Allens Arthur Robinson(安德慎) law firm news

Allens Arthur Robinson(安德慎) has today announced the promotion of 12 of its lawyers to partner; the largest partnership round since 2007 - before the GFC. The promotions are centred around the firm’s resources, technology, banking and projects practices, and the international client base the firm now deals with

A summary of deals information received by ALB this week.

The website of Allens Arthur Robinson(安德慎) was the most visited law firm website in Australia for 2010, according to statistics compiled by Hitwise.

Japan’s largest law firm by headcount, Nishimura & Asahi, has announced plans to open its second office in Vietnam.

ACE Insurance has appointed Jon Downes as its new General Counsel for Australia & New Zealand.

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

A summary of the deals information collected by ALB since last update (19 May).

A summary of the latest deals and legal advisor information collected by ALB this week.

Barrick swoops on Equinox, China zeroes in on Australia

Attorney-General Robert McClelland has announced new appointments to the International Legal Services Advisory Council (ILSAC).

Allens Arthur Robinson(安德慎) has launched a new campaign featuring the use of social media to attract lawyers from the UK to come and work at their Brisbane and Perth offices. “

According to a new study by Macquarie Relationship Banking only 14% of Australian law firms are concerned about another downturn and amongst higher profit firms that figure drops to 4%.

Two major deals involving Australian companies have fallen over or hit hurdles in the past week, but lawyers remain unperturbed.

Shipping specialist law firm Ince & Co has today launched Ince Law Alliance, a formal law alliance (FLA) with a newly-formed local entity, Incisive Law – to target English and Singapore advisory work in the maritime sector. Ince & Co will only be the second foreign firm to enter into such an alliance in Singapore after Wikborg Rein’s formation of Pan Asia Law Corporation in 2008. It is also the first English maritime firm to take this step.

Corrs Chambers Westgarth has won this year’s coveted Gold ALB Employer of Choice Award in the Australian large firm category, outperforming rival national firms AAR, Freehills and Mallesons which also scored well

Wikborg Rein and Allens Arthur Robinson(安德慎) have advised the sponsors of one of the world’s first floating LNG production projects.

Indonesia has been on the Australian legal industry’s radar for more than 20 years, but recent events have made it even more prominent.

Anthony Latimer has joined Norton Rose Australia as a partner in the corporate practice in Sydney. Latimer was previously with Corrs Chambers Westgarth where he was partner and co-head of the China Business Group and head of the PNG Business Group.

Australian and international law firms are assessing the situation in Japan following an 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Sendai 300km north of Tokyo on Friday afternoon.

There’s no doubt that the mining and resources industry is one of Australia’s hottest sectors – and there’s still no end to the legal work either.