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canadianlawyermag.com | Bernise Carolino
Hmoud replaces ex-ICJ president Nawaf Salam, who resigned to be Lebanon prime minister By Mahmoud Daifallah Mahmoud Hmoud of Jordan – who has been the Middle Eastern country’s ambassador to the United Nations (UN) in New York since September 2021 – was elected as a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday.
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canadianlawyermag.com | Bernise Carolino
Eleven members of organization were dismissed after calls for investigation into journalist deaths By The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) has expressed strong condemnation of the removal of İbrahim Kaboğlu, president of the Istanbul Bar Association, and its Bar Council’s 10 members.
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canadianlawyermag.com | Bernise Carolino
‘Upholding the Treaties is not a political choice but a constitutional duty,’ lawyers’ group says By The Indigenous Bar Association (IBA) has criticized efforts to use referenda or provincial legislation to establish jurisdictional authority over lands and rights that numbered treaties already govern without the free, prior, and informed consent of the First Nation that signed.
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thelawyermag.com | Bernise Carolino
Partners Robert Clarke and David Ellenby jointly lead legal advisors in joint venture By Corrs Chambers Westgarth, an Australian independent law firm, has announced that it assisted property developer Frasers Property Industrial as it formed a logistics joint venture with Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI), with the resulting portfolio valued at about $600m.
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thelawyermag.com | Bernise Carolino
Co-lead partner Daniel Atkin calls this one of Australia’s largest capital raises this year By K&L Gates LLP, a global law firm, has confirmed that it assisted Australian venture capital firm Square Peg as the lead investor in global fintech company Airwallex’s Series F capital raise valued at US$300m.
The capital raise provided that Airwallex was worth US$6.2bn, according to a news release from K&L Gates.
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thelawyermag.com | Bernise Carolino
Australian firm will take seven partners, who act for Commonwealth clients, from global firm By Ashurst, a global law firm, and Thomson Geer, an independent Australian corporate law firm, have jointly announced that Ashurst’s Canberra office will officially be joining Thomson Geer, effective early July.
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lawtimesnews.com | Bernise Carolino
At Nahwegahbow Corbiere, he was lead counsel to First Nations on litigation, negotiations, projects BY 28 May 2025 Alain Bartleman, a member of the Chippewas of Rama First Nation, has joined Fogler, Rubinoff LLP in Toronto as a partner in its Indigenous law practice department this month.
Bartleman’s work focuses on negotiating impact and community benefit, participation, revenue sharing, resource development, and similar agreements for First Nations across Canada.
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thelawyermag.com | Bernise Carolino
Her clients include those from infrastructure, tech, professional services, healthcare sectors By Addisons, a Sydney-based full-service commercial law firm, has announced the appointment of Brigid Clark as a partner in its employment and workplace relations practice, as of Monday.
Clark is an employment and work health and safety lawyer, according to a news release from the firm.
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thelawyermag.com | Bernise Carolino
Recently added corporate and commercial partner Sotheary Bryant has experience in auto industry By Moray & Agnew has relocated its Melbourne office to a building at 333 Collins Street, Melbourne, as of 23 May 2025, according to a media release from the national law firm.
“We will have a temporary home on level 8 of the new building ahead of our permanent home on level 16,” said Bill Papastergiadis, Melbourne managing partner, in the media release.
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canadianlawyermag.com | Bernise Carolino
March agreement committed US$40 million in free legal work to back White House causes By Four partners have announced their departure Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, following the law firm’s deal with the White House to cancel an executive order targeting the firm and endangering its business.
In an internal email seen by Reuters, Karen Dunn, William Isaacson, Jeannie Rhee, and Jessica Phillips said they would be working together to launch a new legal practice.
