News

• Financial giant saves time automating contract reviews

  The AI can finish in seconds what lawyers took 360,000 hours of work a year to do read more

• Rio Tinto legal team headed by Freshfields partner

  Dentons continues its expansion with Dutch tie-up… Legal search specialists expand in Asia-Pac… Former Ropes & Gray senior partner joins DLA Piper… read more

• Top barristers warned over Slater & Gordon’s money woes

  The commercial list of barristers urges members work for the firm only if payment is already in escrow read more

• Legal veterans depart from traditional law firm career

  After cutting their teeth as partners in traditional firms, two lawyers move on to more specialised work read more

• JWS nabs Ashurst partner

  His experience includes advising on complex insolvencies including the collapse of multi-jurisdictional hedge fund, finance, and insurance companies read more

• TressCox expands Canberra presence

  TressCox has inked a deal with a boutique commercial firm as demand from the government space ramps up read more

• SG launches million-dollar tech program for small and medium law firms

  97% of law practices in Singapore are small-to-medium-sized, but just 9% use technology for efficiency and productivity read more

• IMF criticises Islamic banking legal framework

  As Islamic banking becomes more systemically important across the globe, the IMF says more robust controls are needed read more

• Global firm appoints Islamic finance head

  Ashurst expands Australian M&A capabilities… Morgan Lewis hires team from Simmons & Simmons in China… Court rules that regular church attendance does not secure grave… read more

• Sparke Helmore, Jarman McKenna merger goes live

  Jarman McKenna is no more as Piet Jarman, four other partners, and other lawyers and support staff are absorbed by Sparke Helmore read more