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HFW launches in Brisbane

Global firm accelerates Australian expansion amid construction boom

Nov 12, 2025

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JWS taps White & Case and MinterEllison disputes partners

The disputes boom for top law firms ramps up

Nov 12, 2025

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WA appoints nine new silks

Seven barristers and two prosecutors among the new appointees

Nov 11, 2025

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Top litigator exits Clayton Utz after 29 years

The veteran disputes partner joins Ashurst, bringing a landmark track record that includes advising Myer and Blackstone.

Nov 10, 2025

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Local Aussie firm raids DLA Piper

Barry Nilsson expands insurance bench across three cities as DLA calls the exits “mutual”.

Nov 5, 2025

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Vic Bar appoints 21 new silks

Women make up nearly a third of this year’s senior counsel cohort

Oct 30, 2025

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Baker McKenzie boosts ranks with double partner hire

The firm nabs Allens’ energy expert Sarah Birrell and KWM’s tax specialist Victoria Lanyon

Oct 29, 2025

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Sparke Helmore poaches HWLE health partner

Melbourne health law specialist Sophie Pennington joins, expanding Sparke Helmore’s specialty insurance capability.

Oct 29, 2025

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HSF Kramer appoints its first Global Chief AI Officer

Ex-Cleary Ilona Logvinova will steer HSF Kramer’s global AI strategy

Oct 28, 2025

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Ashurst poaches energy transition partner from G+T

Former G+T partner Lixian Liang returns to Ashurst to bolster its energy transition bench

Oct 27, 2025

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Jones Day nabs HSF Kramer partner

Class actions specialist Christine Tran jumps from HSF Kramer to Jones Day

Oct 27, 2025

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White & Case elevates Melbourne duo to partner ranks

Paul Marshall and Girish Rao join the global partnership, strengthening the firm’s energy and infrastructure bench across Australia.

Oct 26, 2025

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A&O Shearman poaches partner to launch Aussie real estate arm

Former Squire Patton Boggs partner is set to spearhead A&O Shearman’s new Sydney-based property practice as the firm marks 15 years in Australia

Oct 23, 2025

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Mills Oakley adds three partners

Brisbane and Melbourne partners join as the firm’s national partnership tops 175

Oct 22, 2025

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Jones Day raids Corrs, taking three partners

US giant snaps up Melbourne litigation trio

Oct 16, 2025

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Ashurst nabs MinterEllison tax veteran

Nathan Deveson heads to Ashurst from MinterEllison as Costa Koutsis departs for Corrs

Oct 15, 2025

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Lander & Rogers nabs special counsel from Clayton Utz

Joining as a corporate partner in its Canberra office

Oct 15, 2025

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Corrs poaches Ashurst’s global tax head

Veteran tax partner Costa Koutsis joins Corrs’ Sydney office

Oct 14, 2025

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Piper Alderman nabs litigator

Cross-qualified litigator joins Piper's Sydney team

Oct 14, 2025

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Thomson Geer boosts its banking arm

Partner Chuong Nguyen and Special Counsel Ellen Adianto join its Melbourne office

Oct 14, 2025

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KWM partner returns to the ACCC

After 25 years away, the veteran competition lawyer rejoins the regulator.

Oct 13, 2025

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NSW Bar appoints 23 new silks

Women make up nearly a third of this year’s senior counsel cohort

Oct 7, 2025

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KWM reappoints Renae Lattey as CEP

The APAC firm backs its CEP for another four-year term

Sep 28, 2025

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More Partners, More Poaching

See which firms are poaching which partners

Jul 2, 2025

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Moves

HFW launches in Brisbane

JWS taps White & Case and MinterEllison disputes partners

WA appoints nine new silks

Top litigator exits Clayton Utz after 29 years

Local Aussie firm raids DLA Piper

Vic Bar appoints 21 new silks

Baker McKenzie boosts ranks with double partner hire

Sparke Helmore poaches HWLE health partner

HSF Kramer appoints its first Global Chief AI Officer

Ashurst poaches energy transition partner from G+T

Jones Day nabs HSF Kramer partner

White & Case elevates Melbourne duo to partner ranks

A&O Shearman poaches partner to launch Aussie real estate arm

Mills Oakley adds three partners

Jones Day raids Corrs, taking three partners

Ashurst nabs MinterEllison tax veteran

Lander & Rogers nabs special counsel from Clayton Utz

Corrs poaches Ashurst’s global tax head

Piper Alderman nabs litigator

Thomson Geer boosts its banking arm

KWM partner returns to the ACCC

NSW Bar appoints 23 new silks

KWM reappoints Renae Lattey as CEP

More Partners, More Poaching

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