US law firm Jones Day has nabbed leading energy and natural resources partner Dan Howard from Clayton Utz after more than 26 years with the firm.
Justice Andrew Bell has been appointed the new Chief Justice of the NSW Supreme Court, after the current head of the court announced last year it was time to step down after almost 11 years in office.
MinterEllison has appointed former Reed Smith partner Simon Harvey to join its infrastructure, construction and property practice.
Law firm Maddocks has bolstered its corporate practice with the addition of two senior mergers and acquisitions specialists, nabbed from Lander & Rogers and Herbert Smith Freehills.
Lander & Rogers has recruited four leading corporate lawyers from KPMG Law, including highly-regarded partner David Morris, as part of the law firm’s aggressive growth strategy.
Herbert Smith Freehills has appointed technology law specialist Cameron Whittfield as part of its plan to be a dominant global player in the technology, cyber security and digital space.
Holding Redlich has scored leading workplace relations lawyer Andrew Klein to lead the firm’s workplace relations and safety practice at its newly established Canberra office, with a focus on government clients.
A leading climate change lawyer at Baker McKenzie has made the jump to Gilbert + Tobin, less than a year after the US firm’s renewable energy practice lost its global co-head and two partners to another Big Six firm.
Hall & Wilcox has lured a cyber whiz to bolster the firm’s cyber insurance and advisory practice, amid an expected jump in cyber-related claims this year.
Allens has lured leading M&A tax lawyer Ellen Thomas from PricewaterhouseCoopers to strengthen the Big Six firm’s expertise in mergers and acquisitions and finance transactions.