Australia

Clifford Chance Expands into Australia

Clifford Chance is moving into the Australian market by merging with two boutique firms. Chang, Pistilli & Simmons and Cochrane Lishman…

Good morning! Today is Thursday, January 13, and here's a quick glance at our recent headlines... As flood waters rise,…

SYDNEY - Australian firm Slater & Gordon said Friday that it was investigating investment bank Goldman Sachs JBWere while considering whether…

Good morning everyone! It's Tuesday, December 15, and here's a snapshot of yesterday's news... Loeb & Loeb is opening in…

A new survey of Australian law firm partners shows plummeting incomes and soaring stress levels. Mahlab Recruitment reports that partner…

Commercial law firm Mallesons will begin a redundancy consultation in August, targeting 5% of the firm's workforce. The redundancies are…

Keddies Lawyers has been conducting stealth layoffs, with some 40 firm employees, both lawyers and staff, shown the door. The…

Allens Arthur Robinson, which in April offered up to one year’s pay to lawyers who take voluntary redundancies, has seen…

Deacons Australia will join the Norton Rose Group. The decision follows successful votes by the respective partnerships yesterday. The new…

Melbourne, Australia's Hall & Wilcox apparently has not heard that major law firms are shedding lawyers and freezing or cutting…

Australian Attorney-General Robert McClelland will provide AUD $40,000 ($32,500) to the National Pro Bono Resource Centre, to create paying work…

Corrs has delayed the start dates for its 2009 recruits, paying stipends of US$1,740 each. In March, the firm implemented…