National law firm Thomson Geer has appointed a tax, trust, and private client specialist from big four firm EY as a new partner in its tax practice.
Australia’s space sector is booming, reshaping national capabilities and emerging as one of the country’s most dynamic and rapidly evolving legal fields – a frontier for the profession that, according to Samantha Pacchiarotta, is unlike anything seen before.
While many might view a two-month European escape as the perfect chance to switch off, soak up the sun and forget about work entirely, that wasn’t the reality for Claire Styles. Instead, the trip became an unexpected catalyst – forcing her to rethink how she runs her firm.
A tribunal has allowed a man to work as a lay associate despite his conviction for threatening to “expose” a woman’s intimate image.
BigLaw firm Moray & Agnew has appointed a new partner and two special counsel for its government team, who have come across from national rivals HWL Ebsworth and MinterEllison.
Amid the ongoing evolution of the international right to remedy, the LAWASIA Human Rights Committee has launched a new manual to provide clarity and direction for those working to uphold access to justice worldwide.
At first glance, the parallels between mathematics and law seem unlikely. One deals in numbers; the other in norms. Yet both reduce chaos to clarity, writes Rebecca Ward, MBA.
Global law firm Ashurst has strengthened its ranks, appointing a senior infrastructure specialist with more than 25 years of experience to guide its infrastructure and energy transition offering.
The existence of stress for lawyers is not inherently a bad thing – in fact, it can be incredibly useful, both personally and professionally. What is critical, however, is being able to identify if and when that stress crosses the threshold into territory that is objectively unhealthy and unsustainable for a practitioner.
Here, a former GC, three firm heads, and a prominent litigation partner reflect on bad advice they’ve received over the course of their careers, and what they learnt to do instead to get ahead.
