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Allens brings partnership to 41% female with new partner promotions
International law firm Allens has promoted eight new partners in Australia, bringing its partnership to over 40 per...
01 May 2025
By Lauren Croft
Real estate partner joins Allens from Clayton Utz
Global law firm Allens has appointed a partner from BigLaw rival Clayton Utz, who is joining its real estate...
30 January 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Harmers won’t budge on divisive Super Retail Group statement
The founder of a national employment firm has defended a statement that lashed out at Super Retail Group for...
12 December 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Allens names new chair
Global law firm Allens has appointed a Brisbane-based practitioner as its new chair, effective 1...
14 November 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Proposed ACCC reforms ‘will make the merger clearance process more challenging’, says partner
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has unveiled what he calls “the biggest reforms to Australia’s merger settings in almost 50...
11 October 2024
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
Allens managing associate joins Corrs as a partner
National law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth has added a partner for its investigations and inquiries practice, who joins...
05 September 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Allens promotes 77
International law firm Allens has made 77 senior promotions across Australia within its legal and corporate services...
28 June 2024
By Lauren Croft
Cooper Grace Ward adds 2 special counsel from BigLaw rivals
Brisbane-based firm Cooper Grace Ward has bolstered the senior ranks of its disputes practice by hiring special counsel...
30 May 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Allens promotes 5 to the partnership
International law firm Allens has promoted five managing associates to the partnership across its Melbourne and Sydney...
22 April 2024
By Lauren Croft
Allens: Class action filings skyrocketed in 2023, risk predicted to continue
According to new research, 2023 was the second biggest year for class action filings of all time, with risk in this...
22 March 2024
By Lauren Croft
Allens adds partner to IP team
Allens has appointed a new partner to its intellectual property, patent and trademark attorneys
01 February 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Allens partner to join Dentons
Global law firm Dentons has moved to bolster its cyber security, privacy, and technology expertise with the appointment...
05 December 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
2023 class action filings ‘on pace to significantly outstrip’ last year’s numbers: Allens
The volume of class action proceedings being filed is ticking back up to pre-pandemic levels, with competing claims and...
08 August 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Influx of build-to-rent legal work will only increase
It is “extraordinary” to think that build-to-rent (BTR) did not exist in Australia as recently as five years ago,...
11 July 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Allens promotes 70
Following its naming of seven new partners back in March, global law firm Allens has named 48 new senior associates,...
29 June 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Allens sells company secretarial business to Link Group
After providing external administration and corporate secretarial work to clients for over 40 years, Allens’ company...
06 June 2023
By Lauren Croft
Thomson Geer appoints partner from Allens
National law firm Thomson Geer has moved to strengthen its national banking and finance team with the hiring of a...
05 April 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
More BigLaw growth and workplace woes: What’s hot in law this week (20-24 Mar)
The nation’s biggest law firms continue to swell their ranks, while legal workplaces are staring down the barrel of...
25 March 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Allens adds 7 new partners
International law firm Allens has welcomed seven new partners in the Asia-Pacific region — three of which are...
23 March 2023
By Lauren Croft
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