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White-collar crime comparative guide launches
Johnson Winter Slattery partner Robert Wyld edits latest GLP guide covering corporate crime and enforcement worldwide
US legaltech services provider Consilio acquires Australian eDiscovery specialist icourts
Deal enables legaltech firm to continue its expansion in the Australian legal market
Jones Day adds Milbank’s APAC restructuring head in Sydney
Nicholas Dunstone marks Jones Day’s fifth lateral partner hire in Australia this year
HSF Kramer revenue reaches $2.4bn in first post-merger results
First results since transatlantic merger show PEP of $2.1m, up 7% on Herbert Smith Freehills’ pre-merger figure
Norton Rose Fulbright rings in revenue, profit rises
Firm’s Australia and Europe, Middle East and Asia operations grow turnover 25% to £763.5m in 2025 following integration last July
‘Information is becoming commoditised; judgement isn’t’: dealmakers debate impact of AI on cross-border M&A
Sullivan & Cromwell partners Frank Aquila and Jeremy Kutner explore how AI, regulation and geopolitics are reshaping global M&A with experts from 29 countries
The hidden cost of removing the APAC general counsel
Without a dedicated regional GC, global organisations risk creating gaps in their APAC legal coverage, writes Major Lindsey & Africa partner Olivia Seet
HSF Kramer promotes 25 partners in first post-merger round
Core London office dominates with seven new partners
Former NSW Bar Association president to become Australia’s first female solicitor-general
Ruth Higgins SC succeeds Stephen Donaghue KC in the role to create all-female law officer line-up
The Global Legal Post launches comparative guide to fashion law
Cross-jurisdictional Law Over Borders guide is edited by Trevisan & Cuonzo partner Julia Holden, who is based in Milan
Governor of New South Wales to join London’s Atkin Chambers
Leading construction set to welcome Margaret Beazley AC KC as a door tenant in 2028
IBA Australian gender parity report finds widening gap at senior levels
Women make up 59% of lawyers at larger law firms, yet only 42% of partners
Weil, A&O Shearman lead Rio Tinto’s $260bn merger talks with Glencore
Weil guides Glencore as A&O Shearman acts for Rio Tinto in what could be largest-ever M&A deal
New Zealand legaltech start-up LawVu buys contract specialist ClauseBase
LawVu says deal will value combined company at $220m
‘Different strategic horizons’: King & Wood Mallesons to split
Chinese and Australian partnerships to operate under independent brands from 31 March 2026