News

• Lawyers to be researched by Australian uni professor

  Asia Pacific gains seven new A&O partners… International firm weighs AI usage… read more

• Top Perth lawyer joins global firm’s partnership

  Nearly half of the firm’s new partners are from the Asia Pacific region read more

• Legal jobs among those cut as 457 visa is axed

  Under the new scheme, foreign workers can no longer use six legal professional classifications to apply for visas read more

• Four partners top global firm’s extended equity ladder

  Lawyers from Australia, Europe, and the UK become the top equity partners of the Big Six firm read more

• World's largest law firm ‘forces out’ 20+ partners

  “We want to lead, not just to be the largest,” the legal giant’s chairman says read more

• Linklaters to focus on performance of teams not partners

  Pinsent Masons expands international footprint… Lawyers turn to pot… read more

• Top firm acts on $1.4bn refinancing

  It’s one of the largest syndicated financings yet this year read more

• Demand for specialist legal skills growing

  With nearly 15,000 graduating law school each year, here’s how some are getting a head start read more

• Research explores impact of legal tech

  A new survey asks about key areas of focus for the legal profession in the year ahead read more

• China patents head jumps to another global firm

  For six years, he’s run a global law firm’s China patents, trade secrets, and intellectual property practice. Now he’s off to another firm read more