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• Top firms lock down deal for Australia’s largest prison

  The facility will be the largest of its type in Australia, with a capacity of 1,700 inmates read more

• London firm makes headway on public listing

  Should the deal push through, it will be the second law firm to be listed in London read more

• Texas judge suspended over drugs, sexting and prostitutes

  She presided over misdemeanour drug cases at the time of her alleged drug abuse read more

• Ashurst adds two Sydney lawyers to its board

  UK launches “biggest challenge” to its legal system in 40 years… Trump threatened with legal action over blocked Twitter users… read more

• Clayton Utz partner receives rare accolade

  The Sydney-based lawyer joins an elite group in the global insolvency space read more

• Specialist insurance law firm Gilchrist Connell promotes nine lawyers across Australia

  Most of the newly promoted staff are women read more

• Hogan Lovells fields cross-border team for refinancing of global health club chain

  Lawyers from its Sydney, Johannesburg, London, Madrid, Milan, and Singapore offices played key roles read more

• Top firm strikes gold in gas pipeline, power station projects

  The infrastructure will power a gold mine in Western Australia read more

• Baker McKenzie scores ex-Linklaters COO

  The seasoned executive co-founded a management consultancy firm that caters to the professional services sector read more

• New Singapore programme to prepare legal pros for tech disruption

  Herbert Smith Freehills appoints Brexit director… Paralegals resign over Grenfell Tower poster… read more