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Quarterly Focus: Cost of living crunch sparks Australia insolvency disputes

Natasha Doris — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 09:53:52 +0000

Inflationary pressures and a soaring cost of living has seen small-to-medium-sized enterprises fall to insolvency, with even giant companies struggling to keep their heads above water. A new wave of litigation is one result.

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DLA Piper executes Clayton Utz coup

Natasha Doris — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 17:49:30 +0000

The firm has bulked up its tax team with eight new lawyers, including three partners.

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ASIC sues HSBC for alleged failures

Robert Li — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:01:45 +0000

ASIC has filed a claim in the Federal Court of Australia, accusing HSBC of inadequate controls on unauthorised payments, failure to reinstate customer account functionality and breaches of financial industry codes.

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A&O adds global cyber-team

andras.tokai — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Norton Rose Fulbright’s loss is Allen & Overy’s gain, as 14 cyber practitioners augment the Magic Circle firm’s UK, US and Australia offices. Allen & Overy (A&O) has recruited a 14-strong cyber-security team from Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF), adding strengths in London, New York and Australia, it announced on Tuesday (6 February). Response to complex […]

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Clyde reinforces Sydney and London groups

andras.tokai — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Clyde & Co has added a construction lawyer with private practice and in-house experience in Sydney, and welcomed insurance and professional liability expertise in London.

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Mass moves up at MinterEllison

andras.tokai — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The leading Australian firm has promoted 78 lawyers including eight to partner, of which two are litigators.

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Mass elevations at Allens in Australia

andras.tokai — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Two of the nine partner elevations at Linklaters’ Australian alliance firm have dispute resolution practices.

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Conyers enlarges offshore expertise

andras.tokai — Wed, 05 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

A litigator with deep experience in offshore disputes has returned to private practice from a third-party funder, joining the partnership at Conyers in Hong Kong.

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