After a combined 66 years at MinterEllison, two partners are setting out on a new venture, launching their own boutique advisory and mediation firm.
Drafting documents, managing negotiations, and analysing case material may form the backbone of legal practice – but when it comes to selling themselves to secure client work, many lawyers find themselves on far less certain ground.
An employee of the global law firm has launched legal action over explosive allegations that his supervisor stripped him naked and photographed him while he was unconscious at a firm retreat.
More than a decade on from its last study, the Law Council of Australia has set out to discover whether there has been enough structural change to attract and retain women lawyers.
Rising fuel and transport expenses may reduce profit margins, slow production, and, if sustained, lead to job losses, writes Paul O’Halloran.
National law firm MinterEllison has bolstered its construction and infrastructure capabilities with the appointment of a partner from rival multinational firm Pinsent Masons.
A boutique firm and its principal are on the hook for at least $2.5 million in costs orders for overcharging its government client, including by billing for an uplift fee that was never agreed on.
National law firm Johnson Winter Slattery has appointed a mergers and acquisitions and private equity partner from BigLaw firm Baker McKenzie.
My time living overseas gave me clarity on the career I wanted to forge as an energy lawyer when I returned home to Australia and equipped me with the requisite tools to thrive throughout my legal profession, writes Stephanie Centorame.
The NSW government’s Early Drug Diversion Initiative faces backlash from the Aboriginal Legal Service, which says that police discretion is harming Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.
