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Winners revealed for Corporate Counsel Awards 2025
Lawyers Weekly and principal partner Lawyers on Demand (LOD) and Consilio are thrilled to unveil over 30 winners for...
08 May 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
AI will breed deeper, smarter lawyer-client relationships
It is inevitable that relationships between law firms and in-house teams will evolve in the age of artificial...
07 May 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Resourcefulness key when faced with flat or reduced budgets (particularly in uncertain times)
With more in-house legal teams being forced to budget for uncertain times, being strategic about how resources are...
06 May 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Nine and SBS lawyers to speak at Corporate Counsel Summit 2025
Senior lawyers from both Nine and SBS are set to discuss the role of in-house lawyers in upholding legal and ethical...
22 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Top emerging risks from Q1 in 2025
An unsettled regulatory and legal environment is chief among the headline concerns for businesses for the first three...
15 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Legal teams looking to provide value through tech-driven efficiency, report says
A new report highlights how general counsel and their law departments are moving to showcase value and enable business...
08 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
ABC names Nine executive counsel as new GC
The national public broadcaster has appointed the executive counsel at Nine Entertainment as its new general...
08 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Regulatory action as a deterrent likely, says senior legal counsel
Ahead of the Corporate Counsel Summit 2025, Shanaz Khan, senior legal counsel at Colonial First Estate, explores how...
08 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
PayPal Australia and Colonial First State senior lawyers join Corporate Counsel Summit line-up
Elizabeth Briggs, senior director – legal at PayPal Australia, and Shanaz Khan, senior legal counsel at Colonial...
01 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Heads of legal increasingly taking charge on cyber matters, research shows
A new survey has revealed that more chief legal officers are putting their hands up to lead on matters pertaining to...
25 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Royal Women’s Hospital GC to speak at 2025 Corporate Counsel Summit
Danielle Corden, general counsel at Royal Women’s Hospital Melbourne, will discuss takeaways from the PwC scandal at...
25 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
TransPerfect Legal senior director to discuss in-house AI at 2025 Corporate Counsel Summit
Tom Balmer, Asia-Pacific director at TransPerfect, joins the impressive speaker line-up at this year’s Corporate...
21 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Active Super fined $10.5m for greenwashing
The Federal Court has penalised Australian superannuation fund Active Super $10.5 million for misleading conduct about...
18 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Telstra legal executive joins Corporate Counsel Summit 2025
Andrew de Celis, legal executive – product and propositions at Telstra, will unpack artificial intelligence (AI) in...
18 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Finalists revealed for Corporate Counsel Awards 2025
More than 190 finalists have been selected for the annual Corporate Counsel Awards 2025, being hosted by Lawyers Weekly...
18 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Details of alleged settlement for ousted chief legal counsel to stay secret
A chief legal counsel ousted from Super Retail Group has failed to convince a court to toss out a suppression order...
12 March 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Gender pay equity ‘not just a moral imperative’, CLO says
Improving a business’s gender pay gap requires structural resets, board leadership, and good governance, according to...
11 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
The evolution of ethical decision making in business
As businesses navigate an increasingly complex ethical landscape, in-house counsel are emerging as key figures in...
25 February 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Reversing cultural decline: Lessons from the PwC scandal and navigating legal duties
In the wake of the PwC scandal and subsequent parliamentary inquiry, legal professionals are being called upon to play...
25 February 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
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