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DibbsBarker is closing its doors after signing a deal that will see 17 partners and support staff move to Dentons, the world’s largest firm.

Slater & Gordon will face the Fair Work Commission in a dispute with the Australian Services Union after a “very unsatisfactory meeting” over the law firm’s restructuring plans.

Global law firm Dentons has expanded its presence in Australia with a fifth office Down Under, this one in Melbourne.

Five months after settling litigation with Herbert Smith Freehills over the poaching of eight partners — and just one month after the settlement’s anti-poaching restrictions expired — U.S.-based firm White & Case has celebrated its entrance into Australia with launch parties in Melbourne and Sydney.