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Clio acquires ShareDo, moves to target BigLaw firms
Global cloud-based legal technology provider Clio has acquired UK-based provider ShareDo as it looks to offer a fully...
17 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Start-ups ‘can’t succeed’ without good counsel, says Four Pillars Gin founder
Ahead of the Corporate Counsel Summit 2025, Stuart Gregor, co-founder at Four Pillars Gin, highlights the indispensable...
04 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
‘Deals of this magnitude don’t come along very often’: Reflections on a $24bn acquisition
Here, a handful of firms involved in the multibillion-dollar acquisition of AirTrunk by Blackstone and CPP Investments...
23 January 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
BigLaw firms advise on $24bn acquisition
Numerous BigLaw firms have worked on one of the largest private capital M&A deals in Australian...
09 September 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
NRF welcomes new Australia-based head of cyber practice
An award-winning lawyer has joined the partnership of Norton Rose Fulbright with her team and is set to head up the...
03 September 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Sydney firm rebrands as HFK Lawyers with partners, lawyers from Rostron Carlyle Rojas
A firm founded in the 1960s, which was acquired by Rostron Carlyle Rojas Lawyers a decade ago, has split off from RCR,...
29 August 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Better Lawyers Group launches, with Enterprise Legal and Donaldson Law as foundation firms
A multiple award-winning practitioner has established a support network for innovative law firms and lawyers to push...
27 June 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
QANTM board to recommend Adamantem scheme for takeover
Following soaring stock prices and three competing acquisition proposals, listed IP provider QANTM is entering a...
10 May 2024
By Lauren Croft
IPH moves to acquire QANTM
IPH Limited has submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire QANTM Intellectual Property Limited, with what the former...
08 May 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
AFL to acquire national firm’s contested wills and estates practice
Following the release of its favourable half-year FY24 financial results, AF Legal Group has conditionally acquired the...
01 March 2024
By Lauren Croft
Minters’ consulting arm acquires Wells Advisory
National law firm MinterEllison has moved to bolster its education legal services with the addition of the higher...
06 October 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Actionstep acquires FilePro
Cloud practice management platform, Actionstep, has moved to strengthen its position in the market for mid-sized law...
01 September 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Cowell Clarke expands with new acquisition
Commercial law firm Cowell Clarke has continued its growth in Sydney with the acquisition of a Sydney boutique, which...
06 July 2023
By Lauren Croft
Slaters officially delists
Following the compulsory acquisition of its remaining securities by private equity firm Allegro Funds, Slater &...
01 May 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Close the Loop closes 2 acquisitions, completes cap raise
ASX-listed recycling and circular economy company Close the Loop has been advised on the acquisition of two US-based...
13 April 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
G+T advises Vast Solar on acquisition for NY Stock Exchange listing
BigLaw firm Gilbert + Tobin has advised an Australian energy company on an acquisition that has placed them on the New...
27 February 2023
By Jess Feyder
Pantoro advised on acquisition of listed firm, cap raise
Global law firm DLA Piper is advising Australian gold producer Pantoro on its acquisition of Tulla Resources and $75...
23 February 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Class actions, AI and acquisitions: What’s hot in law this week (6-10 Feb)
From reflections on artificial intelligence to headline market moves by BigLaw firms, here is your weekly round-up of...
10 February 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
AFL to pay for 2 firm acquisitions in cash, not shares
Listed firm Australian Family Lawyers has signed deeds of variation with two boutique practices it has acquired, with...
08 February 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Carbon Revolution being advised on proposed merger with Twin Ridge Capital Acquisition Corp
Global technology company Carbon Revolution Limited is being advised on the Australian law aspects of its proposed...
13 January 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
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