Business

The right way to handle redundancy
As AI continues to bite into the employment market and employee mobility fluctuates, businesses that handle the process...
28 May 2026
By Amelia McNamara
Clio to invest ‘further and faster across APAC’ after surpassing US$500m in annual recurring revenue
Global legal AI provider Clio recently surpassed US$500 million in annual recurring revenue, which its Asia-Pacific...
27 May 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Legora opens offices in Singapore, Tokyo
Global legal agentic AI platform Legora is expanding further into APAC, opening offices in both Singapore and Tokyo,...
27 May 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Hazelbrook Legal adds disputes partner from UK firm
Award-winning boutique firm Hazelbrook Legal has appointed a disputes partner from a leading UK litigation practice, at...
22 May 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
The investment and advisory moves SME law firms must make post-budget
Much hay has been made in the last week about the potential impact of Jim Chalmers’ proposed tax changes on small...
20 May 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
How GCs are becoming the secret weapon driving business growth
General counsel are no longer just legal gatekeepers, with a new big four report revealing how they’ve evolved into...
12 May 2026
By Grace Robbie
Mediation as a commercial superpower: The new mandate for Australian corporate counsel
Equipped with formal mediation advocacy skills, corporate counsel can directly leverage their intimate knowledge of a...
12 May 2026
By Ruwan Wathukarage
Legora acquires Graceview, extends Series D funding
Global legal AI platform Legora has had a busy few weeks, having both snapped up Melbourne-based start-up Graceview and...
12 May 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Why firms can no longer treat cross-border payments as business as usual
A routine feature of global legal practice is about to become far more complex, as incoming AML reforms force law firms...
06 May 2026
By Grace Robbie
The pyramid is breaking
The partnership model is being redesigned by the world’s most prestigious firms. Australia still has time to “read...
01 May 2026
By Kim Wiegand
7 in 10 law firms rank profitability as their top priority
Profitability is taking centre stage in legal strategy globally, with 70 per cent of law firms ranking it as a top...
30 April 2026
By Grace Robbie
Why Pinsent Masons is doubling down on energy and infrastructure in Australia
There remains “untapped” potential in the Asia-Pacific region for multinational firms like Pinsent Masons, and for...
22 April 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Legora on firmwide integration, change management, and why 2026 is the year of agents
In a far-reaching chat, two senior professionals from global legal AI provider Legora discuss the extent of integration...
31 March 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
The long lunch isn’t dead – it’s evolving
Once a cornerstone of legal business development, the traditional “long lunch” has largely faded from “an...
26 March 2026
By Grace Robbie
What Australia’s disappearing middle means for the legal market
The mid-market in legal services is being compressed from above by premium firms protecting complexity, and from below...
25 March 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Where Barry Nilsson wants to be in 3 years
In conversation with Lawyers Weekly, the CEO of national law firm Barry Nilsson has outlined the firm’s growth...
25 March 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Celebrate the progress, but not at the expense of the harder question
The profession has spent two decades improving the pathway to partnership. The next question is whether we can expand...
18 March 2026
By Kim Wiegand
Legora raises US$550m in Series D round, partners with HSF Kramer
In recent weeks, collaborative AI platform Legora has both raised US$550 million at a US$5.55 billion valuation in a...
17 March 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Legal teams being asked to make AI ‘operational and accountable’
“We are at a structural inflection point”: New research from Consilio shows that law departments are under pressure...
13 March 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Pinsent Masons enters JV with China Commercial Law Firm
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has received government approval to enter a joint venture in the Qianhai Free...
10 March 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy