Keeping page with fast-moving technology – and keeping staff – are two key challenges facing law firms, a fact verified by a recent survey undertaken by the Australian Financial Review in their ‘Partnership Survey’. The two are the major competitive threat to their business model, the survey revealed, as well as changing client demands and […]
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2019 Financial Results Ashurst today announces its results for the year ended 30 April 2019. Revenue of £641 million – an increase of 14% (£564 million in 2018) Average profit per equity partner of £972,000 – an increase of 31% (£743,000 in 2018) Paul Jenkins, Global Managing Partner of Ashurst, said: “In the last financial
Australia’s leading independent law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, has announced that senior lawyers Alexandra Feros, Alistair Newton and Anna White have been promoted to the partnership. Congratulating the new partners, Corrs CEO Gavin MacLaren said: “I am delighted to welcome Alex, Alistair and Anna to the partnership. Covering a mix of corporate, competition and environment
Leading Australian Barrister Larissa Andelman has said that the “unique, idiosyncratic” law profession needs bystander provisions to improve the profession’s culture and combat sexual harassment. Sexual harassment, workplace bullying and other workplace misconduct has low reporting rates and bystander provisions permit reporting of incidents by witnesses. Lawyers Weekly reported that Andelman, who is NSW Women
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UK-based Clyde & Co is to continue its aggressive Australian expansion, including by poaching partners, a Law.com report says. The firm has experienced strong, double-digit growth on the back of litigation growth in the Australian market, since establishing itself in Australia in 2012. “We are aggressively pursuing growth in each of the industries that we
The flip side of #Metoo is the need to employ ‘superior’ men, requiring positive discrimination in the view of Australian law firm Lander & Rogers. The firm ranks highly on The Australian Financial Review Law Partnership Survey, with 37 per cent of partners being female and with 76 per cent of senior associates being female
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King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is proud to complete their partner appointments globally with the promotion of nine lawyers in Australia and three lawyers in Hong Kong, effective 1 July 2019. The announcements are in addition to the recent promotion of 28 new partners across the firm’s China offices and two partners in the EUME
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Class actions are on the rise in Australia after the Royal Commission into misconduct in the financial sector, but also with more ‘litigation funding action’. The first half of 2018 saw 29 class actions filed in Australia, 35 in the second half and a further 18 for the first half of 2019, according to figures
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Powered by LawFuel – DWF, the global legal business, announces another important milestone in the expansion of its business in Australia, with Elpis Korosidis (pictured) and her team of fifteen people set to join DWF Australia from July 1. Mark Hickey, Chairman of DWF Asia Pacific, commented: “As a result of Elpis and her team joining us, we are now
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Powered by LawFuel – A survey of employees at New Zealand and Australian law firms in the Meritas legal network has found that 63% of respondents had experienced depression or knew someone close to them in the workplace who had. However the survey shows that law firms are responding well to remedy the position with
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