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