News

• Norton Rose Fulbright merger confirmed

  Simpson Grier, Clayton Utz assist global manufacturer… Baker McKenzie moves to support next-gen lawyers… read more

• New managing partner at Baker McKenzie Australia

  His forerunner has been promoted to APAC managing director read more

• HSF suit may delay full-fledged White & Case Australia launch until September

  The set-up of the US firm’s first Australia outpost may not go as smoothly as the transferring partners had hoped read more

• Lander & Rogers lands DibbsBarker partner

  This insurance specialist’s rich experience should prove an asset to his new firm read more

• Law Society NT appoints new CEO

  Now it’s official, but the new incumbent has actually been acting CEO since June read more

• Cleary Gottlieb issues Trump ‘social media attack’ guide

  In an age of politicians like Trump who can tweet up a storm in a moment, a US firm tells corporates how to prepare for the worst read more

• Foley Hoag opens cannabis practice

  More and more large law firms in the US are focusing on the booming cannabis industry read more

• Law Council focuses on unconscious bias

  Allen & Overy advises JERA on first major Indian renewables deal… Publication sued for rubbishing self-proclaimed email inventor… read more

• 2017 is looking bright for Australia’s capital markets

  Market-shaking events like Brexit and US elections haven’t dimmed a top lawyer’s optimism for the coming year read more

• Founder of Sunshine Coast’s largest law firm said to be leaving

  Travis Schultz didn’t leave STO Lawyers when it was acquired by Slater & Gordon in 2014, but with the parent firm in dire financial straits, sources say he may be heading for the door read more