Corrs, Baker McKenzie steer OceanaGold's $776m Ausgold swoop

OceanaGold's first Australian play targets the Katanning gold project

HSF Kramer nabs Clayton Utz infrastructure veteran

Marcus Davenport jumps ship after nearly three decades at the rival firm

Claude just got a watermark. Here's why lawyers should care.

Anthropic's move to mark AI-generated text forces law firms to be transparent about their AI use

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 18, 2026

🚨 Mallesons to AFL

Also, AI wins Fair Work case and judge slams Shine Lawyers

Aug 17, 2026

🚨 Thomsons jumps 627%

Also, senators slam Allens and Anthropic's new watermark

Aug 14, 2026

🚨 Court underpaid staff

Also, £2m recruiter fee and Ashurst loses M&A star

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

INTERVIEWS

The lawyer who became an AFL club's first-ever in-house counsel

Emma German on jumping in-house years earlier than most, and how she built a legal function at the GWS Giants from scratch

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

MOVES

WA's top courts get a triple boost

Three judges were appointed to the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court

K&L Gates exodus continues as Hamilton Locke nabs construction partner

Justin O'Callaghan becomes the sixth lawyer to make the switch this year

HSF Kramer nabs Clayton Utz infrastructure veteran

Marcus Davenport jumps ship after nearly three decades at the rival firm

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

FIRMS

Sparke Helmore builds its own AI company

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

Ashurst Perkins Coie just unlocked a new ownership model

Ashurst Perkins Coie has adopted the ABS model, opening the door to private equity and non-lawyer ownership. The firm insists that's not the plan.

HSF Kramer beats its own targets in first year since merger

Post merger, the global firm hits US$2.4bn in revenue, while PEP still trails Magic Circle rivals

Clifford Chance smashes revenue records as US bet pays off

Revenue, profit and PEP all up, and the US expansion shows no signs of stopping

DEALS

Corrs, Baker McKenzie steer OceanaGold's $776m Ausgold swoop

OceanaGold's first Australian play targets the Katanning gold project

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

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

TECH

Claude just got a watermark. Here's why lawyers should care.

Anthropic's move to mark AI-generated text forces law firms to be transparent about their AI use

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

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Corrs, Baker McKenzie steer OceanaGold's $776m Ausgold swoop

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NEWSLETTER

🚨 Mallesons to AFL

🚨 Thomsons jumps 627%

🚨 Court underpaid staff

🚨 Senior lawyers' top firm

🚨 TikTok lawyer sacked

INTERVIEWS

The lawyer who became an AFL club's first-ever in-house counsel

What lawyers get wrong about AI

What lawyers get wrong about switching jobs

MOVES

WA's top courts get a triple boost

K&L Gates exodus continues as Hamilton Locke nabs construction partner

HSF Kramer nabs Clayton Utz infrastructure veteran

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

FIRMS

Sparke Helmore builds its own AI company

Ashurst Perkins Coie just unlocked a new ownership model

HSF Kramer beats its own targets in first year since merger

Clifford Chance smashes revenue records as US bet pays off

DEALS

Corrs, Baker McKenzie steer OceanaGold's $776m Ausgold swoop

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

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

TECH

Claude just got a watermark. Here's why lawyers should care.

Sparke Helmore builds its own AI company

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

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