Sparke Helmore law firm news

Sparke Helmore recruits Middletons banking & finance partners
| Thursday, 26 May 2011

Middletons partners Ben Burney and Adam Fuller and a team of four lawyers are set to make the move to Sparke Helmore, the firm has announced.

2011 ALB Law Awards – winners revealed
| Friday, 20 May 2011

Revealing the winners at the 2011 ALB-Macquarie Bank Law Awards: which firms collected the honours this year?

Sparke Helmore expands construction/PPP capacity with Holding Redlich hires
| Thursday, 12 May 2011

Sparke Helmore is increasing its presence in the PPP/Infrastructure space following the announcement of infrastructure as a focus in Tuesday’s federal budget

Piper Alderman eyes Perth market
| Thursday, 7 April 2011

Piper Alderman is hoping to open an office in Perth by the end of the year, managing partner Tony Phelps has revealed.

Sparke Helmore recruits Clutz public law expert
| Wednesday, 6 April 2011

Former Clayton Utz public and administrative law expert Michael Palfrey has joined Sparke Helmore as partner in the Canberra office. The new appointment further extends the firm’s commitment to the Commonwealth Government resources.

NSW legal profession snapshot: More women and greater flexibility
| Monday, 4 April 2011

The number of women practicing in NSW has reached 46% of the profession, up 452% since 1988. According to the NSW Law Society there are now a little more than 11,000 female solicitors practicing law in the state.

Moray & Agnew opens Perth office
| Wednesday, 9 March 2011

The dynamic Perth market has proved too hard to ignore for insurance specialist Moray & Agnew, which has opened a new office there to be headed by Phil Keays.

Mining & resources industry in for bumpy year
| Tuesday, 8 March 2011

The continued unrest in the Middle East and the government’s new carbon price announcement are just some of the issues affecting lawyers involved in the mining & resources industry in Australia.

Mallesons calls it quits on North Sydney Council
| Thursday, 25 November 2010

After 20 years of representing North Sydney Council in legal matters, Mallesons Stephens Jaques has declined to tender for the council’s new legal panel.

Sparke Helmore leads mentoring program
| Wednesday, 22 September 2010

More than 30 senior staff from Sparke Helmore have participated in this year’s Lucy Mentoring Program.

Perth 2010
| Tuesday, 3 August 2010

After a brief hiatus, Perth is ready to resume its role as a national and regional powerhouse – and one of the world’s biggest law firms wants a piece of the action.

World Cup Update: Bavaria 2, Budweiser 0
| Wednesday, 30 June 2010

Sparke Helmore's Jason Sprague and Rod Smith take a closer look at ambush marketing antics at the FIFA World Cup.

Moray & Agnew recruits new practice head from Sparke Helmore
| Thursday, 10 June 2010

Moray & Agnew has appointed Tim McDonald as a partner and the new head of its workplace practice in Sydney.

Sparke Helmore looks to take Commonwealth work from Clutz
| Wednesday, 10 February 2010

Sparke Helmore has poached a government services team from Clayton Utz in a bid to boost the revenues from federal government agencies

Analysis: Alternative billing movement gathers momentum
| Wednesday, 27 January 2010

The Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) is in negotiations with its legal panel over a possible alternative billing arrangement in a sign that the desire for fixed-fee and other non-hourly billing methods has spread from private-sector clients to public-sector clients

Clayton Utz pulls in more than A$30m from Commonwealth in FY09
| Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Clayton Utz has the most to lose from a review into the procurement of Commonwealth legal services: it has been revealed that the firm received A$30.7m from various Commonwealth agencies in 2008-2009

Law firm IT spend defies downturn
| Thursday, 10 September 2009

Law firms across the country have kept up their IT investment throughout the downturn in order to reap the benefits when the recovery takes place, according to members of the ALB IT Roundtable

Sparke Helmore grows its insurance arm
| Tuesday, 18 August 2009

Sparke Helmore intends to pick up insurance business left from other national firms “gradually exiting the insurance space” the firm said after appointing Kerri Thomas as partner charged with heading up the firms insurance practice area in Victoria

Moray & Agnew builds team to cope with upswing in activity
| Monday, 27 July 2009

Specialist insurance firm Moray & Agnew has bolstered its liability and professional indemnity credentials with the addition of partner Michael Martin to its Melbourne office

insurance 09 - recommended law firms
| Thursday, 14 May 2009

ALB Guide: Insurance Law 2009 is the latest in an exciting series of detailed insights into specific practice areas and the leading firms and lawyers operating within them.