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Ashurst expands consulting business with five-partner Big Four hiring spree in Australia
Quintet includes Deloitte's former global leader of cyber and strategic risk Sid Maharaj
Squire Patton Boggs adds Sydney employment team as global expansion continues
Partner Nicola Martin leads team, which arrives from Australian firm McCabe Curwood
Squire Patton Boggs makes double partner hire in Sydney to bolster energy practice
Move comes a day after financial services veteran Derrick Cephas joined in New York
Australian law firms mostly avoid pandemic woes as profits remain robust, study finds
Commonwealth Bank report shows that almost four in five firms posted stable or rising profits this year
HFW hires Colin Biggers & Paisley co-senior partner in Sydney
Antony Riordan leads five-strong construction disputes team joining London-headquartered firm
Ashurst boosts new law arm with senior hire from Herbert Smith Freehills
Firm says arrival of new Ashurst Advance COO in Melbourne underlines its new law ambitions
Ashurst refreshes board with election of two Australia-based partners
International firm promotes two corporate specialists to governing body
Thomson Geer completes hire of top M&A team from DLA Piper in Perth
Independent firm welcomes four partners in Western Australia, one of three recent team hires across its national network
Thomson Geer secures four-partner, 21-strong team from Dentons in Brisbane and Melbourne
All four partners in Dentons' Brisbane office move across as Australian independent 'takes advantage' of market instability
McCullough Robertson partner joins London arbitration chambers as it makes first Australia hire
Russell Thirgood is the latest senior practitioner to join Int-Arb Arbitrators & Mediators since its January launch
Litigation funders have nothing to fear from reform in Australia
Government plans to tighten regulation of funders is inevitable and should be welcomed, argues Sophy Woodward
We have allowed a sophisticated class action industry to grow without bespoke regulation
Jason Betts welcomes the Australian parliamentary review into class actions and calls for town hall-style public debates
Regulatory net tightens over litigation funders as Australian parliament launches class action inquiry
Defendant lawyers and business lobby celebrate after double assault on 'booming' class action industry
Australian firm McCullough Robertson launches defence and national security business
McR Defence will be led by former Downer Group managing director Brett Sangster and deputy GC Evan Economo
Progressing family law disputes through Covid-19 in Australia
Amanda Humphreys reports on how Australia's family courts and lawyers are coping with lockdown
The multimillion-dollar settlement with a sting in its tail for Australia class actions
The Vocus judgment will have a chilling effect on litigation funding hindering access to justice, argues Steven Friel
Ashurst hires from Deloitte to launch Australia consulting arm
International firm branches out into 'new law' as part of 2023 strategy
UK-listed firm DWF grows Melbourne business with trio of technology hires
Lawyers join from Australian firm MacPherson Kelley to boost DWF's IT&T practice
Clayton Utz closes Sydney office over possible coronavirus infection
'No cause for alarm' says firm after fears employee may have been indirectly exposed to virus
Clyde & Co makes three-partner hire in Melbourne from Norton Rose
Trio grow UK-based firm's Australia partner count to 32