HopgoodGanim law firm news

If 2007 was anything to go by, Brisbane-based commercial law firm, Hopgood Ganim are looking down the barrel of another bumper year in 2008, expecting significant growth in key practice areas and a rise in staff numbers to add to the already 200 strong practice.

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

Environmental lawyers and their clients are waiting with bated breath for further details on the Gillard Government’s carbon pricing scheme. And while there is still a great deal of uncertainty around the proposal to introduce a fixed carbon price by 1 July next year, one thing is for certain: environmental lawyers will be hot demand.

Rain-sodden Brisbane is still shaping up as one of the hottest markets for the legal industry in 2011– but local firms are wary of the ever-increasing competition

The Brisbane legal market is off to an eventful 2011 with floods, mergers and a new player on the scene.

More Brisbane law firms have returned to their offices today, nearly two weeks after the devastating floods in Brisbane forced many CBD buildings to be evacuated.

Brisbane law firm update - which offices are open and which have temporary premises

A number of Brisbane law firms remain shut a week after being evacuated ahead of what has become the most devastating flood in Queensland history.

The recent float of QR National was the second largest IPO ever conducted in Australia. Will this float have any bearing on the prognosis for IPOs in 2011?

ALB Guide: Energy & Resources 2009 is the latest in an exciting series of detailed insights into specific practice areas and the leading firms and lawyers operating within them

ALB Guide: Mergers & Acquisitions 2008 is the latest in an exciting series of detailed insights into specific practice areas and the leading firms and lawyers operating within them.

The start of the new financial year offers a good opportunity for updating the brand, law firms Herbert Geer & Rundle (HGR) and Hopgood Ganim must have thought. Both firms have relaunched their logos, with HGR taking the more drastic measure of shortening its name to Herbert Geer.

Hopgood Ganim has appointed Claudia Bozonji as a senior solicitor in its resources, energy & infrastructure practice

Steinepreis Paganin provided legal advice on more IPOs than any other Australian law firm last year. The Perth firm was involved in 55 new listings or 20% of all IPOs announced to the market in 2007, according to a survey by Connect 4.

If 2007 was anything to go by, Brisbane-based commercial law firm, Hopgood Ganim are looking down the barrel of another bumper year in 2008, expecting significant growth in key practice areas and a rise in staff numbers to add to the already 200 strong practice.

Steinepreis Paganin has provided legal advice on more IPOs than any other Australian law firm last year. The Perth firm was involved in 55 new listings or 20% of all IPOs announced to the market in 2007, according to a survey by Connect 4

Michael Moyes (pictured) joins Chapman Tripp's corporate & commercial group in New Zealand as a senior solicitor. Moyes (pictured) specialises in advising clients on the commercial exploitation of intellectual property. Previously, he held positions with Clayton Utz and Hopgood Ganim in Australia.

Michael Moyes joins Chapman Tripp's corporate & commercial group in New Zealand as a senior solicitor

Hopgood Ganim has elevated Adam Carlton-Smith (pictured) to partner, in the firm's latest appointments spree

Queensland law firm Hopgood Ganim has added four lawyers across various teams.