Mallesons law firm news

Hudson Gavin Martin IP litigation specialist Natasha Crampton will join Microsoft New Zealand as legal counsel, the software company announced today.

Mallesons dispute resolution partner Ashley Black is set to become a judge of the Supreme Court of NSW

Australia is rich in female lawyers who just need to get noticed, according to advocacy group women on boards

Addleshaw Goddard’s management has postponed plans to change the firm’s equity structure after strenuous objections from partners, The Lawyer has reported.

Mallesons has commissioned an external provider to conduct a survey into the firm’s performance on diversity issues.

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).

Mayer Brown JSM has promoted Hong Kong-based competition lawyer Gerry O’Brien to consultant in its antitrust and competition practice.

The level of work for Australian firms in China shows no signs of slowing down, with some on the ground predicting outbound investment from the People’s Republic likely to surpass inbound in the next three years.

Barrick swoops on Equinox, China zeroes in on Australia

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 UK legal market has shown its strongest sign yet that business is buoyant.

The latest Thomson Reuters Mid-Market Rankings for the Australian and New Zealand M&A market show a slight overall improvement in the first three months of the year, compared to 12 months ago.

US law firms have made a clean sweep of the 2011 ALB China Employer of Choice Awards, taking out all five positions in the international firm category for mainland China.

The 2011 Macquarie Bank ALB Australasian Law Awards are only one month away and a clear leader in the finalist tally has emerged.

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

Robert Milliner has announced he will step down from the role of chief executive partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques at the end of the year. Managing partner Stuart Fuller will replace Milliner from January 2012.