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G+T makes up seven partners in biggest promotion round in years

Seven lawyers make partner as the top-tier firm more than doubles its 2025 intake

Law firms have been paying for AI by the seat. That's about to change.

As AI agents take on real legal work, the industry's billing model is catching up. Legora's shift to consumption-based pricing signals the end of flat-rate legal AI

AI law firm beats human legal team at trial in a world-first

The UK's first regulated AI law firm won at trial. The client paid £400 and recovered £7,000.

INSIGHTS

Harvey vs Legora: Australia's Mid-Tiers Are the New Battleground

Harvey locks down Maddocks. Legora takes Holding Redlich and HWLE. The fight for Australia's mid-tier is on.

What Australian lawyers are actually earning in 2026

Lawyers are out-earning every other profession on pay rises. Here's what top-tiers and mid-tiers are actually paying

Small firms outperform big firms on revenue per lawyer

New data shows small Aussie firms match large rivals on revenue per lawyer basis

Jun 25, 2026

🚨 AI bills spike

Also, DLA loses employment head and Teals launch new party

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Jun 24, 2026

🚨 Ashurst's record run

Also, AI wins at trial and KPMG chair resigns

Jun 23, 2026

🚨 Mid-tiers pick sides

Also, Allens exposes KPMG and Starmer walks out

Jun 22, 2026

🚨 Minters hires outsider

Also, Ashurst contradicts KPMG and Harvey builds its own AI model

We ran the numbers on a lawyer’s daily spend in 5 cities

Discover the cost of living for lawyers in Sydney, London, New York, Dubai and the Caymans

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

G+T secures ACCC clearance for Paramount's $156bn Warner Bros takeover

The competition team navigated Australia's new merger regime to clear one of the biggest media deals in history

G+T and Mallesons advise on the biggest IPO in history

The world's biggest IPO just landed in Australia — and two local firms were at the centre of it

Stonepeak acquires Estia Health with MinterEllison on buy-side, Allens on sell-side

Bain Capital exits after growing the business from 73 to 93 homes

Allens and Mallesons steer Jardine's $3.4bn I-MED play

Permira sells Australia's largest radiology network as the ASX misses out on another mega-float

DISPUTES

Corrs and Clifford Chance steer Danone's $2bn Made Group acquisition

France's Danone snaps up Cocobella and Rokeby owner from TPG Capital in one of private equity's biggest all-cash exits in years

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

G+T makes up seven partners in biggest promotion round in years

Seven lawyers make partner as the top-tier firm more than doubles its 2025 intake

Top US firm poaches DLA Piper's Aussie head of employment

Seyfarth Shaw LLP lands top employment lawyer in Sydney as cross-border workforce demand heats up

MinterEllison goes outside the law for its first Chief AI Officer

Domain's longtime data chief Pooyan Asgari swaps real estate for top-tier law

Litigators lead the way in Gadens, Hall & Wilcox partner promotions

From patent litigation to insolvency, disputes practices drive both firms' latest cohorts

TECH

Law firms have been paying for AI by the seat. That's about to change.

As AI agents take on real legal work, the industry's billing model is catching up. Legora's shift to consumption-based pricing signals the end of flat-rate legal AI

AI law firm beats human legal team at trial in a world-first

The UK's first regulated AI law firm won at trial. The client paid £400 and recovered £7,000.

Harvey vs Legora: Australia's Mid-Tiers Are the New Battleground

Harvey locks down Maddocks. Legora takes Holding Redlich and HWLE. The fight for Australia's mid-tier is on.

MinterEllison goes outside the law for its first Chief AI Officer

Domain's longtime data chief Pooyan Asgari swaps real estate for top-tier law

Smarter lawyers start here

Your daily brief to stay ahead

G+T makes up seven partners in biggest promotion round in years

Law firms have been paying for AI by the seat. That's about to change.

AI law firm beats human legal team at trial in a world-first

INSIGHTS

Harvey vs Legora: Australia's Mid-Tiers Are the New Battleground

What Australian lawyers are actually earning in 2026

Small firms outperform big firms on revenue per lawyer

NEWSLETTER

🚨 AI bills spike

🚨 Ashurst's record run

🚨 Mid-tiers pick sides

🚨 Minters hires outsider

We ran the numbers on a lawyer’s daily spend in 5 cities

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

G+T secures ACCC clearance for Paramount's $156bn Warner Bros takeover

G+T and Mallesons advise on the biggest IPO in history

Stonepeak acquires Estia Health with MinterEllison on buy-side, Allens on sell-side

Allens and Mallesons steer Jardine's $3.4bn I-MED play

DISPUTES

Corrs and Clifford Chance steer Danone's $2bn Made Group acquisition

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

G+T makes up seven partners in biggest promotion round in years

Top US firm poaches DLA Piper's Aussie head of employment

MinterEllison goes outside the law for its first Chief AI Officer

Litigators lead the way in Gadens, Hall & Wilcox partner promotions

TECH

Law firms have been paying for AI by the seat. That's about to change.

AI law firm beats human legal team at trial in a world-first

Harvey vs Legora: Australia's Mid-Tiers Are the New Battleground

MinterEllison goes outside the law for its first Chief AI Officer

Smarter lawyers start here

Your daily brief to stay ahead

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