Second Aggressive Raid By Adelaide-Based Law Firm Takes Partners From Yet Another Global Big Law Player
Thomson Geer has raided yet another Big Law global firm by taking three partners and eight others from DLA Piper, hard on the heels of the Adelaide-based law firm’s Brisbane raid on Dentons. Thomson Geer raided 20 fee earners from Dentons in July. The raid on DLA Piper focused on M&A lawyers. The DLA Piper
Melbourne Law Firm Receives Criticism From Victoria Premier for COVID Approach
Law firm HWL Ebsworth has received barely veiled criticism from Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews for the way the firm approached the COVID crisis and the outbreaks at the firm’s office. The firm has two floors in Collins Street, Melbourne and although Andrews did not name the firm he referred to one that had “become a
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Family Lawyer Crisis – The Demand for Family Lawyers Accelerates with Lockdowns . . But Where Are They?
The well publicised demand for family lawyers after the lockdown last time has simply accelerated a problem that existed some years ago, according to family lawyers. Reports indicate that separation enquiries, among others, have exploded as relationships have buckled under lockdown pressures. As firms have moved away from providing family law services, combined with a
UK Listed Law Firm Keystone Sets Up Office in Middle East
Keystone Law announces today that it has finalised the arrangements for its first office in the Middle East. The establishment of Keystone Law Middle East LLP (“KLME”) has been now been approved by the Abu Dhabi Global Market (“ADGM”), the award-winning international finance centre located in the heart of the UAE’s capital city, Abu Dhabi,
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Big Law Veteran Joins Reserve Bank in Auckland
The Reserve Bank today announced that corporate lawyer Juliet Tainui-Hernandez, who has most recently been a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright in London, has accepted the position of Assistant Governor and General Manager of Transformation and People. She was previously a transformation director at Norton Rose and had previously worked for Addleshaw Goddard, Dentons, Freshfields
Linklaters Make Latest Cuts for NQ Lawyers as Heady Pay Increases Slow Due to Pandemic
The COVID pandemic continues to eat into newly qualified (NQ) solicitors’ pay rates with Linkaters being the latest major law firm to announce further cuts to pay – this time a 10 per cent reduction. In June Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance both cut NQ rates by 10 per cent as a result of
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The Hollywood Law Dozen – The Heavy Hitting ‘Big Deal’ Entertainment Lawyers
Lawyers have always been a major part of the Hollywood scene and always will be as delivery systems change with the advent of streaming services like Netflix and Disney and as movies use multiple platforms to generate revenues – as actors become influencers and producers become multi-faceted, multi-platform content creators. As Hollywood changes some of
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Welcome to the All-New Chapman Tripp
Chapman Tripp is not only moving offices to the swanky new Commercial Bay development in Auckland – but today it has also unveiled its new image with new branding and a new website. Clients & Markets Director, Kate Packer said in a press statement today, “How we present ourselves is important for our sense of
EY Law’s Aggressive Growth Plans
The movement of the Big Four accounting firms into the legal space continues strongly and none moreso than EY who are planning rapid expansion of their legal division. Bloomberg Big Law report that EY’s John Knox, Singapore-based and who became EY’s new global legal managed services leader in July, is working to grow the legal