LAW FIRMS – AUSTRALIA

Market up but lawyers still cautious

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Original article by Hannah Low
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 37 : 27-Jun-14

The Australian legal services market is beginning to recover from the effects of the global financial crisis. A survey of 35 law firms revealed that a net 550 new employees were hired in the six months from January 2014. The figures show that there is significant movement within the sector, with over 950 leaving and over 1,500 lawyers joining the firms. There were 97 internal partner promotions and 118 lateral appointments

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CLAYTON UTZ, HWL EBSWORTH PTY LTD, KING AND WOOD MALLESONS, ALLENS, MINTER ELLISON

Women partners stalemate

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Original article by Nicola Berkovic
The Australian – Page: 31 : 27-Jun-14

The new partnership survey by Beaton Research + Consulting for "The Australian" shows little to no improvement in the area of discrimination against female lawyers at the leading law firms. The ratio of female partners increased only from 21.5% to 22% during 2013, while that of equity partners fell from 17.5% to 17.4%. Australian Women Lawyers patron and Family Court chief justice Diana Bryant says quotas should be rolled out to address the imbalance. K&L Gates has lifted the share of female partners from just 6% to 22.4% over four years. While Gilbert +Tobin continues to lead with a ratio of 32.6% among equity partners, this is actually a fall from 36.5% since 2009. In terms of salaried partners TressCox Lawyers scores highest with 39.2%

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BEATON RESEARCH AND CONSULTING PTY LTD, FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN WOMEN LAWYERS, K&L GATES LLP, GILBERT AND TOBIN LAWYERS, TRESSCOX, SWAAB ATTORNEYS, BANKI HADDOCK FIORA, SEYFARTH SHAW LLP, HIVE LEGAL PTY LTD, MINTER ELLISON, SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS, COOPER GRACE WARD, WOTTON AND KEARNEY, ALLENS, GRIFFITH HACK LAWYERS PTY LTD, HOPGOOD GANIM, McCULLOUGH ROBERTSON