Holding Redlich law firm news

A summary of deals information received by ALB this week.

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.

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

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.

Junior miners are heading for the wide open spaces of Africa in search of resources – and their lawyers are not too far behind.

Holding Redlich managing partner Chris Lovell thinks that equity partnerships which run on ‘eat what you kill’ models should learn some table manners. He shares his viewpoint with Renu Prasad

Rain-sodden Brisbane is still shaping up as one of the hottest markets for the legal industry in 2011– but local firms are wary of the ever-increasing competition

Herbert Geer has appointed Amanda Johns, formerly in-house counsel at property development group Austexx, as a partner in the planning, government, infrastructure and environment team.

Herbert Geer has added two new partners to the firm in the past two days.

The recent float of QR National was the second largest IPO ever conducted in Australia. Will this float have any bearing on the prognosis for IPOs in 2011?

Holding Redlich has lured senior divorce lawyer and co-founder of Westminster Lawyers Paul Ross to the firm with a partnership.

Former Holding Redlich and Mallesons lawyer Leigh Johns has been appointed to the top job at the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC).

Holding Redlich has added two senior partners to its Brisbane office.

National broadband networks, rising corporate IT expenditure and new software development opportunities are all adding up to an increased demand for legal advice.

Former Minter Ellison senior associate, Lisa-Marie McKechnie, has joined Mills Oakley Sydney as partner.

Melbourne: the spiritual home of AFL, the W class tram and some of the nation’s most enterprising young law firms. ALB investigates.

In a major blow to Holding Redlich, commercial property specialist Andrew Johnson and his team of seven have joined east coast rival Mills Oakley.

The economic woes of the past 18 months have been well documented, but some law firms still managed to record exceptional growth in FY09. ALB''s annual Fast 10 returns to acknowledge the fastest growing firms of the year

Law firms with private equity clients can expect to be burdened with a heavy workload in the next 12 months, but determining exactly what practice groups will shoulder that workload requires partners to look at their clients’ situations

Barrister, private practitioner, general counsel - Bovis Lend Lease GC Rashda Rana has seen the legal profession from all angles since first starting out in construction law in England. She shares her story with ALB