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Kirkland & Ellis is keeping its profits secret. Here's why.

The firm says disclosure offers clients no "meaningful value". With US$500m going into AI, that's up for debate.

Oct 8, 2026

Clayton Utz swallows Perth boutique Chord Advisory

After a string of partner exits, the firm lands David Hugo, Jason Ricketts and their team

Oct 5, 2026

Rival firms unite to get regional students into law

School visits, scholarships and mentoring aim to give rural and regional students a clear path into law

Sep 29, 2026

Redundancy season is here. Minters and Clayton Utz axe roles first.

Up to 100 roles gone at MinterEllison, 50+ at Clayton Utz. Both say AI isn't to blame

Sep 17, 2026

Top-tiers reveal their 2027 grad intake

Clayton Utz and Corrs cut hardest, while Mallesons is the only firm going up

Sep 17, 2026

Solicitor numbers are up 500% since 1987. Will AI break the streak?

ABS data shows solicitor numbers have exploded since 1987. But AI is already chipping away at the work that got them there

Sep 14, 2026

Big 8 vs Large Firms: Who's winning Australia's legal market?

Same market, same year, two completely different playbooks

Sep 7, 2026

Beside a Las Vegas pool, Gadens' CEO found his next law firm

Gadens CEO Mark Pistilli on the pitch that brought him to Gadens, competing with Corrs and G+T, and building the next 'leading independent Australian law firm'

Sep 3, 2026

Clients are coming for the billable hour, and Wall Street is leading the charge

Morgan Stanley, Citi and Goldman are pushing back on legal fees, while Aussie law firms are feeling the same heat

Sep 1, 2026

Google wants a seat at the legal AI table

Google's Gemini Enterprise for Legal enters a market Anthropic, OpenAI and Microsoft are already fighting over

Aug 27, 2026

Lawyers would rather take a pay cut than go back to the office

New research shows 61% of US legal professionals would sacrifice salary for full remote work, and firms are already paying to keep them.

Aug 24, 2026

BigLaw posts rare double-digit revenue growth as M&A roars back

Citi's H1 2026 numbers show demand growth firms haven't seen in years, but expenses are climbing right alongside it

Aug 19, 2026

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

Aug 18, 2026

Which law firms are winning government work

Clayton Utz keeps top spot on government legal work, but Thomsons' 627% jump steals the headline

Aug 16, 2026

Junior lawyer fired one week after viral TikTok on "soul-sucking" industry

Natali Curukovski posted about junior burnout on TikTok and went from viral to unemployed in seven days

Aug 11, 2026

The lawyers behind the biggest Aussie deal announced this year

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

Aug 10, 2026

Sparke Helmore builds its own AI company

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

Aug 10, 2026

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.

Aug 5, 2026

The top-tier firms growing (and shrinking) their senior associate ranks

2026 promotion and growth data of the Big 8 reveals which firms are investing in their SAs, and which ones are pulling back

Aug 2, 2026

Where young lawyers want to work in 2026

Mallesons and HSF Kramer surge up Lawyers Weekly's ranking of the firms junior lawyers most want to join

Jul 30, 2026

Dentons scores defamation win for Rebel Wilson

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

Jul 23, 2026

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

Jul 20, 2026

Who's winning the gender parity race at Australia's top-tier firms

Ashurst Perkins Coie and HSF Kramer lead the Big 8 on female partners, while Lander & Rogers holds a female majority

Jul 14, 2026

Why Australia's top law firms keep betting on independence

As two of the Big Six chase US tie-ups, the majority of Australia's top firms are betting that independence is still the winning play

Jul 8, 2026

The firms with the best (and worst) odds of making partner in 2026

New data shows Wotton Kearney and Allens are promoting the most, while G+T is the fastest-growing top-tier partnership

Jul 5, 2026