News

• Maddocks advises on major National Broadband Network supply deal

  The deal is expected to cover a potential footprint of 700,000 premises across Australia read more

• World’s largest litigation funder formed

  Burford Capital acquires GKC Holdings, the parent of its rival Gerchen Keller Capital read more

• Allen & Overy, MinterEllison bolster China presence

  A&O adds to its corporate practice while MinterEllison appoints M&A and foreign investment specialists read more

• Allen & Overy and HSF lead as 21st Century Fox launches Sky bid

  Skadden Arps and Simpson Thacher are also said to be involved in the £18.5 billion deal read more

• KWM in Europe faces administration in January

  New taskforce to help lawyers tackle corruption… Restructuring partner joins DLA Piper in Hong Kong… read more

• Lawyers warned over cyber attacks

  Litigation funders combine… Ashurst working on Murdoch’s empire expansion… DLA Piper launches online patent tool… read more

• Maurice Blackburn names Jacob Varghese as new CEO

  He takes the post from Greg Tucker who has led the firm in the last 12 years read more

• Ethics and compliance extremely important to CLOs and GCs

  Regulatory issues and challenges were ranked a close second followed by corporate data protection read more

• Dates announced for 2017 Australasian Law Awards

  Online nominations will open in January 2017 read more

• How effective is ‘situational leadership’?

  Being a situational leader means having an intuitive approach to gaining a better understanding of your team, says one leadership expert read more