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]
Champions of Pride finalists announced
Lawyers Weekly is thrilled to reveal the finalists for the inaugural Champions of Pride event, split across global, national and boutique categories.
BIG LAW • Tue, 23 Feb 2021
Property lawyers must ‘work beyond traditional practice specialisations’
In light of an increasingly digitised economy, lawyers with retail clients not only have to innovate but see digitisation as a business strategy in itself.
BIG LAW • Tue, 23 Feb 2021
Law departments must push past ‘change fatigue’ and keep advancing
By now, corporate counsel should know what works and doesn’t work for their teams. They must lean in to pandemic-inspired changes and ensure they can deliver services in ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 23 Feb 2021
Will the legal COO become as important as the GC?
By 2025, leadership of the legal function will need to expand as the traditional general counsel role will be unable to manage everything the department touches.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 23 Feb 2021
Experimentation critical for law departments
Innovation often comes from experimentation, Colin Levy argues, and in-house legal teams have much to learn from changes made in other industries, such as financial ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 23 Feb 2021
In-house lawyers must ‘step up, get more involved’
If corporate counsel roll up their sleeves and volunteer with legal professional associations, benefits will run both ways: those associations can utilise an in-house ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 23 Feb 2021
Responding to changes to director resignation requirements
Recent changes to the Corporations Act provide an opportunity to bolster internal processes and ensure law departments have steps in place to better notify regulators.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 23 Feb 2021
GameStop’s lessons for #auslaw
While the “incredible short squeeze” of stocks in GameStop and other companies may not be replicated in the Australian market, there are still some valuable reminders for ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 22 Feb 2021
Unlocking opportunities in China
On the back of a new strategic alliance, one national law firm is intensely focused on empowering Australian entities to enter the Chinese market, particularly as the two ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 22 Feb 2021