Today
Rapid growth puts pressure on law partnership structures
Almost two-thirds of new legal partners are now on a part-salary arrangement as rapid growth puts pressure on equity allocations.
- Maxim Shanahan
This Month
More law firms hit gender targets as partnership gap narrows
A record number of law firms now have more than 40 per cent female partnerships, but part-owner gender ratios contrast sharply with the engine room.
- Maxim Shanahan
More Baker McKenzie exits as firm declares turnaround
Two more partners have left for other firms, but Baker McKenzie says it returned double-digit revenue growth in FY2024.
- Maxim Shanahan
June
Top 50 law firms add a record 806 new senior associates
Law firms have promoted a record number of senior associates, as demand for work remains high and staff turnover is slowing.
- Maxim Shanahan
- Exclusive
- Funding
Under-the-radar Melbourne software firm worth $90m after VCs pounce
Atticus has built a roster of clients including BHP, CBA and numerous top law firms for its software that verifies documents are truthful.
- Paul Smith
May
Why dads take less time off than mums
Gender stereotypes are discouraging men from taking paid parental leave, a survey has found, making it harder for Australia to close the gender pay gap.
- Euan Black
Law graduates are about to crack a salary record
Top-tier graduates will earn more than $100,000 this year – in Sydney only – but law firms remain tight-lipped on pay rates despite moves towards transparency elsewhere.
- Maxim Shanahan
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Queensland in secret bid to buy stricken coal-fired power plant
It’s three years since Queensland power station Callide C blew up, and the fallout hasn’t stopped. Now, a secret deal for the government to buy a 50 per cent stake is in doubt.
- Anthony Macdonald
March
More partners exit Baker McKenzie amid integration talks
Baker McKenzie’s Australian managing partner is in Hong Kong for discussions about greater integration with the global firm’s Asian division
- Maxim Shanahan
Baker McKenzie practice head jumps to Clayton Utz
Baker McKenzie’s head of restructuring and insolvency, Maria O’Brien, will join Clayton Utz, continuing a string of recent departures from the firm.
- Maxim Shanahan
February
Why Corrs CEO Gavin MacLaren has a target on his back
Gavin MacLaren has become the best-known law firm leader in the land. And that’s not a good thing.
- Michael Pelly
How to get a job at a top-tier law firm
Mere legal ability is no longer enough to secure a prized top-tier clerkship. Firms are looking for excellence in all aspects of life. Here’s our guide.
- Maxim Shanahan
The judge who made business better
When the economy opened up in the 1980s, Andrew Rogers helped Australia become a more commercially sophisticated country, NSW’s chief justice writes.
- Andrew Bell
Firms fume as Finance hits damage control in pricing email stuff-up
The Finance Department said the confidential pricing it accidentally emailed to 236 consulting firms was old and that bidders didn’t rely on these fees anyway.
- Edmund Tadros, Tom Burton and Ronald Mizen
November 2023
Law firms spy an opportunity in their own cyber vulnerability
Law firms are eying cybersecurity as a new growth area, and say they can use their own experience as targets of cyberattacks to help clients.
- Maxim Shanahan
Australia’s largest law firms slow partner appointments
The second-half Financial Review Law Partnership Survey shows partner numbers are up only slightly, as a flat legal market begins to take hold across the sector.
- Maxim Shanahan
Law firms hit pause on expanding partnerships amid slow market
Fewer than half of Australia’s largest legal partnerships have grown in the last six months, as a flat legal market begins to take hold across the sector.
- Maxim Shanahan
- Sponsored
Boards grapple with evolving ESG expectations and opportunities
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks, requirements and expectations from investors and the public continue to evolve for Australian organisations, and fast.
Sponsored
by Clayton Utz
September 2023
- Sponsored
Holistic approach needed to tackle supply chain slavery and greenwashing
Right now, this very instant, and parallel to the rush to renewables, firms are probing their supply chains to enforce environmental, social, and governance (ESG) compliance and to stamp out the scourge of slavery.
Sponsored
by Clayton Utz
- Sponsored
We’ve fixed the electricity market before - let’s do it again
Across Australia, there is consensus on the need to reform electricity generation and transmission markets to reach net zero and provide a reliable energy supply.
Sponsored
by Clayton Utz