News

• Clayton Utz snags EY partner, launches forensic practice

  The 20-year-veteran led EY’s APAC fraud investigation and disputes team read more

• 30 senior promotions at HWL Ebsworth

  11 new partners and 10 new special counsel are promoted across multiple offices around the country read more

• K&L Gates welcomes two partners

  It also promotes six new special counsel and 18 new senior associates read more

• Yale Law School selects first woman dean

  She is regarded as a prominent constitutional law and election law scholar in the US read more

• Lawyers fear ‘human rights crisis’ after Brexit

  Theresa May has signified she wants to withdraw the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights read more

• Queensland lawyer honoured for outstanding achievement

  Jones Day hires entire real estate team from Freshfields… DLA Piper hires finance partner from Ashurst… Regulator considers ban on referral fees… read more

• Open-source legal aid checker launched

  The tool, developed in collaboration with Code for Australia, saves Victoria Legal Aid lawyers up to 30 hours a week on phone calls read more

• Squire Patton Boggs acts on flagship Perth development

  The planned $1.85bn complex will include a 70-floor tower, apartments, a retail precinct and more read more

• Top firms reveal office plans in London

  While a Magic Circle firm moves its headquarters, an American behemoth recommits to its home of 40 years read more

• Paul Weiss, Linklaters act on abandoned Kraft Heinz-Unilever mega-merger

  The US$143bn merger, which would have created the world’s second-largest consumer goods company, was dropped just two days after discussions were confirmed read more