I Squared wins the fight for oOh!Media in $1.04bn deal

Mallesons and White & Case steer the outdoor advertiser's sale after a four-way bidding war

A&O Shearman lands Ashurst Perkins Coie M&A heavyweight

Phil Breden joins as partner to co-lead the firm's Sydney M&A team

Squires lands Clayton Utz disputes veteran in Perth

Scott Crabb joins the Litigation Practice Group after three decades on WA's biggest commercial fights

INSIGHTS

Where senior lawyers want to work in 2026

MinterEllison and Gilbert + Tobin lead the pack, but the real story is what's tanking senior lawyer sentiment

BigLaw revenue is soaring. So, why isn't grad hiring increasing?

New data shows entry-level associate numbers have been flat for four years, while laterals quietly take over

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Aug 13, 2026

🚨 Senior lawyers' top firm

Also, Clayton Utz loses litigator and ASIC's $7m greenwashing win

Aug 12, 2026

🚨 TikTok lawyer sacked

Also, KPMG GC quits and NRF poaches M&A partner

Aug 11, 2026

🚨 KPMG misled Ashurst?

Also, Sparke Helmore's new venture and AI royal commission

Aug 10, 2026

🚨 HSF Kramer hacked

Also, Clyde poaches from Caymans and Latham's lavish new HQ

Aug 7, 2026

🚨 Bench bans AI?

Also, law firms eye PE cash and airline duopoly under threat

INTERVIEWS

What lawyers get wrong about AI

August's founders talk competing with Harvey & Legora, the billable hour, and what law firms are getting wrong about AI

What lawyers get wrong about switching jobs

A recruiters take on jumping ship in the legal industry

We raised $1m to kill off lawyers’ most hated task

Elena and Justin talk AI, the billable hour, and why not every lawyer can be a founder

DEALS

I Squared wins the fight for oOh!Media in $1.04bn deal

Mallesons and White & Case steer the outdoor advertiser's sale after a four-way bidding war

The lawyers behind the biggest Aussie deal announced this year

Mallesons, Allens and Corrs land roles on record $36bn Blackstone-HSBC deal

Corrs, G+T steer $12.6bn deal creating Australia's third-biggest gold miner

Genesis Minerals gatecrashes Vault's planned Regis merger with a superior offer

Mallesons and HSF Kramer top Australasia's 1H26 merger tables

Mallesons claims the value crown as HSF Kramer wins on deal count in a shrinking but pricier Australasian market

DISPUTES

Dentons scores defamation win for Rebel Wilson

Federal Court sides with Rebel Wilson over The Deb co-star's defamation claims

The ACCC went after Coles and won. Here's what happened.

The ACCC wins its blockbuster supermarket pricing case. Woolworths is next in line.

ASIC strikes out: Federal Court throws out every claim against Nuix

Justice Goodman dismisses every allegation brought by the regulator, from misleading conduct to continuous disclosure.

Rinehart royalties ruling: the lawyers' payday that never ends

Australia's longest-running billionaire brawl hands rival mining heirs a royalty win, but the real victors are the barristers pocketing $250,000 a day

MOVES

A&O Shearman lands Ashurst Perkins Coie M&A heavyweight

Phil Breden joins as partner to co-lead the firm's Sydney M&A team

Squires lands Clayton Utz disputes veteran in Perth

Scott Crabb joins the Litigation Practice Group after three decades on WA's biggest commercial fights

NRF nabs Bakers M&A heavyweight in Sydney

Kate Jefferson lands in Sydney as the firm's Aussie push continues

Clyde & Co reels in a disputes partner from the Caymans

Andrew Pullinger swaps the Caymans for Perth after 12 years at Campbells

TECH

Sparke Helmore builds its own AI company

Trivity, a joint venture with Adaca, targets government and regulated clients

This EY tax adviser was sick of bad research tools. So he built his own.

Andrew Wierda's Nylon is Blackbird-backed, and now counts 600 Australian firms as clients

Legora snaps up Wexler in fifth acquisition of 2026

Fifth acquisition of the year gives Legora a dedicated fact-checking engine for disputes work

Harvey's third acquisition of the year targets asset management

The AI legal giant buys Benchmark in its third acquisition of 2026

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I Squared wins the fight for oOh!Media in $1.04bn deal

A&O Shearman lands Ashurst Perkins Coie M&A heavyweight

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INSIGHTS

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BigLaw revenue is soaring. So, why isn't grad hiring increasing?

JOBS

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NEWSLETTER

🚨 Senior lawyers' top firm

🚨 TikTok lawyer sacked

🚨 KPMG misled Ashurst?

🚨 HSF Kramer hacked

🚨 Bench bans AI?

INTERVIEWS

What lawyers get wrong about AI

What lawyers get wrong about switching jobs

We raised $1m to kill off lawyers’ most hated task

DEALS

I Squared wins the fight for oOh!Media in $1.04bn deal

The lawyers behind the biggest Aussie deal announced this year

Corrs, G+T steer $12.6bn deal creating Australia's third-biggest gold miner

Mallesons and HSF Kramer top Australasia's 1H26 merger tables

DISPUTES

Dentons scores defamation win for Rebel Wilson

The ACCC went after Coles and won. Here's what happened.

ASIC strikes out: Federal Court throws out every claim against Nuix

Rinehart royalties ruling: the lawyers' payday that never ends

MOVES

A&O Shearman lands Ashurst Perkins Coie M&A heavyweight

Squires lands Clayton Utz disputes veteran in Perth

NRF nabs Bakers M&A heavyweight in Sydney

Clyde & Co reels in a disputes partner from the Caymans

TECH

Sparke Helmore builds its own AI company

This EY tax adviser was sick of bad research tools. So he built his own.

Legora snaps up Wexler in fifth acquisition of 2026

Harvey's third acquisition of the year targets asset management

BE READY FOR CLERKSHIP SEASON

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