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Gilchrist Connell adds health law principal
National law firm Gilchrist Connell has added a new principal for its health practice, who most recently served as a...
12 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
How the Skylab crash inspired this BigLaw principal to write a novella
McCabes principal Peter Hunt has always enjoyed writing in his spare time, but upon learning of an instance of “true...
14 February 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Maurice Blackburn promotes 49, including 5 to principal
National law firm Maurice Blackburn has unveiled its 2025 promotions round, with five lawyers being elevated to...
15 January 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
McCabes adds principal for Brisbane-based insurance team
National law firm McCabes has expanded its insurance capabilities with the appointment of a new principal for its...
31 October 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Ligeti Partners appoints new principal from Clyde & Co
National firm Ligeti Partners has hired a new principal for its Melbourne-based commercial and residential property...
11 October 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Macpherson Kelley adds 2 principals from Sparke Helmore
Following the hiring of a new commercial principal last week, Macpherson Kelley has welcomed another two principals...
29 August 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Arnold Thomas & Becker promotes 20, including 3 to equity principal
Victoria-based personal injury firm Arnold Thomas & Becker has named three new equity principals and two new...
18 July 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Jewell Hancock Employment Lawyers promotes 3
Jewell Hancock Employment Lawyers has elevated three lawyers, including one to
18 July 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Russell Kennedy promotes 19, including 3 to principal
National law firm Russell Kennedy is the latest BigLaw practice to unveil a promotions round, with three joining its...
05 July 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Hunt & Hunt names new principal
National law firm Hunt & Hunt Lawyers has promoted a compulsory acquisitions lawyer to principal in its Melbourne...
28 June 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Madgwicks promotes 5
Melbourne-based firm Madgwicks Lawyers has moved to bolster its senior ranks, naming a new principal, two new senior...
26 June 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Thornton + King adds principal from Coleman Greig
NewLaw firm Thornton + King has moved to further expand, hiring a principal for its family law...
21 June 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Cullen Macleod names new family law principal
Western Australia-based firm Cullen Macleod – which has 95 per cent of its lawyers at the principal or senior...
20 June 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Maurice Blackburn names new head of employment law in Qld
National plaintiff firm has appointed a former 30 Under 30 winner as the new state head of its employment law practice...
04 March 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Thornton + King bolsters its ranks with 2 senior appointments
NSW-based firm Thornton + King has moved to strengthen its property law ranks with the hiring of two accredited...
01 March 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Maurice Blackburn principal named race discrimination commissioner
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has named a principal from national law firm Maurice Blackburn as Australia’s new race...
05 February 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Spruson & Ferguson adds principal for chemical and life sciences team
Asia-Pacific-based intellectual property firm Spruson & Ferguson has welcomed back a former senior associate as its...
02 February 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Meridian appoints Clyde & Co special counsel as new principal
National firm Meridian Lawyers bolstered its ranks significantly in 2023 and has started the new year with another...
23 January 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Results Legal promotes special counsel to principal
Commercial litigation, insolvency, and debt recovery firm Results Legal has added a new principal to its ranks, with a...
15 January 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Bartier Perry partner joins Macpherson Kelley as a principal
Mid-market firm Macpherson Kelley has appointed a new principal for its property and construction...
30 November 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
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