News

• US white-shoe firm of counsel falls to his death from NYC apartment

  The lawyer apparently leapt from his ninth-floor balcony read more

• Strong year forecast for Asia Pacific M&A

  Women-owned law firms flourishing… DLA Piper announces Portuguese tie-up… read more

• White & Case appoints 10 senior lawyers as it opens in Sydney

  The lawyers formally join the Wall Street firm as their NSW Supreme Court stoush with Herbert Smith Freehills wraps up read more

• ACCC taking longer to consider flagged transactions

  Only 50% of deals given a red light on issuance of Statement of Issues are cleared by the regulator read more

• KWM acts on aircraft financing and clean energy deals

  One deal required expertise in English, PRC and New York laws read more

• Western Sydney firm appoints new family law principal

  The accredited family law specialist joins from Slater & Gordon, where he was principal for more than two years read more

• Cooley pockets US$1.8m from Snapchat IPO

  The Palo Alto-headquartered international law firm also owns a cache of the company’s voting and preferred stock read more

• Slaughter and May gives fintech companies free support

  The Magic Circle firm commits nearly $250,000 to the new program read more

• Gambler’s ex-wife ditches law firm in $40 million dispute

  Norton Rose Fulbright team advises on EstateMaster deal… Multinational suffers reputational damage from lawsuits… read more

• Ex-HSF partners restricted from poaching clients, employees

  The NSW Supreme Court upholds a six-month restraint period that ends 1 September read more