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Christopher Niesche
Christopher Niesche is the Australia correspondent for Law.com International. He covers the business of law in Australia and writes about lawyers, global and domestic law firms and in-house law departments. He also covers Australian regulatory matters. He can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter: @ChrisNiesche.
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May 25, 2022 | Asia Pacific
Australia's Wotton + Kearney Expands to Adelaide
Fresh from its 18-strong raid of DLA Piper earlier in 2022, the firm's latest office opening is intended to enable lawyers to work from their own town in South Australia.
By Christopher Niesche
2 minute read
May 23, 2022 | Asia Pacific
Environment Partner Joins Australia's Clayton Utz as Perth Poaching Continues
Lucy Shea joins from Australian firm HWL Ebsworth.
By Christopher Niesche
2 minute read
May 22, 2022 | Asia Pacific
Demand for Energy and Resources Partners Is Booming on Australia's West Coast
A large number of active infrastructure projects and more in the pipeline has intensified demand, and intense competition for talent has prompted salaries and sign-on bonuses to soar.
By Christopher Niesche
5 minute read
May 18, 2022 | Asia Pacific
Thirty-One Former Judges Call for Anti-Corruption Body as Australia Holds Elections
Politicians need to restore trust in the political process, the judges wrote on the eve of a federal election in which tensions have recently arisen between incumbent Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the legal community.
By Christopher Niesche
3 minute read
May 18, 2022 | Asia Pacific
Australian Companies Face Increased Cyber-Risks, Law Firm MinterEllison Says
The firm surveyed IT and legal corporate executives and found that a quarter of respondent organizations have been subject to a cybersecurity incident that compromised their systems or data.
By Christopher Niesche
2 minute read
May 16, 2022 | Asia Pacific
HFW Loses Partner to Australian Employment Law Firm Kingston Reid
Brendan Milne joins Kingson Reid a month after one of the partners who helped launch the three-year-old left to return to K&L Gates as a partner.
By Christopher Niesche
2 minute read
May 16, 2022 | Asia Pacific
Lawyers Hit Back at Australian Prime Minister's Claim He Wants Nothing To Do with Them
Lawyers have expressed concern after Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he wants nothing to do with them after they criticised his plans for an anti-corruption body.
By Christopher Niesche
4 minute read
May 16, 2022 | Asia Pacific
Ashurst Hires 2 Project Partners from Australia's Corrs Chambers Westgarth
The additions are the latest in a spate of project partner lateral moves.
By Christopher Niesche
1 minute read
May 13, 2022 | Asia Pacific
Australian Heavyweights Converge on $2.5B Telco Tower Sale
It is the latest in a string of big ticket local mobile phone tower sales.
By Christopher Niesche
2 minute read
May 10, 2022 | Asia Pacific
Norton Rose Fulbright Loses Another Experienced Lawyer in Australia as a Longtime Partner Retires
Grant Ahearn retired from the partnership after nearly four decades with the firm.
By Christopher Niesche
2 minute read
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