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The role of an in-house lawyer has changed considerably over the last decade. In-house lawyers are expected to offer much more than just straightforward legal advice. They must be able to think strategically and advise commercially, often on non-legal matters. As chief counsel, you’re expected to serve as a trusted business partner and advisor to the C-suite, influencing, an...

What impact has COVID-19 had on In-house Legal Salaries in the Australian Banking & Financial Services sector? COVID-19 resulted in twenty-nine years of uninterrupted economic growth in Australia coming to an immediate stop. The Australian Financial sector was forced to respond rapidly. But what impact has the crisis had on Banking and Financial services in-house lawyer sala...

Within the legal community, especially during the course of the COVID-19 crisis,  there has been increased commentary on the changing nature of the role played by in-house counsel inside the businesses they serve. At the same time, those within these businesses are giving voice to their growing expectation that their In-house Lawyers should deliver more than pure legal exper...

Australian Legal Industry Partner Movements Report - H1 FY21 Taylor Root is pleased to present our insights into the latest partner moves across Australia via this new interactive web-based format. This new report format, Taylor Root Partner Perspectives, will be released each quarter and will give a comprehensive and visual view of the Australian Legal Industry at the top e...

Managing your career from sole Legal Counsel to Head of Legal "Your organisation brought you in to save costs on external counsel, however, you are now overloaded with requests across the business and need to bring in extra support. How do you pitch the need for additional headcount to the executive team and grow the legal function in your business?" The role of the sole in-...

After a tumultuous start to the decade, what do the next 12 months have in store? Few need reminding of the upheaval that events in 2020 have brought to the world. With a new year only weeks away, families, businesses, and governments eye the future cautiously. Much of their anxiety hinges on the hopes that promising vaccination and anti-viral developments will succeed in sl...

Lawyers Weekly, in partnership with Taylor Root, principal partner of this year’s Partner of the Year Awards, is pleased to bring you a series of podcasts showcasing finalists across a multitude of categories from this year’s awards, including:- Mergers & Acquisitions Partner of the Year Dispute Resolution Partner fo the Year Corporate Partner of the Year Lawyers Weekly depu...

Welcome to the Taylor Root 2020 Global In-house Market Report & COVID-19 Impact Survey. In what has been an unprecedented year of uncertainty, we felt that it was more vital than ever that our annual commentary on the in-house market was being informed not only by our global team of specialist consultants but also by you. The full report contains: • Overview of the Global Le...

 2019 and the first few months of 2020 read very differently to the months that followed. The advent of COVID-19 and subsequent lockdown measures in March 2020 brought the economy to an abrupt halt. Despite the initial fear and uncertainty surrounding the virus, law firms across Australia and the globe acted quickly and adapted swiftly from daily life at the office to a remo...

Australian businesses, like much of the rest of the world, are currently facing major ongoing disruption and uncertainty due to the evolving COVID-19 global pandemic. The severe public-health risk, subsequent restrictions on movement and trade, and the resulting economic impact. The impact of COVID-19 will vary significantly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction depending on a m...