This Month
Pretty textbook stuff: Life as a lawyer in London
Former Adelaide resident Lucy McKenzie managed to write an 87-page textbook while working in Ashurst’s UK dispute resolution practice. But the best thing about working as a lawyer in London? The leave.
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- Daniel Arbon, Maxim Shanahan and Ciara Seccombe
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- Law Partnership Survey
Wave of partner exits unsettles Clyde & Co amid turnaround struggles
The London-headquartered law firm’s entire local cybersecurity practice is leaving, taking to one-third the number of senior departures over the last 12 months.
- Maxim Shanahan
CBA hires Treasury deputy as chief economist
Luke Yeaman is the latest hire for the big banks out of the government department or the Reserve Bank of Australia.
- John Kehoe
Strategy firm hires former Scyne, PwC partner
Oliver Wyman continues to build up its government consulting practice with the hire of Tim Jackson, expanding the team to 25.
- Edmund Tadros
November
Baker McKenzie abandons merger plan after second defeat
The vote failed by a greater margin than the initial ballot and upends management’s strategy for the local division of the global firm.
- Maxim Shanahan
Seven PwC partners join MinterEllison
New partner Nicole Salimbeni said law firms make more natural homes for some advisers than big four consultancies.
- Maxim Shanahan
October
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US law firms swoop on Sydney tax and deals partners
Senior transactions partners Aaron Kenaman and Jamie Palmer will join White & Case, as Jones Day picks up Baker McKenzie’s tax head.
- Maxim Shanahan
Ashurst, Freehills, Clayton Utz in hiring spree
Top-tier law firms are looking to capitalise on the weakness of the big four, opportunities in the energy sector and the high levels of insolvencies.
- Maxim Shanahan
Collegiality under threat from big-money drive: law firm head
The local head of Bird & Bird, which is celebrating 10 years in Australia, says the partnership ethos is in danger from chequebook-wielding firms.
- Maxim Shanahan
Holding Redlich moves to capitalise on government legal shake-up
The firm says a renewed focus on public sector work will push it towards growth and let it take advantage of procurement priorities.
- Maxim Shanahan
Deloitte partner moves to boutique workplace consulting firm
Tax advisory partner Steve Batrouney is the latest to join the wave of big four leaders moving to smaller firms amid growing client demand for specialist advisers.
- Edmund Tadros
MinterEllison nabs KWM’s former disputes head
Litigator Peter Pether says “the calibre and structure” of Minter’s partnership enticed him to leave KWM.
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- Maxim Shanahan
Former KPMG exec revels in return to project ownership
Charlotte Jordan moved to specialist consultancy TMX Transform from KPMG so she could once again see a brief all the way from start to finish.
- Edmund Tadros
EY’s local strategy division appoints deals veteran as leader
Clients are willing to pay a premium for strategy advisers who are also experienced industry experts, says the new managing partner of EY’s local strategy arm.
- Edmund Tadros
September
Scyne appoints Google executive as inaugural CEO
Public sector consulting firm Scyne has appointed senior Google executive John Ball as its inaugural chief executive.
- Edmund Tadros
August
New PwC chief economist’s top tips for business leaders
Managing costs and increasing productivity are even more important while inflation is high and it’s difficult to find the right staff, Amy Lomas says.
- Edmund Tadros
Clayton Utz raids MinterEllison office
Clayton Utz has hired four partners from rival MinterEllison as part of a push to bolster its Canberra office and win more government legal advisory work.
- Edmund Tadros
Ex-KPMG legal team makes strong start at Mills Oakley
A team of corporate lawyers from KPMG has moved to law firm Mills Oakley, taking most of their clients with them.
- Edmund Tadros
Corrs pays premium for new partners amid string of high-profile exits
It has also emerged that the firm’s board, made up of current partners and a former partner, investigated and dismissed allegations of bullying and inappropriate conduct made at the start of the year.
- Edmund Tadros
July
Rebel Corrs group seeks move to King & Wood Mallesons
Five partners in Corrs’ employment practice are in discussions to shift to rival firms, after some in the group voted against a controversial contract extension.
- Maxim Shanahan
