A survey of the legal profession in Australia’s largest state shows the gender pay gap persists at all ages and includes data on lawyers identifying as LGBQ+ for the first time. More than twice as many women are joining the legal profession in Australia’s largest state compared to men, but…

There are few relationships as important as the one between litigator and barrister. The strength of these bonds can make or break multi-billion pound cases. Clients need the alchemy between the two parties to work if they are to prevail in court. Given the intensity of this very specific relationship, Law.com…

HFW has joined the likes of Osborne Clarke, Fieldfisher, Kennedys and Stephenson Harwood in posting double-digit revenue growth for the 2023/24 financial year. The firm’s revenue grew by 11% to hit £251 million for the year to March 31—up from £225.3 million the year previous. 

Blake Cassels & Graydon and McCarthy Tétrault are acting as lead advisers in Canadian pension fund Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System’s (OMERS’) sale of LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services to U.S.-based Quest Diagnostics Inc. for CA$1.35 billion (US$985 million), including debt. OMERS, the pension fund manager for public-service employees and retirees…

Eversheds Sutherland is considering shutting its Beijing office in a move that would make it one of the largest U.K.-based operations to scale back in China amid a recent exodus. The transatlantic firm has placed the office under review, it said in a statement, a decision partly due to the…

Esports company Skillz Platform has filed a lawsuit against mobile gaming company Voodoo SAS, which operates the “Blitz Win Cash” app, for allegedly fixing games and defrauding players with bots. The complaint, filed Monday by King & Spalding in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges…