National firm Colin Biggers & Paisley has appointed two practitioners to special counsel and one to senior associate.
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.
Queensland tells abuse survivors “we see you” by extending the definition of abuse to include physical and psychological abuse.
Young Brisbane intellectual property lawyer Stuart Efstathis has died at the age of 26 due to an ongoing respiratory condition.
Increasingly, parties to family law proceedings are turning to Facebook groups for advice on navigating those proceedings. How best can practitioners manage clients who engage with such online forums?
Law firms will soon be required to log the number of hours worked by graduate lawyers and paralegals to ensure young staff are being appropriately remunerated.
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 children safe in the family law system.
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 such as sexual harassment and bullying.
Multinational personal care corporation Kimberly-Clark has been advised on the outsourcing of its Australian distribution network.
Australian higher education provider King’s Own Institute has been advised on its sale to China Education Group.
