Our 2006 media releases are listed below:
05 December 2006
Freehills rewards talent and commercial focus: Three exceptional new partners appointed
Freehills announced the appointment of three new partners today in a move that exemplifies the firm’s commitment to rewarding talented employees and responding to client needs
01 December 2006
Freehills brings IT innovation into everyday business
Freehills has become the first legal firm in the Asia Pacific region to overhaul its current financial reporting system and replace it with cutting edge technology built upon Microsoft’s innovative SQL 2005 Analytics and Reporting platform.
01 December 2006
Freehills implements leading edge core business intelligence infrastructure
Maintaining an ongoing focus on meeting and exceeding clients’ needs, Freehills has successfully overhauled its current financial reporting system to replace it with cutting edge technology built upon Microsoft’s innovative SQL 2005 Analytics and Reporting platform.
16 November 2006
Freehills wins Law Society of NSW award for flexible work practices
Freehills has received a ‘Special Award for Flexibility in the Workplace’ from the Law Society of New South Wales (NSW) for its initiatives in flexible work practices.
26 October 2006
Freehills wins Australian Law Firm of the Year for third year running
For the third successive year, Freehills has been awarded the coveted Australian Law Firm of the Year Award at the 2006 Australian Law Awards ceremony in Sydney. Freehills took home a total of six awards on the evening, highlighting an extremely triumphant year for the firm.
22 September 2006
Freehills wins CFO Magazine’s 2006 Corporate Legal Services Firm of the Year Award
Freehills’ outstanding success for the 2005/2006 financial year has been recognised and rewarded with the coveted accolade of CFO Magazine’s 2006 Corporate Legal Services Firm of the Year Award.
25 July 2006
Freehills tops Thomson Financial and Bloomberg M&A legal advisor league tables
Freehills continues to dominate its competitors in the legal market for mergers and acquisitions (M&A), as evidenced by Thomson Financial’s and Bloomberg's Australian and New Zealand M&A League Tables for the first half of calendar 2006.
04 July 2006
Freehills appoints new practice group head for Patents & Trade Marks group
Freehills has announced the appointment of Frances Drummond to the position of practice group head for the firm’s Patents & Trade Marks (PTM) group.
04 July 2006
Freehills to boost Singapore office with the appointment of special counsel, Simon Taskunas
Freehills, which has provided legal advice to corporate clients and governments across Asia for over 30 years, has announced that it is boosting its Asian practice with the relocation of newly appointed special counsel, Simon Taskunas, to its Singapore office.
28 June 2006
Freehills partner Luke Gannon takes on senior role with key client
Freehills’ long-standing and highly valued relationship with Australian-based investment company MFS Limited (MFS) has been further strengthened with the announcement that Freehills partner Luke Gannon will take up the permanent position of Group General Counsel and Head of Corporate Development at MFS next month.
13 June 2006
Growth spurt for Freehills’ Brisbane office with the appointment of three new partners
Michael Back, Head of Freehills’ Brisbane office and partner in the firm’s Projects group announced today that three of the 14 lawyers invited to join the firm’s national partnership will be based in Brisbane, signalling and supporting the continuing growth of the firm’s Brisbane practice.
13 June 2006
Freehills invites 14 outstanding lawyers to join the partnership
Freehills announced today that 14 senior lawyers have accepted the invitation to join the firm’s partnership. The appointments span five different practice groups across the firm and highlight the strong career development culture the firm has worked hard on developing.
07 June 2006
Freehills enjoys success at South-East Asia’s top legal awards ceremony
Freehills’ expertise in mergers and acquisitions and equity markets has once again been celebrated, this time at the 2006 Asia Legal Business Deals of the Year Awards ceremony, which took place in Singapore on Friday, 2 June 2006.
08 May 2006
Leading tax industry figure calls for real tax reform
In advance of the Budget announcement on 9 May, director of leading tax law firm Greenwoods & Freehills, and president of the Taxation Institute of Australia (TIA), Andrew Mills, has called for real reforms to the drafting and consideration of tax legislation instead of simply changing rates of tax.
17 March 2006
Freehills wins IFLR Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year Award
Freehills was presented with the Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year Award at the prestigious International Financial Law Review (IFLR) Asian Awards ceremony, which took place at the Ritz Carlton in Hong Kong on Wednesday night.
16 March 2006
Pause in Queensland's PPP deal pipeline ends with market set to boom
Freehills’ Projects Group welcomes the recent Queensland Government announcement that eight projects worth $5.6 billion will be assessed for release as Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the next 12 months.
14 March 2006
Freehills partner to join Board of leading US think tank
Michael Mills, a partner in Freehills’ Litigation practice, will this week attend the RAND Corporation’s Institute for Civil Justice’s (ICJ) Board meeting in Santa Monica.
07 March 2006
Australian employers urged to prepare for the new ‘Fair Pay And Conditions’ Standard
Employers are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the new Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard (‘The Standard’) to ensure their employment arrangements are compliant when the reforms commence later this month. Failure to comply will expose employers to claims for penalties and back payment of relevant entitlements.
07 March 2006
Media Release - Freehills welcomes back a leading financial services expert
Freehills will further strengthen their pre-eminent Financial Services practice with the return to the firm of Michael Vrisakis, one of Australia’s leading practitioners in the financial services arena.
19 January 2006
Freehills’ acts on mega Leveraged Buy-Out transaction
Freehills acted recently on one of the largest ever global Leveraged Buy-Out transactions which closed on 21 December 2005.
