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Griffith Hack announces merger in Perth

19 July 2010 | Griffith Hack, an intellectual property law firm, has announced an expansion, with specialist WA firm Mallon & Co set to merge its Perth operations into the Griffith Hack offices.


Gilbert + Tobin ties knot with Perth firm

4 June 2010 | Sydney and Melbourne-based law firm Gilbert + Tobin has today announced it is siding up with a Perth-based law firm.


Clayton Utz fills partnership void

3 March 2010 | Six Clayton Utz lawyers had their right of passage to the partnership expedited this week after 14 partners last month departed for the Australian offices of UK firm Allen & Overy.


Post merger, Norton Rose shuffles lawyers

9 February 2010 | Less than two months after its merger with Australian law firm Deacons, Norton Rose is already moving people around within its Australasian practices.


WA announces new senior counsel

25 November 2009 | Four out of the twenty-two barristers who applied for Senior Counsel positions in Western Australia have been successful.


Corrs hires Clayton Utz litigation expert

23 November 2009 | A Clayton Utz litigation expert has crossed the tracks and joined rival firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth in Perth.


Lawyer injected into heroin debate

28 September 2009 | A West Australian lawyer is the latest to join the debate on the legalisation of heroin.


Small mining is canary in iron ore recovery

26 August 2009 | One small mining company tests boundaries of iron ore deals with China. Clayton Utz advises.


Proposed laws 'reactionary and repressive': lawyers

17 August 2009 | Debates around judges and magistrates' ability to conduct discretionary sentencing in Western Australia will be thrown to the media today ahead of the proposed mandatory sentencing laws due to pass in Parliament this week.


Perth firm scoops share in M&A

7 August 2009 | A small law firm with a pair of heavy-hitter partners born in the top tier are competing with the best of the major firms in mergers and acquisitions.


Sparke new threat to top-tier firms

31 July 2009 | The top tier has a new and passionate opposition, determined to "keep bowling it to them" in the market.


New law firm takes banks to task

31 July 2009 | A six-month old specialist law firm is seizing a new type of work in Australia as businesses attempt to recover compensation from banks.


Sparke appoints new managing partner

30 July 2009 | Sparke Helmore has announced a new national managing partner, Jesse Webb.


Mallesons' Perth team advises on $18.3m property deal

15 July 2009 | Managed fund Diversified Property Fund has sold its 50 per cent share of the Fosters Abbotsford portfolio trust in Melbourne. 1 comment


Perth lawyers find property windfall

14 July 2009 | Property investors may be reeling from the dramatic fallout in commercial rents, but for lawyers in the area there is a new flow of work.


Allens on Perth property deal

4 June 2009 | Allens Arthur Robinson has acted for GPT RE Limited in relation to the transaction for the sale of the Floreat Forum shopping centre to Perth-based Australasian Property Investments.


JWS claims former Freehills partner, and team

6 May 2009 | Johnson Winter & Slattery has hired a former Freehills partner and his team in a comprehensive win for its advisory group.


Global work in the downturn

9 April 2009 | The world is a bigger place, but how far has the global financial crisis stymied the opportunities available to lawyers who want to work across borders? Allens Arthur Robinson partner Tim Lester writes.


Perth firm falls through legal net

5 March 2009 | Perth firm Christensen Vaughan has left the Kennedy Strang Legal Group.


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