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 MagazineSports stars keep shifting their watch brand allegiancesBani McSpeddenDark Emu beer with native grains at this destination breweryCrocs turn 23 years old. Time to grow up and get shoesBOSS Financial ReviewFour women who started businesses after the age of 45Sally PattenWhat happened when Domain learnt it spent $36m a year on meetingsThe country’s highest-paid directors revealedLife & LeisureA backyard beehive and an on-trend merino sweater to wear this winterEugenie KellyWill BMW’s Neue Klasse range be the game-changing EVs they promise?The Australian gallery that made art fun turns 20Rich ListProperty billionaire Nick Andrianakos dies in GreeceYolanda RedrupCannon-Brookes describes ‘deep internal conflict’ over his private jetOscar Piastri on the secret of his $41m-a year success