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HSF reappoints Rebecca Maslen-Stannage as chair and senior partner
Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has reappointed Sydney-based corporate lawyer Rebecca Maslen-Stannage as its...
05 May 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Ashurst re-elects global chair
Karen Davies has been elected for a second term as the global chair of BigLaw firm...
24 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Danny Gilbert appointed to RBA governance board
The chair and co-founder of one of Australia’s biggest law firms has been appointed by Treasurer Jim Chalmers to a...
16 December 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
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
EDO names new chair, appoints former judge to board
The Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) has appointed a former Queensland Supreme Court judge to its board and...
04 July 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Barry Nilsson names new chair
National law firm Barry Nilsson, which has over 400 staff across six offices, has appointed a new chair for a two-year...
17 June 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Cornwalls names new national chair
East coast-based firm Cornwalls has appointed one of its partners as its new national...
10 June 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
McInnes Wilson names new national chair, joint managing principals
National firm McInnes Wilson Lawyers has unveiled a new executive leadership team in 2024 as it approaches its 50th...
14 November 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Resolution Institute chair to step down from board
Russell Thirgood, the chair of ADR member organisation Resolution Institute, is stepping down from his role with the...
23 October 2023
By Robyn Tongol
Alan Cameron named as independent chair of new ASX advisory group
Alan Cameron AO, who formerly served as chair of the NSW Law Reform Commission and national managing partner of Blake...
04 August 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Minters partner to chair WEF climate governance body
The head of climate change and sustainability at BigLaw firm MinterEllison is set to be the joint chair of a World...
07 July 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Clayton Utz executive chair named as new group GC at Commonwealth Bank
Banking giant Commonwealth Bank has appointed Karen O’Flynn, who currently serves as a partner and executive chair at...
27 June 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Cowell Clarke appoints female chair
Mid-tier firm Cowell Clarke has appointed a new female chair, who has been with the firm since she started as an...
31 March 2023
By Lauren Croft
Dentons Australia chair on ‘investment in culture’
As the war for talent continues into 2023, the Dentons Australasia CEO and chair said the firm will prioritise culture...
05 January 2023
By Lauren Croft
Aussie lawyer to chair international legal network
The Lawyers Associated Worldwide (LAW) has elected an Australian lawyer to serve as
28 December 2022
By Emma Musgrave
Hall & Wilcox’s 1st female chair on the need for progressive policies
Moving into 2023, inclusion will be an important part of staff retention, according to the first female chair of Hall...
15 December 2022
By Lauren Croft
Norton Rose Fulbright names Australian as next global chair
Norton Rose Fulbright has today appointed its Australia chair to the role of global...
14 December 2022
By Jess Feyder
Hall & Wilcox appoints 1st female chair
Hall & Wilcox appoints 1st female chair
Hall & Wilcox has appointed the first female chair of partners in the firm’s 105-year history, taking over from...
07 December 2022
By Lauren Croft
Hall & Wilcox partner named SCG Legal chair
A partner at BigLaw firm Hall & Wilcox has been appointed as the new chair of SCG Legal, a worldwide network of 122...
28 November 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
Gilbert + Tobin names new chair, CEO and executive partner
National law firm Gilbert + Tobin has unveiled a new leadership model, effective July 2023, under which its current...
10 November 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
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