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HWL Ebsworth pushes into Northern Territory
Australian independent law firm HWL Ebsworth is to open up in Darwin and Alice Springs in February next year.
Aussie firms get greener in the downturn
Australian law firms cut their environmental emissions by 10% in 2013/14 - partly due to reductions in headcount and in business travel.
PwC makes progress on 20-partner Australia goal
Accountancy giant PwC has made its second appointment in a month of a lateral hire partner, pushing the firm along to its goal of having 20 to 25 partners by about 2017-19.
Gender pay gap lags private sector average by 10pc
Women in the Australian legal sector typically earn 36 per cent less than male counterparts - while women in the private sector as a whole are 26 per cent behind, according to data revealed by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
Clayton Utz loses three partners
John Elliott, Clayton Utz's former head of M&A is joining Norton Rose Fulbright and David Stammers, former head of private equity, is joining Ashurst.
KWM wins Allens employment head
The head of the Allens national workplace and employment relations group has defected to King & Wood Mallesons where he becomes a Brisbane partner.
Slater & Gordon takes on two more Australian firms
Slater & Gordon, the fast-expanding Australian and UK plaintiff law firm, has acquired two more practices in Australia.
Animal law on agenda at Australian law faculties
Eleven universities participated in Australia's first moot on animal law, organised by the animal protection body Voiceless.
Clyde takes three Sparke Helmore partners to open in Brisbane
Three insurance and commercial litigation specialists are leaving Sparke Helmore to open up a Brisbane office for Clyde & Co, its fourth in Australia.
Chinese hackers target Australian law firms
Legal practices are among the businesses being targeted by at least 13 advanced malware groups from China, according to a forensics expert.
Bird & Bird enters Australia via Sydney merger
Bird & Bird is to open next month in Australia, with a headcount of 42, through a merger with technology boutique practice Truman Hoyle.
Maddocks tax controversy group in doubt as team joins Minters
A group of three partners and about nine other lawyers are leaving Maddocks and joining Minter Ellison in Australia over the next few months.
Clayton Utz cuts staff in Sydney and Melbourne
Big Six Australia-based firm Clayton Utz has been making lay-offs of staff since July of up to as many as 40 people in its largest offices.
Two Adelaide law firms to join forces
The South Australian firms are to merge on 1 October.
Pre-IPO roadshows start for Spruson & Ferguson
Australian IP law firm Spruson & Ferguson is meeting with investors over a potential listing.
Australian firms see recruitment as top weak spot
Australian lawyers see themselves as the second most competitive in the world, behind Europe, but highlight failure to attract and keep the best staff as their main fragility.
Ex-Minter CEO to run DLA Piper Australia
John Weber, the former CEO of Minter Ellison, is joining DLA Piper in Australia on 1 November and will take over as the firm's Australian managing partner in March.
Australians urged to tackle lawyer depression
A research report, suggesting that half of lawyers have suffered from depression, has been released in Australia, amid calls to lighten the load on stressed fee-earners.
Law firms win chunk of Australian defence work
Clayton Utz has been awarded the biggest slice of work from Australia's Ministry of Defence.
Adelaide firms merge as South Australia market contracts
The 11-partner Fox Tucker Lawyers practice is merging in the smaller, five-partner Donaldson Walsh Lawyers as firms in the area feel the pinch in a shrinking market.