Jerome Doraisamy

What does your personality say about your choice of career in law?

To be a successful lawyer in 2020, you no longer have to pursue one traditional career route. Now there are several different options suiting different personality types, ...

CAREERS • Tue, 28 Jan 2020

ACC pushes back against proposal to limit number of foreign lawyers in Hong Kong firms

The Association of Corporate Counsel has told the Hong Kong Law Society it shouldn’t make changes to the Foreign Lawyers Registration Rules.

CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 28 Jan 2020

‘Love is impossible without law’

If The Beatles are to be believed, “All You Need Is Love”. This isn’t quite true, says one ANU law lecturer – besides love, he says, there is law.

BIG LAW • Mon, 27 Jan 2020

Mills Oakley makes lateral real estate hire from NRF

National firm Mills Oakley has brought across a real estate professional from global firm Norton Rose Fulbright, whom they have hired as a partner.

SME LAW • Mon, 27 Jan 2020

‘No one is forcing you to be a lawyer’ is no justification for imposing long hours

Tired tropes that espouse how young lawyers simply need to suck it up and get used to long hours are becoming a minority, but not fast enough, writes Jerome Doraisamy.

BIG LAW • Mon, 27 Jan 2020

‘Desk-based’ pro bono projects an option for boutiques

In taking on whatever pro bono matters they can manage, lawyers in boutique practices should be aware of the “desk-based” options available in the modern marketplace

SME LAW • Thu, 23 Jan 2020

Managing cash flow at this precarious time of year

The new year period can be an unpredictable one for boutique practices. Understanding how best to stay on top of your cash flow is imperative, argues one sole ...

SME LAW • Thu, 23 Jan 2020

How to invest your firm’s time correctly

The most important resource that a boutique law firm has is the time of its team members. Wasting productivity is a sure-fire way to stall success, argues one ...

SME LAW • Thu, 23 Jan 2020

Overtime audits may be missing deeper underlying issues

Whilst it is crucial that law firms monitor the volume of hours worked by younger professionals, such audits might fail to identify broader workplace problems, argues one ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 22 Jan 2020