OpenAI takes on legal with Astra for Law

The ChatGPT maker joins Google and Anthropic in the race to win over law firms

Legora says it's finally cracked AI's biggest legal research problem

Legora's new build leans on its Qura and Wexler acquisitions to make AI research something lawyers can actually trust.

Ashurst Perkins Coie nabs Freehills funds star

Ben Plotnik joins as partner in Melbourne, deepening the firm's funds capability

INSIGHTS

Top-tiers reveal their 2027 grad intake

Clayton Utz and Corrs cut hardest, while Mallesons is the only firm going up

Inside Harvey II: legal AI that remembers how you work

Point Blank sits down with Harvey's Chief Product Officer at the Harvey Forum Sydney to unpack Memory, Spaces and what Harvey II actually changes for lawyers

Why BigLaw wants the best grads earlier than ever

US firms are racing to lock down the best students before their first grades even land, as AI reshapes who's worth hiring early. Will Australia head the same way?

Sep 21, 2026

🚨 Partners won’t retire

Also, OpenAI crashes legal AI and KPMG loses $11.6m

Sep 18, 2026

🚨 Minters axes 100

Also, Salesforce chooses Legora and ASX's best paid directors

Sep 17, 2026

🚨 2027 grad intake revealed

Also, M&A exodus at Bakers and AI beats tax office

Sep 16, 2026

🚨 Victoria’s top judge

Also, Ashurst nabs HSFK partner and Sydney's newest legal AI

Sep 15, 2026

🚨 London hiring revealed

Also, G+T CEO's advice and associate's brutal hours

JOBS

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Corporate M&A, Top-Tier

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INTERVIEWS

Beside a Las Vegas pool, Gadens' CEO found his next law firm

Gadens CEO Mark Pistilli on the pitch that brought him to Gadens, competing with Corrs and G+T, and building the next 'leading independent Australian law firm'

The lawyer who became an AFL club's first-ever in-house counsel

Emma German on jumping in-house years earlier than most, and how she built a legal function at the GWS Giants from scratch

What lawyers get wrong about AI

August's founders talk competing with Harvey & Legora, the billable hour, and what law firms are getting wrong about AI

MOVES

Ashurst Perkins Coie nabs Freehills funds star

Ben Plotnik joins as partner in Melbourne, deepening the firm's funds capability

Mallesons poaches Big Four indirect tax gun

EY's Sarah Shaw joins to lead Mallesons' indirect tax practice

DLA Piper poaches MinterEllison transfer pricing chief

Craig Silverwood set to lead firm's APAC transfer pricing push amid rising tax scrutiny

Lander & Rogers lands construction GC as partner

Jennifer Tyler swaps in-house for private practice after nearly six years at Richard Crookes Constructions

FIRMS

Redundancy season is here. Minters and Clayton Utz axe roles first.

Up to 100 roles gone at MinterEllison, 50+ at Clayton Utz. Both say AI isn't to blame

Beside a Las Vegas pool, Gadens' CEO found his next law firm

Gadens CEO Mark Pistilli on the pitch that brought him to Gadens, competing with Corrs and G+T, and building the next 'leading independent Australian law firm'

Sparke Helmore builds its own AI company

Trivity, a joint venture with Adaca, targets government and regulated clients

Ashurst Perkins Coie just unlocked a new ownership model

Ashurst Perkins Coie has adopted the ABS model, opening the door to private equity and non-lawyer ownership. The firm insists that's not the plan.

DEALS

Mallesons on the ticket again for NEXTDC's $1.1bn raise

The data centre operator goes back to market, this time raising $1.1bn in convertible notes

Allens and Mallesons steer $4bn Victorian land registry deal

Macquarie finally gets its stake in SERV, eight years after losing out to Aware Super

G+T, Clayton Utz steer Ingenia's $1bn Peet buyout

The deal creates Australia's largest ASX-listed pure-play living sector platform

Mallesons, G+T and Ashurst Perkins Coie land roles on Steadfast's $7.7bn buyout

KKR, Dragoneer and Amwins lock in Australia's biggest-ever cash deal for a financial services company

DISPUTES

Dentons scores defamation win for Rebel Wilson

Federal Court sides with Rebel Wilson over The Deb co-star's defamation claims

The ACCC went after Coles and won. Here's what happened.

The ACCC wins its blockbuster supermarket pricing case. Woolworths is next in line.

ASIC strikes out: Federal Court throws out every claim against Nuix

Justice Goodman dismisses every allegation brought by the regulator, from misleading conduct to continuous disclosure.

Rinehart royalties ruling: the lawyers' payday that never ends

Australia's longest-running billionaire brawl hands rival mining heirs a royalty win, but the real victors are the barristers pocketing $250,000 a day

TECH

OpenAI takes on legal with Astra for Law

The ChatGPT maker joins Google and Anthropic in the race to win over law firms

Salesforce bets on Legora for global legal ops

Salesforce has spent years talking up its in-house legal tech builds. Now it's buying in.

Legora says it's finally cracked AI's biggest legal research problem

Legora's new build leans on its Qura and Wexler acquisitions to make AI research something lawyers can actually trust.

Harvey raises $550m, hitting a $15.5bn valuation

The valuation's tripled in a year, and Legora's reportedly chasing $10bn next

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OpenAI takes on legal with Astra for Law

Legora says it's finally cracked AI's biggest legal research problem

Ashurst Perkins Coie nabs Freehills funds star

INSIGHTS

Top-tiers reveal their 2027 grad intake

Inside Harvey II: legal AI that remembers how you work

Why BigLaw wants the best grads earlier than ever

NEWSLETTER

🚨 Partners won’t retire

🚨 Minters axes 100

🚨 2027 grad intake revealed

🚨 Victoria’s top judge

🚨 London hiring revealed

JOBS

Associate / Senior Associate, Sydney

Corporate M&A, Top-Tier

$150k - $230k

Lawyer, Sydney

Intellectual Property

INTERVIEWS

Beside a Las Vegas pool, Gadens' CEO found his next law firm

The lawyer who became an AFL club's first-ever in-house counsel

What lawyers get wrong about AI

MOVES

Ashurst Perkins Coie nabs Freehills funds star

Mallesons poaches Big Four indirect tax gun

DLA Piper poaches MinterEllison transfer pricing chief

Lander & Rogers lands construction GC as partner

FIRMS

Redundancy season is here. Minters and Clayton Utz axe roles first.

Beside a Las Vegas pool, Gadens' CEO found his next law firm

Sparke Helmore builds its own AI company

Ashurst Perkins Coie just unlocked a new ownership model

DEALS

Mallesons on the ticket again for NEXTDC's $1.1bn raise

Allens and Mallesons steer $4bn Victorian land registry deal

G+T, Clayton Utz steer Ingenia's $1bn Peet buyout

Mallesons, G+T and Ashurst Perkins Coie land roles on Steadfast's $7.7bn buyout

DISPUTES

Dentons scores defamation win for Rebel Wilson

The ACCC went after Coles and won. Here's what happened.

ASIC strikes out: Federal Court throws out every claim against Nuix

Rinehart royalties ruling: the lawyers' payday that never ends

TECH

OpenAI takes on legal with Astra for Law

Salesforce bets on Legora for global legal ops

Legora says it's finally cracked AI's biggest legal research problem

Harvey raises $550m, hitting a $15.5bn valuation

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