Freehills law firm news
  • Balance Legal: secondment lawyers
    | Monday, 9 February 2009
    Balance Legal is a law firm with a difference. It is unique in both the way it services its clients and in the experience offered to its legal staff.
  • Freehills
    | Thursday, 19 June 2008
    Freehills is a leading Australian and International commercial law firm with a long history working in Asia.
  • Star Drew & Napier partner quits for WongPartnership
    | Thursday, 2 September 2010
    In one of the most high-profile lateral moves in recent times, Manoj Sandrasegara has left Drew & Napier for rival firm WongPartnership. He will lead WongPartnership’s insolvency & restructuring practice group alongside current heads Chou Sean Yu and Mark Choy.
  • Canadian corporates maintain M&A activity
    | Wednesday, 1 September 2010
    The Canadian corporate spending spree in Australia continues with the announcement that Brookfield Infrastructure will buy the remaining 60% of Australian Prime Infrastructure, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is proposing to acquire the Intoll Group valued at A$3.4bn.
  • Friendly deals drive M&A growth
    | Wednesday, 25 August 2010
    The 2009/2010 financial year was dominated by “friendly deals”, according to the latest Freehills Public Mergers & Acquisitions Report.
  • More lawyers looking to enter politics this election
    | Thursday, 19 August 2010
    Law and politics seem to go together like love and marriage. Not only is the current prime minister a former lawyer, more than a quarter of the members in the last Federal parliament were former lawyers or studied law.
  • Melbourne 2010
    | Tuesday, 3 August 2010
    Melbourne: the spiritual home of AFL, the W class tram and some of the nation’s most enterprising young law firms. ALB investigates.
  • Perth 2010
    | Tuesday, 3 August 2010
    After a brief hiatus, Perth is ready to resume its role as a national and regional powerhouse – and one of the world’s biggest law firms wants a piece of the action.
  • Brisbane 2010
    | Tuesday, 3 August 2010
    After a lean 2009, Brisbane firms are sensing that the tide has turned. ALB talks to the key players.
  • The restless generation
    | Thursday, 22 July 2010
    “I don’t really like my job. I might quit this year and do something else.” Does this attitude sound familiar?
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