Moray & Agnew has poached a government partner from HWL Ebsworth for its Melbourne office, the third government lawyer to jump ship from HWLE to the firm in recent months.
South Australia Supreme Court Justice Laura Stein will replace Chief Justice Chris Kourakis when he retires, the first woman to be appointed as the state’s top judge.
Dentons has lured a workplace law partner to grow its practice in Perth, giving the global firm a national platform in Australia to better serve its clients.
A banking and finance partner has joined Norton Rose Fulbright’s Melbourne office after 15 years at Corrs Chambers Westgarth.
One of the country’s leading class action lawyers has left Jones Day for Thomson Geer, the third litigation partner to depart the US-based firm in recent months.
Ashurst has nabbed a partner from Norton Rose Fulbright to join its global projects and energy transition team.
Solicitor-General Stephen Donaghue KC has been appointed to sit on the Victorian Court of Appeal, after nine years as the Commonwealth’s second law officer.
James Merlino, the former deputy for ex-Victorian premier Dan Andrews and current Rest Super chair, has been appointed chair at plaintiff law firm Slater & Gordon.
A property and construction law expert who has worked on some of Sydney’s biggest projects has joined Thomson Geer’s partnership after a decade at Addisons.
A leading public law barrister who represented an activist in his successful challenge to NSW’s anti-protest laws has been appointed as a judge on the Federal Court.