Mallesons, HSF Kramer close out Heidelberg's $1.7bn Maas deal

The deal clocked the first conditional Phase 1 approval under the ACCC's new merger regime

Gadens poaches HWLE fintech duo and Dentons property partner

Mizu Ardra, Chenjie Ma and Natasha Murgatroyd join as partner ranks grow 15%

NSW's silk class of 2026 revealed

20 barristers take silk, and only five are women

INSIGHTS

How law firm leaders are thinking about pricing in the AI era

New data shows 55% of lawyers expect billing to change. But it's still fingers-in-the-air across the industry.

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

Oct 6, 2026

🚨 KPMG needs $100m

Also, Trump briefs DLA and Gadens' hiring spree

Oct 5, 2026

🚨 Clayton Utz absorbs firm

Also, NSW silks shrink and ANZ dumps KPMG

Oct 2, 2026

🚨 Mallesons, G+T face-off

Also, Thomsons' 25-year CEO and top-tier vs in-house

Oct 1, 2026

🚨 McKinsey blasts partner

Also, EY partner pay revealed and Piper Alderman's ECM play

Sep 30, 2026

🚨 Jones Day raids

Also, Harvey's TV debut and judge rules from bed

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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

Wotton Kearney lands insurance duo

Hunt & Hunt's Claire Gomo and Andrew Karasmanis join the firm's Melbourne liability bench

Gadens poaches HWLE fintech duo and Dentons property partner

Mizu Ardra, Chenjie Ma and Natasha Murgatroyd join as partner ranks grow 15%

NSW's silk class of 2026 revealed

20 barristers take silk, and only five are women

Clayton Utz swallows Perth boutique Chord Advisory

After a string of partner exits, the firm lands David Hugo, Jason Ricketts and their team

FIRMS

Clayton Utz swallows Perth boutique Chord Advisory

After a string of partner exits, the firm lands David Hugo, Jason Ricketts and their team

Rival firms unite to get regional students into law

School visits, scholarships and mentoring aim to give rural and regional students a clear path into law

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'

DEALS

Mallesons, HSF Kramer close out Heidelberg's $1.7bn Maas deal

The deal clocked the first conditional Phase 1 approval under the ACCC's new merger regime

HSF Kramer, G+T advise on $3.3bn cross-border radiopharma deal

Telix snaps up the world's largest lutetium-177 supplier as demand for nuclear medicine grows

Allens, HSF Kramer steer Brookfield's fourth-time-lucky $4.1bn Reliance deal

Three rejections and three months of due diligence later, the scheme deed is signed

Mallesons and Allens act on NEXTDC's $1.1bn convertibles raise

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

DISPUTES

Mallesons, G+T face off in Adidas-White Fox trade mark fight

The sportswear giant has sued the $1bn Sydney label in the Federal Court

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.

TECH

Harvey goes prime time with first TV ad campaign

First Suits, now Netflix. Can mass-market ads sell legal tech?

Squire Patton Boggs joins the Harvey club

SPB rolls Harvey out worldwide and scores a seat at the design table

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.

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Mallesons, HSF Kramer close out Heidelberg's $1.7bn Maas deal

Gadens poaches HWLE fintech duo and Dentons property partner

NSW's silk class of 2026 revealed

INSIGHTS

How law firm leaders are thinking about pricing in the AI era

Top-tiers reveal their 2027 grad intake

Inside Harvey II: legal AI that remembers how you work

NEWSLETTER

🚨 KPMG needs $100m

🚨 Clayton Utz absorbs firm

🚨 Mallesons, G+T face-off

🚨 McKinsey blasts partner

🚨 Jones Day raids

JOBS

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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

Wotton Kearney lands insurance duo

Gadens poaches HWLE fintech duo and Dentons property partner

NSW's silk class of 2026 revealed

Clayton Utz swallows Perth boutique Chord Advisory

FIRMS

Clayton Utz swallows Perth boutique Chord Advisory

Rival firms unite to get regional students into law

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

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

DEALS

Mallesons, HSF Kramer close out Heidelberg's $1.7bn Maas deal

HSF Kramer, G+T advise on $3.3bn cross-border radiopharma deal

Allens, HSF Kramer steer Brookfield's fourth-time-lucky $4.1bn Reliance deal

Mallesons and Allens act on NEXTDC's $1.1bn convertibles raise

DISPUTES

Mallesons, G+T face off in Adidas-White Fox trade mark fight

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

TECH

Harvey goes prime time with first TV ad campaign

Squire Patton Boggs joins the Harvey club

OpenAI takes on legal with Astra for Law

Salesforce bets on Legora for global legal ops

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