Corrs Chambers Westgarth law firm news

A second Freehills workplace relations expert, Joanna Glynn, is moving to Corrs as partner in the firm’s Brisbane workplace relations practice

Holman Fenwick Willan has announced the opening of a Perth office. The office will be led by new recruit Julian Sher, mostly recently at the bar but also a former managing partner of the Corrs office in Perth.

Danny Gilbert's Perth adventure continues with a full integration with Blakiston & Crabb - but an international merger is starting to look a little less likely.

Former Mallesons partner Greg Lewis has joined Middletons as a special counsel.

Revealing the winners at the 2011 ALB-Macquarie Bank Law Awards: which firms collected the honours this year?

A summary of the deals information collected by ALB since last update (19 May).

Herbert Smith could be the next UK firm to open its doors in Australia, according to UK media.

Attorney-General Robert McClelland has announced new appointments to the International Legal Services Advisory Council (ILSAC).

Legal stalwarts John Denton and Robert Milliner have returned from the second Australia-China Joint CEO Roundtable meeting in Beijing along with 12 other Australian business leaders.

According to a new study by Macquarie Relationship Banking only 14% of Australian law firms are concerned about another downturn and amongst higher profit firms that figure drops to 4%.

The Norton Rose Group has added 15 partners across its global network, including three in Australia.

Only weeks out from the official integration of DLA Phillips Fox and DLA Piper, it has emerged that partners at the global firm will now be required to take three months ‘gardening leave’ when they resign.

Corrs Chambers Westgarth has won this year’s coveted Gold ALB Employer of Choice Award in the Australian large firm category, outperforming rival national firms AAR, Freehills and Mallesons which also scored well

The number of women practicing in NSW has reached 46% of the profession, up 452% since 1988. According to the NSW Law Society there are now a little more than 11,000 female solicitors practicing law in the state.

Acquisition of Brownes Dairy and Juice Business

TressCox Lawyers has become the latest firm to secure ex DLA Phillips Fox talent.

Blake Dawson has lost two property partners to mid-tier firm Maddocks.

Nine DLA Phillips Fox partners have defected only weeks out from the official commencement of the DLA Piper merger.

Anthony Latimer has joined Norton Rose Australia as a partner in the corporate practice in Sydney. Latimer was previously with Corrs Chambers Westgarth where he was partner and co-head of the China Business Group and head of the PNG Business Group.

There’s no doubt that the mining and resources industry is one of Australia’s hottest sectors – and there’s still no end to the legal work either.