Macpherson + Kelley law firm news
  • ANALYSIS: Major firm consolidation in SME space?
    | Monday, 16 August 2010
    It would be going too far to say that M+K Lawyers' Damian Paul is Melbourne's answer to Danny Gilbert - but this entrepreneurial MD has more than a few bright ideas of his own on how to build an innovative firm.
  • 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.
  • Sydney 2010
    | Tuesday, 3 August 2010
    Sydney may have lost some of its lustre during the GFC, but firms are confident that the Harbour City is set the regain its sparkle. ALB investigates
  • M+K moves into Tasmania with Dobson Mitchell merger
    | Monday, 12 July 2010
    ALB Fast 10 firm Macpherson + Kelley has announced a merger with Tasmanian firm Dobson Mitchell & Allport. The merger means that M+K will now have 115 lawyers, 41 of whom are principals, the firm's partner equivalent.
  • ALB Fast 10 - Fastest growing firms
    | Wednesday, 17 February 2010
    The economic woes of the past 18 months have been well documented, but some law firms still managed to record exceptional growth in FY09. ALB''s annual Fast 10 returns to acknowledge the fastest growing firms of the year
  • Watchlist - firms to watch
    | Wednesday, 17 February 2010
    As the industry enters the New Year with a renewed sense of optimism, ALB singles out ten firms that are set to have a big 2010
  • Bank chief says M+K withheld vital information from clients
    | Monday, 11 January 2010
    Bendigo and Adelaide Bank managing director Mike Hirst has accused Macpherson + Kelley (M+K) of inadequately advising clients, tampering with communications between the bank and its customers, and withholding “vital information” from its clients
  • M+K strengthens Sydney position
    | Monday, 2 November 2009
    Andrew Bristow has joined Macpherson + Kelley’s Sydney office as a principal in the corporate and commercial group, bringing with him a team of four including special counsel Catriona Glover, senior associate Fleur Gibson and two legal secretaries
  • M+K called on to design Sharia fund
    | Monday, 12 October 2009
    The Muslim Community Co-operative Australia (MCCA) has called upon Macpherson + Kelley (M+K) to help design and establish an Australian-based Islamic financing vehicle that aims to attract offshore investors
  • M+K forms transport and commodities practice
    | Tuesday, 1 September 2009
    M+K Lawyers has formed a national transport and commodities practice after recruiting Geoff Farnsworth who joins the firm as principal – M+K’s partner equivalent
  • employment 09 - recommended law firms
    | Monday, 31 August 2009
    ALB Guide: Employment 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
  • Mid-tier take work away from top-tier
    | Thursday, 13 August 2009
    A push for cost efficiency has seen companies offload at least some of their workload to mid-size law firms helping boost the bottom line and fuel expansion plans
  • M+K Lawyers adds principal to litigation team
    | Thursday, 30 July 2009
    More evidence that the litigation area is heating up emerged as Macpherson + Kelley added Chris Frawley as principal of its commercial litigation and insolvency practice in Sydney
  • Melbourne 09
    | Monday, 13 July 2009
    As the Sydney market continues to take a battering, expansionist Melbourne firms find things more positive back home
  • Sydney 09
    | Wednesday, 13 May 2009
    With Australian corporations seeking to replace high-priced firms in an effort to cut legal costs, ALB speaks to some of the leading mid-tier players who stand to benefit
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