This Month
The security situation is intense: Life as a lawyer in South Africa
Olivia Clark normally works as a lawyer for DLA Piper in London, but is on a secondment in South Africa.
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- Ciara Seccombe and Maxim Shanahan
Aggressive regulators creating legal demand, says new law firm leader
Jones Day’s new Australian partner-in-charge says increased regulatory activity is presenting opportunities in an uncertain market.
- Maxim Shanahan
November
Top Westpac lawyer to be PwC’s new general counsel
PwC Australia has hired a senior Westpac lawyer Kylie Gray as its permanent general counsel as it rebuilds its leadership and governance after the tax leaks scandal.
- Edmund Tadros
Why these 15 barristers ditched a $500,000 upfront charge
Banking royal commission star Michael Hodge KC is among barristers who have jumped ship to form a new firm that wants to attract more diversity.
- Maxim Shanahan
Clients want more than dinner from deal lawyers: ex-PwC legal partner
Rapidly growing law firm Hamilton Locke has added five new partners to its ranks, including two former PwC lawyers.
- Maxim Shanahan
Doyen of restructuring Dominic Emmett strikes out on his own
The notoriously low-profile lawyer, considered to be the godfather of complex distressed debt and special situations, left Gilbert + Tobin in October.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
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- MinterEllison
MinterEllison partners leave in rival firm raid
Adam Handley is among five top lawyers to be poached by HFW, which is trying to cash in on mining and resources deals in Western Australia and China.
- Maxim Shanahan
PwC spin-off Scyne appoints veteran chairman
Scyne Advisory has named John Mullen as its inaugural chairman on its first official day of operations.
- Edmund Tadros
Billable hours harm lawyers: new Hamilton Locke partner
Michael Tooma says reliance on time-based billing is leading to an exodus from the legal profession.
- Maxim Shanahan
September
Hall & Wilcox eyes expansion with boutique takeover
Managing partner Tony Macvean says the deal will help the combined firm become the undisputed market leader in investment funds nationally.
- Maxim Shanahan
July
Former true-crime writer appointed consulting partner at McGrathNicol
Complacency over cybersecurity is hurting the sale value of otherwise attractive businesses, Tony Barnes says.
- Max Shanahan
June
Martin Sheppard to become KPMG Australia’s new national chairman
Former Spotless CEO Martin Sheppard will succeed Alison Kitchen, who was the accounting firm’s first female national chairman.
- Natasha Rudra
April
New partner couldn’t pass up the ‘growth opportunity’ on offer at PwC
New PwC partner Chantal De Beer had to be convinced to even take a meeting with the recruiter aiming to entice her from Deloitte.
- Edmund Tadros
March
This consulting firm helps candidates crack its job interview
The recruiters at Partners in Performance felt Grace Kalinin showed enough potential in her application to warrant a personalised online pre-interview lesson.
- Edmund Tadros
KPMG partners depart for growing boutique consultancy
Part of the reason for the move is that they were restricted in the clients they could work with because of KPMG’s strict conflict of interest policies.
- Edmund Tadros
New young gun partner at consulting firm also helped refurbish office
Daria Radchenko has become one of the youngest advisers appointed to partner at Kearney, while Poush Bharadwaj joined the firm to move beyond strategy work.
- Edmund Tadros
Former NASA exec joins EY’s satellite image processing service
Ex-NASA scientist and executive Brian Killough will promote EY’s fledgling satellite image processing business to clients in Australia and around the world.
- Edmund Tadros
Workplace partner joins Ashurst; PwC partner moves to Norton Rose
Lawyer Scarlet Reid expects to be busy this year advising clients about how to navigate laws that oblige employers to take a proactive approach to preventing sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace.
- Edmund Tadros
February
New EY partner excited by the opportunities of proposed split
The opportunity to provide services to a wider pool of clients if EY spins off its consulting arm helped lure Declan McManus back to Australia after 16 years at KPMG US.
- Edmund Tadros
New PwC partner arrives via Deloitte, Defence
The human element of cyber security is often overlooked by executives wanting to keep their systems safe, says new PwC cyber-security partner Kylie Watson.
- Edmund Tadros
