Businesses that ‘go global’ must bolster their legal department
Some Australian corporations will be looking at expanding their operations outside of the domestic market post-pandemic, and will need to strengthen their in-house legal ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 09 Jun 2020
Mitigating risk upon reopening following lockdown
With restrictions easing across Australia, businesses face personal injury and other risks they will need to mitigate to avoid exposure to liability.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 09 Jun 2020
Customer-first approach evident for GCs post-RC
The Hayne royal commission was a “big game changer” for Australian businesses, having flow-on effects for the nature and function of legal departments.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 09 Jun 2020
Considerations in acquiring another firm amid COVID-19
Given favourable conditions for merging or taking over another legal practice, there are a number of factors that firms with expansion plans must take into account.
SME LAW • Mon, 08 Jun 2020
Corporations Act must move out of the 19th century
Pandemic-inspired amendments to the Corporations Act must be made permanent as Australia emerges from coronavirus.
BIG LAW • Mon, 08 Jun 2020
Every lawyer ‘should spend some time in a CLC’
Going to work for a community legal centre is “one of the best decisions” Tanya Diessel has ever made. It’s a vocational experience all lawyers should have, she says.
SME LAW • Mon, 08 Jun 2020
Why it’s such an exciting time to be a young lawyer
COVID-19 has, justifiably, given rise to fears about job security and vocational direction. But, according to one practitioner, pandemic-inspired opportunities are there ...
NEWLAW • Sun, 07 Jun 2020
Brisbane lawyer to be removed from roll
A Queensland practitioner who “departed significantly” from the fundamental duties of legal professionals is set to be struck from the roll following a finding of ...
SME LAW • Fri, 05 Jun 2020
Corrs promotes 7 to partnership
National law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth has elevated seven lawyers to its partnership ranks.
BIG LAW • Fri, 05 Jun 2020
