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MinterEllison brings in new Private Equity practice leader in Sydney

MinterEllison is pleased to announce the appointment of Lee Horan as a Partner in its M&A/Capital Markets practice in Sydney, significantly enhancing the firm’s national offering and deepening its expertise in private capital transactions With over 20 years’ experience advising many of Australia’s most active private capital sponsors and corporates, Lee is a recognised specialist […]

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Why Plexus Thinks Legal Bottlenecks Are Killing Your Campaigns

Australia Law News, Law Firm Technology, Legal AI, Press Releases / November 11, 2025

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The LegalAI Marketing Tool Plexus has just lobbed a grenade into the sluggish trench warfare between Legal and Marketing with a new AI compliance tool. Marketing Wizard is the new platform, an extension of Plexus’s legal AI ecosystem, is designed to make compliance feel less like corporate molasses and more like a Formula 1 pit

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Law Society of NSW & Drug Summit Report

Australia Law News, Press Releases / October 28, 2025

The Law Society of NSW notes the response by the NSW Government to the report of the 2024 Drug Summit. We are pleased to see the NSW Government support many of the recommendations made in the 2024 Drug Summit Report. The supported recommendations indicate a number of opportunities for positive drug law reform. We encourage

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Australian Law Firm’s Disturbing Report on Sexual Harassment at Work

Australia Law News, Lawyers, Press Releases / October 15, 2025

Lawyer’s Report Show One in Three Australians Sexually Harassed at Work Burke Mangan LawyersDespite landmark legal reforms, sexual harassment remains entrenched in Australian workplaces. New analysis from Burke Mangan Lawyers, specialists in employment law, reveals that one in three workers have experienced sexual harassment in the past five years – yet fewer than one in

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The Lawyers Behind Fonterra’s $4.2B Mainland Group Sale

Australia Law News, Law Firms, Lawyers, New Zealand Law News, Press Releases, Russell McVeagh / September 14, 2025

Which Lawyers Got the Cream in the Massive NZ Deal The sale of Fonterra’s global consumer and associated businesses, the Mainland Group, to French dairy giant Lactalis for a reported $4.2 billion was never going to be just a farmer-to-farmer handshake. It turned into one of the most lucrative ticket-clipping exercises for New Zealand and

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LawAI News – Clayton Utz Adopts :Harvey: in Next Step of AI Journey

Australia Law News, Press Releases / September 13, 2025

Australian law firm Clayton Utz is proud to announce its firmwide adoption of Harvey, a cutting-edge generative AI platform for law firms, as part of its strategic investment in AI-driven innovation to enhance client service and operational efficiency. Harvey will empower Clayton Utz lawyers with advanced agentic AI capabilities to streamline complex and time-intensive legal

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$13.5M Legal Bill: Kerry Stokes Left Carrying the Roberts-Smith Tab

Australia Law News, Featured / September 11, 2025

A Warning Shot For Media Lawyers To Know About Australian bilionaire Kerry Stokes has been ordered to pay AU$13.5 million in legal costs to the media outlets that successfully defended themselves in failed defamation proceedings. The order caps a bruising and expensive saga that has exposed not only the limits of defamation law but also

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The Slater & Gordon Horror Show – Politics, Pay Sheets, and People Powerlessness

Australia Law News, Featured, Law Firms / September 6, 2025

Another Slater & Gordon Departure Heightens Crisis Slater & Gordon earns its bleeding stars this month with the departure of a third Chief People Officer to have resigned in just over a year, as employee morale crashes harder than their trust in management. The firm has turned what should be a simple HR transition into

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How an Aussie Firm Wants Your Cross-Border Briefs

Australia Law News, Law Firms, Lawyers / August 23, 2025

Conflict-Free and Open for Business: Gadens’ Bid to Win Global Referrals If you’re a global firm sitting on a tasty Australia matter with awkward conflicts—or a client you’d rather not hand to a rival’s Sydney office—Gadens wants the call. In an interview flagged by Law.com International, managing partner Mark Pistilli outlines a simple growth thesis,

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Wotton Kearney Appoints Former King & Wood Mallesons & PwC Principal as Board Chair

Australia Law News, Press Releases / August 12, 2025

Wotton Kearney is pleased to announce the appointment of Tony O’Malley as its new Board Chair, effective 1 July 2025. Tony brings more than 25 years of senior leadership experience, a deep understanding of the legal industry and a passion for building high-performance businesses across national boundaries. Tony has previously served as the Managing Partner at King

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