CompaniesProfessional ServicesLaw Partnership SurveyPrint articleLaw firms hit pause on expanding partnerships amid slow marketMaxim ShanahanProfessional services reporterNov 30, 2023 – 3.31pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginFewer than half of Australia’s largest legal partnerships have grown in the last six months and the number of partners at the 50 largest firms is up just 0.3 per cent, as a flat legal market begins to take hold across the sector.At five of the big six firms – MinterEllison, Ashurst, King & Wood Mallesons, Herbert Smith Freehills and Allens – partner numbers were down in the six months, the latest Australian Financial Review Law Partnership Survey shows.Loading...Maxim Shanahan is a professional services reporter at the Australian Financial Review. Email Maxim at max.shanahan@nine.com.auSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreLaw Partnership SurveySubscriber exclusiveMinterEllisonClayton UtzAshurst LLPKing & Wood MallesonsHerbert Smith FreehillsAllensLatest In Professional servicesFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In CompaniesThe Australian Financial Review MagazineThe top whisky you can buy without going on a waiting listMax AllenThe luxury travel trend you probably haven’t consideredThe restaurant that’s turning back the clock (in the best way)BOSS Financial ReviewForget WFH – what it’s really like to ‘work from anywhere’Rachael BoltonThe US governance model taking over Australian boardroomsThis CEO wakes at 5am, but doesn’t get in to work till 10amLife & LeisureOne of Australia’s most loved authors reveals her weekend ritualsLucy DeanRoom service for your bedroom and Blue Crush-inspired fashionJewels that cost millions – and the clients who buy themRich ListBillionaires Escalante and Arnaout taking liberties with ASICPrimrose RiordanCinema giant flags part-sale of Sydney’s George Street complexAnnie Cannon-Brookes steps out on her own