Oceania

DAC Beachcroft forges Australian alliance

Collaboration with insurance specialist Gilchrist Connell intended to help clients navigate complex coverage issues and defend claims

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Ashurst unveils 20-strong promotions round

Reduced round follows record cohorts over past three years

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Herbert Smith Freehills promotes 19 lawyers to partnership

Cohort is down significantly compared to 2024 as HSF prepares for US merger

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The future of law: embracing innovation and culture at LawFest 2025

Generative AI technology is going to transform the business of law and how lawyers work, writes Ben Paul, CEO of The BD Ladder

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Simpson Thacher, Paul Weiss, NRF guide Woodside’s $5.7bn LNG asset stake sale to Stonepeak

Simpson Thacher, Paul Weiss counsel infrastructure-focused PE firm Stonepeak as Norton Rose Fulbright acts for Australia’s Woodside

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Ashurst chair Davies elected to serve a second term

Highly rated M&A partner pledges to continue helping to ‘drive the firm forward’

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DWF follows up on nine-partner raid on Hall & Wilcox by securing 53 additional team members

Specialist London market insurance litigation group moving across to UK-based firm swells following talks with team members

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Value of ALSP market climbs to $28.5bn

Growth in demand for alternative legal services far outpaces traditional law firm segment, according to Thomson Reuters

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Hogan Lovells corporate partners exit for Jones Day ahead of Australian closure

Charles Bogle and James Wood move over in Sydney as Hogan Lovells prepares to shutter sole Australian office

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Fifty-six partners appointed in Norton Rose Fulbright’s class of 2025

Number of promotions increases from 49 last year, though proportion of women falls to 35%

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Herbert Smith Freehills removes partner over 'deeply offensive' social media post

Damien Hazard 'issued with relevant notice' following X post criticising Jewish lawyer's comments on arson attack on Melbourne synagogue

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‘A dynamic international landscape’: The Global Legal Post launches IP guide

Law Over Borders Intellectual Property guide is edited by Foley & Lardner’s Jeffrey Greene

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DWF rebuilds in Australia with nine-partner raid on Hall & Wilcox

Hire of nine-partner team follows DWF purchasing Australian claims management business in September

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