Jerome Doraisamy

Athena Home Loans advised on $70m funding

In what it says is “one of Australia’s largest ever fintech capital raises”, Athena Home Loans has been advised on a $70 million Series C funding round.

NEWLAW • Thu, 24 Oct 2019

Managing clients who engage with ‘extremely dangerous’ Facebook advice groups

Increasingly, parties to family law proceedings are turning to Facebook groups for advice on navigating those proceedings. How best can practitioners manage clients who ...

SME LAW • Thu, 24 Oct 2019

Rosie Batty, Women’s Legal Services Australia team up for family law reforms

Former Australian of the Year Rosie Batty has partnered with women’s legal services across Australia to urge the federal government to enact reforms to keep women and ...

POLITICS • Wed, 23 Oct 2019

New Zealand Law Society to conduct ‘wide-ranging review’ of its structure and function

An independent review of New Zealand Law Society is needed, it says, to ensure it can be transparent about its complaints process and deal with unacceptable behaviour ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 23 Oct 2019

Kimberly-Clark advised on Australian network outsourcing

Multinational personal care corporation Kimberly-Clark has been advised on the outsourcing of its Australian distribution network.

BIG LAW • Wed, 23 Oct 2019

Disposing of juries may be beset with controversy

Any discussion that explores whether or not juries should be discarded, in favour of trial by judicial officers alone, cannot ignore the need to balance the interests of ...

SME LAW • Wed, 23 Oct 2019

King’s Own Institute sells for $128m

Australian higher education provider King’s Own Institute has been advised on its sale to China Education Group.

BIG LAW • Wed, 23 Oct 2019

Victorian Bar welcomes 18 new senior counsel

Eighteen members of the Victorian Bar have been appointed to senior counsel by Chief Justice Anne Ferguson of the state’s Supreme Court.

THE BAR • Wed, 23 Oct 2019

Examination of how briefing decisions are made is crucial for gender equality at the bar

All briefing entities – BigLaw, in-house and government departments – need to consider how they decide to brief barristers, and with whom they will engage, if equitable ...

BIG LAW • Tue, 22 Oct 2019