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Finalists announced for Partner of the Year Awards 2025
Lawyers Weekly is thrilled to unveil over 280 finalists in this year’s Partner of the Year Awards....
28 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Partner Summit launches for 2025
Lawyers Weekly, alongside principal partner Thomson Reuters, is pleased to launch the second annual Partner Summit....
21 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Submissions open for 10th annual Partner of the Year Awards
Submissions and nominations are now open for the 2025 instalment of Lawyers Weekly’s prestigious Partner of the Year...
20 February 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Winners crowned at Partner of the Year Awards 2024
Lawyers Weekly and principal partner the Commonwealth Bank are pleased to announce a record number of winners at this...
20 June 2024
By Malavika Santhebennur
Finalists revealed for Partner of the Year Awards 2024
Lawyers Weekly and principal partner the Commonwealth Bank are pleased to announce that there are over 275 finalists at...
01 May 2024
By Malavika Santhebennur
Submissions open for Partner of the Year Awards 2024
Lawyers Weekly is pleased to announce it is now accepting submissions for this year’s Partner of the Year Awards...
29 February 2024
By Malavika Santhebennur
Partners celebrated and a lack of post-pandemic holidays: What’s hot in law this week (17–21 July)
Australia’s best partners and partner equivalents for 2023 have been recognised, and polling suggests that lawyers...
22 July 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Winners of the Partner of the Year Awards 2023 revealed
Lawyers Weekly and principal partner Commonwealth Bank of Australia are thrilled to announce the 35 winners of this...
20 July 2023
By Malavika Santhebennur
BRS verdict, a pardon and more promotions: What’s hot in law this week (5-9 June)
From Folbigg to Roberts-Smith, the past week has seen some groundbreaking court updates, while BigLaw promotions rounds...
10 June 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Finalists revealed for Partner of the Year Awards 2023
Nearly 300 finalists have been chosen to battle it out in 34 categories at the 2023 instalment of the Partner of the...
06 June 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Submissions open for Partner of the Year Awards 2023
Lawyers Weekly is now accepting submissions and nominations for this year’s Partner of the Year...
06 April 2023
By Malavika Santhebennur
Partners must embrace change to succeed
An award-winning litigator breaks down embracing change and discomfort to succeed after experiencing many...
28 November 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
Australian capital market trends, revealed
Higher importance will be placed upon superannuation funds and other private equity within the Australian capital...
03 October 2022
By Lauren Croft
Winning 2 awards as a boutique partner
Whilst unable to rely on being an “instantly recognised brand”, this boutique firm has been able to achieve...
15 September 2022
By Lauren Croft
Lockdowns highlighted need for collaborative lawyering
In a post-pandemic market, operating in a collaborative fashion, rather than an adversarial one, will be much more...
14 September 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
Wills and estates space ‘is constantly evolving’
In recent years, the wills and estates space has shifted from a sub-category of law to a specialist discipline area —...
25 August 2022
By Lauren Croft
Winners revealed for 7th Partner of the Year Awards
Lawyers Weekly and principal partner Commonwealth Bank are thrilled to unveil the winners of this year’s Partner of...
28 July 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
Winning an award in the trenches of COVID-19
In the midst of the global pandemic, last year’s Health Partner of the Year award winner outlined how positive...
14 April 2022
By Kyle Robbins
Submissions open for Partner of the Year Awards - 2022
Lawyers Weekly is pleased to announce that submissions are now open for the 2022 Partner of the Year...
07 April 2022
By Malavika Santhebennur
LEAP, Lawyers Weekly enter into diversity partnership
Legal practice management software company LEAP has joined Lawyers Weekly as the official Diversity Partner for...
11 March 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
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