New report shows difference in mid-tier and top-tier salaries

While corporate law offers high earning potential, salaries for junior lawyers are higher in other practice areas,...

08 April 2025

By Lauren Croft

What the gender pay gap looks like at Australia’s biggest firms

New workplace data has revealed the gender pay gap at Australia’s largest legal workplaces. Here, Lawyers Weekly...

27 February 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Thomson Geer takes property team, including 2 partners, from Macpherson Kelley

National practice Thomson Geer has moved to strengthen its property ranks with the appointment of two partners and...

27 November 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Hicksons promotes 10

NSW-based mid-tier firm Hicksons, which has offices in Sydney and Newcastle, has promoted 10 lawyers to more senior...

26 June 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors to focus solely on workplace and employment law

Mid-tier firm Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors (ABLA) has closed its corporate and commercial practice and is...

06 March 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Bartier Perry adds 4 partners from Coleman Greig

Emerging BigLaw firm Bartier Perry has appointed four lateral partners from NSW-based mid-tier firm Coleman Greig,...

03 February 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

SLF Lawyers opens 5th office nationally

National law firm SLF Lawyers has expanded into the Gold Coast, marking its fifth office across the...

10 October 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Salaries in mid-tier firms have ‘possibly peaked’

As salaries within private practice rise “across the board”, mid-tier firms will need to focus on their culture,...

21 September 2022

By Lauren Croft

Moray & Agnew moves to new ‘tech hub’ in Haymarket

Australian law firm Moray & Agnew will be moving its Sydney office to the anticipated “tech hub” Haymarket in...

20 April 2022

By Shandel McAuliffe

HopgoodGanim setting ‘ambitious strategy centred on significant growth’

With 25 new starters so far in 2022, including a new head of pro bono, mid-tier practice HopgoodGanim Lawyers is...

17 February 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Mid-tier firm completes merger with boutique

A mid-tier law firm has taken its partner count to 42 by finalising its merger with a Brisbane-based boutique and via...

02 July 2021

By Jerome Doraisamy

National firm reaches 50 partner-level lawyers

A national mid-tier practice that pays out 70 per cent of a lawyer’s collected billings now boasts 50 partnership...

28 April 2021

By Jerome Doraisamy

Growing from boutique to bigger player

In conversation with Lawyers Weekly, Bartier Perry chief executive Riana Steyn explains how her firm has expanded, and...

04 March 2021

By Jerome Doraisamy

Mid-tiers squeezed as foreign force moves into regional Aus

International law firm DWF has announced that a total of eight top legal hires from local competitors will be joining...

14 May 2018

By Melissa Coade

The mid-tier strategists targeting ‘business as usual’ work

One Australian law firm has set operational work in its sights as part of a survival strategy to compete with what its...

11 July 2017

By Melissa Coade

Start-up targets mid-tier clients

Mid-sized firms are likely to feel the squeeze in coming years as clients seek out more affordable, process-driven...

09 October 2015

By Priya Murthy

Mid-tier takes five

Mills Oakley has appointed five partners and 30 staff from large and mid-tier firms for its Sydney

13 March 2014

By Priya Murthy

Mid-tier firm appoints pro bono head

TressCox Lawyers has appointed a national pro bono

25 March 2013

By Priya Murthy

Pro bono head laments mid-tier efforts

The head of the Pro Bono Resource Centre has called on mid-tier firms to work harder to promote a pro bono culture.John...

04 March 2012

By Priya Murthy