Doyle's Guide

Corrs' John Denton, “We don’t buy revenue streams we look at our strategy and think how does it benefit our clients”

Corrs Goes Global?

Although we’ve not yet said goodbye to January, Corrs Chambers Westgarth has already announced two lateral Partner hires in 2012. Previously London based Greenberg Traurig Restructuring and Insolvency Partner Jason Salman and Annette Hughes, formerly a Partner at Allens Arthur Robinson specialising in product liability have now joined the firm. It’s another bold statement from [...]

The Ten Firms to Watch in Twenty Twelve

In our first major update of the year Doyle’s Guide picks the ten firms we think look set to impact the Australian legal market the most in 2012. Unsurprisingly the entrance of international players but there’s also plenty of room for mid-tiers and boutique firms within our list. To keep it simple firms are listed [...]

Chalk & Fitzgerald's Andrew Chalk - Leading Native Title Lawyer, Australia

Leading Native Title & Cultural Heritage Firms – Australia, 2011

Resources booms in Queensland and Western Australia have more than any other factor resulted in a healthy level of activity within the area of Native Title. As such, the area of native title continues to both become increasingly specialised and interact more closely with other practice groups in larger commercial firms. First Tier Blake Dawson [...]

Clayton Utz's Mark Mackay - Leading Property Lawyer, Queensland 2011

Leading Property & Real Estate Firms – Queensland 2011

The Queensland property market continues to struggle with state’s property teams have largely been undertaking work for receivers of troubled assets and resources entities. The “pure” property activity that has occurred has largely been under the direction of blue chip property entities and the traditional Queensland based developer has been all but dormant in the [...]

Rob Lilburne's move from Mallesons to Blakes is both inspired and iperilous.

Market Movements & Predictions – Employment & Workplace Relations 2011

Updated November 2011 Firms to Watch If it can work, Blake Dawson’s tie up with Ashurst should comfortably outpace the other international offerings in the Australian market simply on the basis of depth and breadth. Perhaps the biggest “if” when it comes to “Blashurst’s” Australian operations is just how an international firm with only [...]