Features
  • Boom time for TMT
    By ALB | 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.
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  • Beyond dispute
    By ALB | Thursday, 13 May 2010

    Unpredictable times breed unpredictable workflows. ALB speaks with some leading litigation lawyers to find out how their practice has been faring of late.
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  • The evolution of the insurance practice
    By ALB | Thursday, 13 May 2010

    The Australian economy may be emerging from the GFC but insurers are still experiencing the effects of the fallout. Law firms are now busy with a spike in claims work as the debris settles.
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  • ALB Fast 10 - Fastest growing firms
    By Renu Prasad | 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
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  • Watchlist - firms to watch
    By Renu Prasad | 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
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  • Employment Law: Happy New Year
    By Luke Cornish | Monday, 8 February 2010

    Workplace lawyers around the country have good reason to toast the start of the New Year: 2010 looks set to be a bumper year for IR work
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  • Return of the mega-projects
    By Luke Cornish | Tuesday, 26 January 2010

    When the financial crisis hit, major infrastructure projects were shelved as developers struggled to find funds. However, the financial close of Melbourne''s A$3.7bn desalination plant marked the end of the crisis - and the return of the mega-project
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  • In-House Perspective: Rashda Rana, Bovis Lend Lease
    By Renu Prasad | Tuesday, 12 January 2010

    Barrister, private practitioner, general counsel - Bovis Lend Lease GC Rashda Rana has seen the legal profession from all angles since first starting out in construction law in England. She shares her story with ALB
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  • ALB Service Provider Awards 2009
    By Luke Cornish | Tuesday, 29 December 2009

    It takes more than just great lawyers to build a great law firm - and a variety of companies offer the services that allow practices to flourish. In the inaugural ALB Service Provider Awards, we highlight the very best offerings
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  • Joining the partnership
    By Renu Prasad | Wednesday, 7 October 2009

    Being invited to join the partnership might be an enduring ambition for many young lawyers, but promotion usually comes at a price. Firms have many ways of ensuring that new partners pay their due – and some are more onerous than others
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  • IP practices insulated from global decline
    By ALB | Monday, 7 September 2009

    The economic downturn has affected Australia and New Zealand’s intellectual property practices, but it’s not as severe as many might have expected at this time. ALB investigates
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  • Mastering the law
    By Natasha Kassam | Monday, 31 August 2009

    Is postgraduate education really more necessary in today’s tight legal job market? ALB’s Natasha Kassam scopes out the value of higher learning for lawyers
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  • Testing Times
    By Ralph Grayden | Wednesday, 12 August 2009

    As everyone awaits the government’s delayed emissions trading policy to be passed into legislation, environment lawyers are preparing themselves for a surge in work across a variety of areas. Ralph Grayden reports
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