HFW

Global law firm HFW has lured a Jones Day partner to join its construction disputes business in Singapore, with the firm more than doubling its global construction team since the last financial year. 

HopgoodGanim has snagged a partner from HFW with in-depth experience in renewables to support the firm's clients in the transition to net zero.

Law firm HFW has welcomed former Herbert Smith Freehills energy M&A partner Graeme Gamble to its Perth office.

HFW has snagged two partners specialising in litigation and restructuring and insolvency from Johnson Winter Slattery, including the firm's litigation practice group head.

A request to a female senior engineer for WSP to "get the coffees" during a client meeting did not amount to gender-based harassment, the Fair Work Commission has found in rejecting the engineer's unfair dismissal claim.

The litigation funder and lead plaintiffs in a class action against Queensland-owned Gladstone Ports are in dispute over who should be engaged to act in the long-running case after the solicitor on record left Clyde & Co for a rival law firm.

International law firm HFW has lured a team of eight lawyers from Clyde & Co, led by a partner known for his litigation funding practice.

International law firm HFW is expanding its Australian employment practice, hiring leading industrial relations, safety and employment law solicitor Simon Billing in Perth.

Australian Mines has agreed to pay a $450,000 penalty to settle proceedings brought by ASIC after its managing director was allegedly caught lying at an investment conference about the value of an offtake agreement and funding for a project at its cobalt and nickel mine in Queensland.

International law firm HFW has bolstered the ranks of its disputes practice in Australia, recruiting a leading commercial litigation and international arbitration partner from Corrs Chambers Westgarth.