Sponsored briefing: Financial services regulation in Australia at boiling point
Richard Harris assesses the challenges facing financial services businesses in Australia The regulation of financial services businesses in Australia stands…
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Letter from… Sydney: After the churn of the foreign influx, Australian legal elite look primed for their golden age
Some speak of the dawn of a ‘golden age’ for the market; others of a sugar rush for the country’s…
‘The right opportunity’: HFW reacts to client demand with strategic consultancy business
Maritime and insurance specialist HFW has set up a standalone consultancy arm, branded HFW Consulting. The new business, launched today (3…
Covington strengthens in Europe with Frankfurt launch as Dentons takes chunk of ailing Australia player
Covington & Burling is to deepen its European footprint with the opening of a new office in Frankfurt – the firm’s…
The Icarus syndrome – the highs and lows of Slater and Gordon
Pride before a fall. Everything was going well when the world’s first listed law firm, Slater and Gordon, announced another…
Expansive Pinsents ships in four Norton Rose Fulbright partners for third Oz office launch
Pinsent Masons is continuing its sustained international expansion drive with a new Australian arm in Perth and the hire of…
Five years on from pioneering S&G acquisition of Russell Jones, Aussie pioneer splits from UK business
Another chapter in the turbulent story of Slater and Gordon (S&G) has unfolded, with the beleaguered listed legal pioneer today…
‘Each market is different’: Dentons’ Australian tie-up delayed
Melbourne office unlikely following Singapore closure Dentons’ tie-up with Australian firm Gadens, announced a year ago, has been delayed, with…
White & Case opens Australia practice with ten-partner project finance raid on HSF
Simultaneous Melbourne and Sydney launches filled with former Freehills lawyers White & Case is to open two offices in Australia…
Australian ambitions: HSF opens alternative legal services hub in Melbourne
After becoming the first Western firm to open an alternative legal services (ALT) hub in China, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF)…
Ashurst shakes up global management team with appointments across City and Australian offices
Ashurst has introduced a series of new roles to its global management team following the appointment of new Sydney-based global…
Allen & Overy bolsters US securities offering with former Skadden partner hire in Australia
Allen & Overy (A&O) has added a three-strong US securities team to its Australian operations. The team joins the firm…
‘A global perspective’: Australia partner Jenkins next to head Ashurst
After four months of searching for the firm’s next global managing partner, Ashurst has turned to its Australian side and…
Hogan Lovells triples Australian partner headcount with new hires
Having long voiced its intention to boost revenues in the Asia-Pacific region Hogan Lovells has recruited four new partners to…
New Law enters the big league: Lawyers On Demand seals £25m merger with Australian firm
In the largest New Law merger to date, the UK’s biggest freelance lawyer service Lawyers On Demand (LOD) has sealed…
‘A valuable contribution’: all change Down Under at CC as founding duo depart firm
Two of the founders of Clifford Chance‘s (CC’s) Australian arm, including the firm’s Sydney managing partner, are stepping down from…
News in brief – May 2015
WHITTAKER STEPS DOWN AS LLOYDS GC Group general counsel (GC) Andrew Whittaker is stepping down from his role at Lloyds…
Of ‘strategic importance’: Hogan Lovells launches in Australia with Allens partner duo
Hogan Lovells has this morning (31 March) announced that it will establish a presence in Australia with Allens partners Nicky…
Withers targets Asia through new Australian presence
The end of 2014 saw two Legal Business 100 firms open international offices targeting new markets. Private client leader Withers…
Ashurst Australia head steps down while HSF picks up Ashurst corporate duo in Asia
Ashurst’s John Carrington, who helped handle the integration of Blake Dawson, has retired as Australian managing partner with no successor,…