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Gilchrist Connell forms strategic alliance with global legal business
National insurance firm Gilchrist Connell and international legal business DAC Beachcroft have formed an alliance to...
09 May 2025
By Grace Robbie
Clyde & Co appoints 7 special counsel
Global law firm Clyde & Co has added seven special counsel to its ranks (five promoted, two hired) and welcomed...
06 May 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
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 names 3 new Aussie partners
Global law firm Ashurst has appointed 20 new partners worldwide, three of whom come from the firm’s Australian...
24 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
A&O Shearman names 3 new Australian partners
Global law firm A&O Shearman has appointed three Australian lawyers to its partnership, in a global cohort of...
24 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Former Hogan Lovells managing partner joins Hall & Wilcox
The former Australian managing partner of global firm Hogan Lovells, which exited the Australian market last year, has...
17 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Award-winning boutique principal joins Clyde & Co as cyber partner
Simone Herbert-Lowe has joined the global cyber practice of BigLaw firm Clyde &
17 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
HSF names 8 new Australian partners
Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has appointed 19 new partners worldwide, including eight Down Under. The firm...
15 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Clifford Chance names new Aussie managing partner
Global law firm Clifford Chance has appointed a new managing partner to oversee its Australian offices, who will assume...
14 April 2025
By Grace Robbie
NRF’s chief executive partner to discuss succession planning at Partner Summit 2025
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia’s chief executive partner, Alison Deitz, will speak at this year’s Partner Summit...
11 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
White & Case ditches diversity and inclusion function
Global law firm White & Case, which has offices in Sydney and Melbourne, has discontinued its diversity and...
10 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
HSF, Kramer Levin vote for merger, creating a US$2bn turnover practice
The partnerships of both Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer Levin have voted in favour of becoming “the first truly...
05 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Are global firms still committed to DEI in the age of Trump?
The Trump administration is probing the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices of 20 US-headquartered BigLaw...
28 March 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
Trump targets 20 BigLaw firms over DEI, including Australia-based players
Not content with going after firms it deems to have acted against US interests, the Trump administration is now probing...
20 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Piper Alderman adds 6 partners, appoints 7th, from Squire Patton Boggs
The national partnership at BigLaw firm Piper Alderman has swelled to over 90, with 16 professionals – including six...
10 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Connectivity ‘more important than ever’ in current climate, says new DLA Piper Australian head
The newly appointed country managing partner for Australia at this global law firm asserts that the firm’s strong...
06 March 2025
By Grace Robbie
Tax partner to return to Baker McKenzie
The senior tax director at Expedia Group is set to boomerang to global law firm Baker McKenzie, where he previously...
26 February 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Dentons’ Aussie chair and global CEO on regional opportunities and doing ‘more than law’
In a recent sit-down with Lawyers Weekly, the new Australian chair and global chief executive of BigLaw firm Dentons...
25 February 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Former Hogan Lovells partner joins DLA Piper
Global law firm DLA Piper has appointed an M&A partner who most recently worked at BigLaw rival Hogan Lovells,...
19 February 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
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