advised Sime Darby Allied Operations on its acquisition of a leading provider of rental and maintenance services in Australia, Salmon ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 08 Nov 2021
AFL makes 4 senior hires
Listed national law firm Australian Family Lawyers has made four senior appointments, including a former federal magistrate, for its in-house arbitration and mediation ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 08 Nov 2021
Aussie counsel elected ACC global chair
The head of legal at an Australian sawn timber production company has been elected as the new global chair for the Association of Corporate Counsel, while a fellow ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Mon, 08 Nov 2021
Appetite strong for class actions
New research indicates that most Australians are open to joining a class action, writes Philip Lomax.
BIG LAW • Sun, 07 Nov 2021
Aptum appoints 2 senior ATO lawyers
Leading NewLaw firm Aptum Legal has hired the former executive director of the Australian Taxation Office’s litigation department and an ATO principal and senior lawyer
NEWLAW • Sun, 07 Nov 2021
High Court dismisses appeal in ‘largest women’s health class action in Australia’s history’
The High Court of Australia has preserved the judgment of the Federal Court, which two years ago ruled in favour of thousands of women whose “lives were destroyed” by ...
BIG LAW • Fri, 05 Nov 2021