HWL Ebsworth law firm news from ALB

HWL Ebsworth law firm news

Clarification: Mills Oakley/ HWL Ebsworth appointment story
| Tuesday, 17 August 2010
An appointments story published by ALB on 4 August made reference to commercial litigator Damian Ward being poached from HWL Ebsworth by Mills Oakley.

Boom time for TMT
| Thursday, 5 August 2010
National broadband networks, rising corporate IT expenditure and new software development opportunities are all adding up to an increased demand for legal advice.

HWL Ebsworth partners make switch to Middletons
| Tuesday, 13 July 2010
The market for lawyers with employment and workplace relations expertise is hotting up with Middletons poaching three Sydney-based partners from HWL Ebsworth.

Two new partners for Mills Oakley
| Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Mills Oakley has secured two new partners in the space of three weeks. Damian Ward joins the Sydney commercial litigation team from HWL Ebsworth and ex-Clutz special counsel Luke Connolly joins Mills Oakley's employment/ workplace relations team in Melbourne.

Swaab boosts property team
| Wednesday, 2 September 2009
Sydney firm Swaab Attorneys has appointed Khim Nah and Rodney McCallum as senior associates in their property team

Middletons resists GFC gloom with two new partners
| Wednesday, 15 July 2009
Middletons has promoted senior associates Stephen Meade and Jolyon Rogers to partnership.

Melbourne 09
| Monday, 13 July 2009
As the Sydney market continues to take a battering, expansionist Melbourne firms find things more positive back home

Gender balance of legal profession to swing in coming years
| Monday, 22 June 2009
By 2014 more junior legal positions could be dominated by women, in government and corporate areas.

HWL Ebsworth transport partner hits the road to Middletons
| Wednesday, 3 June 2009
HWL Ebsworth transport partner Michael Neylan has moved to Middletons' Sydney office.

Redundancy round-up: credit crunches law firm staff numbers
| Thursday, 14 May 2009
Minter Ellison's recent bombshell indicates that 35 staff would lose their jobs but layoffs have also reached other firms.

35 cut adrift at Minter Ellison: reports
| Thursday, 14 May 2009
11 lawyers and 24 support staff have been made redundant at Minter Ellison, according to reports.

insurance 09 - recommended law firms
| Thursday, 14 May 2009
ALB Guide: Insurance Law 2009 is the latest in an exciting series of detailed insights into specific practice areas and the leading firms and lawyers operating within them.

Managing partners series: Stephen Godding, Kemp Strang
| Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Kemp Strang is not the biggest player in the Sydney mid-tier market - but that's not necessarily a bad thing

Capitalising on the downturn: lawyers get entrepreneurial
| Thursday, 30 April 2009
Recent salary freezes at Freehills and Allens Arthur Robinson, as well as redundancies at Blake Dawson and HWL Ebsworth, have caused a significant amount of job insecurity in the legal market.

Freehills salary freeze to last beyond 30 June
| Wednesday, 8 April 2009
The Freehills staff salary freezes, which have been in effect since 20 March will remain in place into the new financial year.

UK: Freshfields e-mails retrenchment advice to Aussie and Kiwi lawyers
| Wednesday, 1 April 2009
Magic Circle firm Freshfields has resorted to e-mailing advice to its expatriate Australian and Kiwi lawyers on how to remain in the UK, should their job happen to be next on the chopping block.

US: lawyer redundancies today, salary cuts tomorrow
| Wednesday, 25 March 2009
After law firms around the world have made their first round of global financial crisis induced lay-offs, some US firms are implementing salary cuts.

Dibbs Abbott Stillman partner finds better suit at Aitkens
| Wednesday, 18 March 2009
When former Dibbs Abbott Stillman partner Rob Bradley had the option of joining Thomson Playford Cutlers, he instead chose to join Melbourne firm Aitken Partners as a property team principal.

HWL Ebsworth: lawyers move out, partners move in
| Tuesday, 17 March 2009
In the wake of recent news that Blake Dawson is retrenching 89 of its staff, HWL Ebsworth has reported the redundancy of 17 staff members.

Cost control: firms look to run a tighter ship
| Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Managing a firm in a downturn means managing expense. But as firms tell ALB, that's not necessarily a bad thing

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Federal election: M&A lawyers unimpressed with hung parliament masealake commented: Why a minority government good to Australia people? People will ...
In-house lawyers feeling the pinch as companies seek to save dollars Nick Tiffen commented: One of the ways to be more cost effective is brief the bar direct ...
ANALYSIS: Major firm consolidation in SME space? Ron commented: To add to Andrew's comments, other firms (especially in the UK) h ...
Corporates could halve their legal costs by outsourcing less Ron Pol commented: The report illustrates a range of work being insourced and outsou ...
COMMENT: Another piece of the puzzle falls into place suzettecharles commented: This is a wonderful opinion. The things mentioned are unanimous a ...

Federal election: M&A lawyers unimpressed with hung parliament
masealake commented: Why a minority government good to Australia people? People will ...

In-house lawyers feeling the pinch as companies seek to save dollars
Nick Tiffen commented: One of the ways to be more cost effective is brief the bar direct ...

ANALYSIS: Major firm consolidation in SME space?
Ron commented: To add to Andrew's comments, other firms (especially in the UK) h ...

Corporates could halve their legal costs by outsourcing less
Ron Pol commented: The report illustrates a range of work being insourced and outsou ...

COMMENT: Another piece of the puzzle falls into place
suzettecharles commented: This is a wonderful opinion. The things mentioned are unanimous a ...