Marc Moken is the new Managing Partner at Allens. He currently heads Allens’ Funds, Superannuation and Financial Services Practice and is one of Australia’s leading investment funds lawyers. A member of the firm’s leadership team, he also serves as Head of Allens’ Sydney office. He advises Australian and offshore fund sponsors, platforms and institutional investors. […]
Article source: BizCover.com.au For lawyers and professional consultants, protecting clients’ interests while managing risk is central to the role. Every decision, recommendation, and agreement carries potential consequences for both the client and the practitioner. Balancing diligent advocacy with prudent risk management ensures clients achieve their goals without exposing themselves or your practice to unnecessary liabilities.
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While public markets flinch at every new AI headline, Melbourne-based Affinda is doing something unfashionable in tech right now: raising money, growing revenue, and selling actual products lawyers use.
In a fresh $25 million funding round, Affinda lifted its valuation to $220 million, up from $120 million in mid-2024. The round was led again by Toll Group founder Paul Little, with backing from Ellerston Capital’s Ashok Jacob and former MYOB and REA Group CEO Greg Ellis.
No meme tokens. No vaporware. Just document AI doing unglamorous but billable work.
From “Legal AI Tool” to AI-Native Infrastructure
Affinda isn’t trying to replace lawyers with chatbots. It’s doing something far more dangerous to incumbents: making legal work faster, cheaper and harder to justify billing for inefficiency.
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Sydney silk Mark Philip Dennis, 60, has been found dead at his Leichhardt unit in Sydney’s inner west on Monday evening, NSW Police confirmed. A report will be prepared for the coroner. His death comes three weeks after he was arrested at Sydney Airport upon returning from Cambodia, where he operated a youth charity. He
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Thursday, 5 February 2026 NSW’s world-leading rule-of-law reputation can turbocharge a push to make the state an international jurisdiction of choice for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. The new President of the Law Society of NSW, Ronan MacSweeney, has outlined his priorities for 2026 at this evening’s traditional Opening of Law Term function, in the
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Sydney, Australia | 5 February 2026 Baybridge Lawyers has appointed Gus Skavronskas as a Partner in its Intellectual Property and Brands practice, adding significant depth to the firm’s existing specialist capability. The appointment comes in response to sustained growth across the firm’s franchising and commercial portfolio. As client demands regarding brand protection become more complex,
Australia, 29 January 2026 – National law firm Holding Redlich is pleased to announce the promotion of six senior lawyers to Special Counsel and Senior Associate, reinforcing the firm’s continued focus on internal progression and recognition across its national practice. James Stedman is promoted to Special Counsel in the Workplace Relations & Safety team in Melbourne. He has
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The awarding of Australia’s highest civil honour to NSW Chief Justice Andrew Bell recognises a life and career focused on vigorous defence of the rule of law. President of the Law Society of NSW Ronan MacSweeney congratulated Chief Justice Bell on becoming a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in this year’s Australia Day
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Lobbying Law Leaders John Bowie, LawFuel publisher Big Law’s lobbying arms just posted their richest year on record, powered by Trump-era tariffs, AI and health policy fights—and a Trump‑aligned boutique has muscled past the traditional K Street giants as lobbying becomes a major new profit source for law firms in the US, UK and elsewhere.
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Australia’s next generation of legal stars isn’t coming from the usual marble-hall suspects. According to Lawyers Weekly’s survey of the 2026 30 Under 30 finalists, the most common alma maters are Macquarie University and UTS. Not the sandstone aristocracy, nor the old-money pipeline. It’s a quiet rebuke to the myth that only a handful of
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