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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 team to do so.

With restrictions easing across Australia, businesses face personal injury and other risks they will need to mitigate to avoid exposure to liability.

The Hayne royal commission was a “big game changer” for Australian businesses, having flow-on effects for the nature and function of legal departments.

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.

Pandemic-inspired amendments to the Corporations Act must be made permanent as Australia emerges from coronavirus.

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.

With the onset of the pandemic, credit will play a key role in the Aussie business climate, as businesses seek to recover from financial damage, according to two BigLaw partners.

Farmers have won the latest round in a long, bitter legal battle over coal producer New Hope Group, after having been granted leave by the High Court to appeal a finding against them.

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised joint lead managers on Macquarie Bank’s $641 million capital notes 2 issue.

Allen & Overy has advised the financiers to NBN Co Limited on $6.1 billion bilateral credit facilities.