Lawyers Weekly, The green agenda

20 August 2008

Minter Ellison's green credentials rank amongst the best of Australian professional services firms.

The Age, 'Overkill in defence of privacy'

13 August 2008

In a special opinion piece for The Age, media expert Peter Bartlett looks at the Australian Law Reform Commission's recently released Privacy Report.

Smart Company, 'Redundancy: Do the decent – and legal – thing'

12 August 2008

Specialist employment partner, Gareth Jolly, comments on the obligations of an employer considering redundancies.

Australian Financial Review, 'Profits up, time to go: Templeton'

08 August 2008

Minter Ellison CEO, Guy Templeton, has announced he will retire from the firm when his contract expires in June 2009.

The Age, 'Motorists desert Eastlink: Tollway traffic slumps as train congestion balloons

08 August 2008

Infrastructure expert partner Peter Block told The Age that toll roads would continue to be built in spite of recent low patronage.

Global Competition Review, 'Australia releases grocery report'

06 August 2008

The ACCC has released its report on the competitiveness of the country's grocery sector. Partner Russell Miller AM, says although the commission has done a thorough job, the results do not justify the significant public and private cost of the inquiry.

The Australian, 'Japan is the next free trade target'

01 August 2008

Iain Sandford, who heads Minter Ellison's International Trade Group, told The Australian that Japan's system of regulating legal services was one of the most complex in the world.

The Australian, 'Female barristers lose out on fees – but Minter Ellison still offers women high-value trial work'

01 August 2008

Minter Ellison is he standout performer when it comes to briefing out high value work to Victorian female barristers.

Australian Financial Review, 'Big first for UK's big four'

18 July 2008

CEO Guy Templeton commented on the continued success of the firm's London office despite the turbulent global economic times.

The Australian Jewish News, 'Not for Profit'

18 July 2008

Lisa Seifman explains about why she takes part in the firm's pro bono program.

BRW, 'CEO Q&A'

16 July 2008

Chief Executive, Guy Templeton, answers five key questions for BRW.

The Australian, 'Law firm adopts a new outlook on data integration'

15 July 2008

Minter Ellison's National Operations Technology Manager, Ian Kirby, explains why the firm migrated its email system to the Microsoft Exchange system.

Australian Financial Review, 'Law firm reap climate change windfall'

11 July 2008

Climate change partner Allison Warburton comments on the emissions trading scheme set out in Ross Garnaut's recent report.

ACQ Asset Finance magazine, 'The Big Deals'

04 July 2008

London partner Nigel Clark gives his views on deals in the first half of this year and provides some thought about the future.

Campus Review, 'Anti-money laundering for universities'

01 July 2008

Pamela Madafiglio and Jennifer Barton recently had their article 'Anti-money laundering for universities' republished by Campus Review. This article is featured in our latest Higher Education Udpate.

The Weekend Australian, 'Sustainable investments – Special Report'

28 June 2008

Partner and co-head of Minter Ellison's Climate Change group, Allison Warburton, looks at emissons management strategies and offset schemes.

West Australian, 'Accountants and lawyers rein in staff promotions'

28 June 2008

Managing partner of our Perth office, John Poulsen, challenges the perception of fewer promotions in Western Australia.

Australian Financial Review, 'More than a taste of Asia'

27 June 2008

Recently appointed Hong Kong partner, Matthew Hibbins, spoke to Australian Financial Review about doing business in Hong Kong

Lawyers Weekly, 'Ten minutes with Templeton'

27 June 2008

Five years ago Guy Templeton left a jet-setting, 14-year career as a management consultant to become Minter Ellison's Chief Executive.

Global Competition Review, 'Samuel hits back at critics'

27 June 2008

Head of Minter Ellison's Competition Law group, Russell Miller AM, comments on Australia's Competition and Consumer Commission.

Australian Financial Review, 'SCs on track to the top'

27 June 2008

According to the recent partnership survey Minter Ellison has 84 SCs, Clayton Utz has 67, Sparke Helmore 39, and Freehills 22.

Australian Financial Review, 'Firms seek SA offices as state resources heat up'

27 June 2008

The 2008 annual partnership survey was released last week. The survey provides a detailed analysis on the growth and movement in law firms across practice areas, jurisdictions and industry sectors.

BRW, 'Building legal know-how'

26 June 2008

BRW writes about the launch of Minter Ellison's online legal resource Construction Law Made Easy. Find out more about this innovative website-based tool.

BRW, 'Risk Reaps its rewards'

26 June 2008

Restructuring work has become a hot area for specialists lawyers triggered by the fallout of the credit crunch crisis. Insolvency and restructuring partner, Michael Hughes, told BRW that there has been a considerable uptake of reconstructing work.

Anthill Magazine online, '10 ways to avoid ICT project disasters'

25 June 2008

Technology partner Oliver Barrett looks at ten ingredients essential to avoiding a governance catastrophe in the fast-moving IT sector.

Australian Financial Review, 'Judges reinforce media's exemption under TPA'

24 June 2008

Minter Ellison's defamation specialist, Peter Bartlett, commented on two important cases that tested the exemption of media organisations from sections of the Trade Practices Act.

The Australian, 'Fears axed flights could hit hospital upgrade'

23 June 2008

Minter Ellison is acting for the Queensland Government in its sale of the Cairns Airport.

Lawyers Weekly, 'Whose child is it anyway?'

20 June 2008

Partner Maged Girgis and special counsel Nathan Hodge write about the Federal Government's removal of discrimination against same-sex couples in the area of superannuation.

Lawyers Weekly, 'The dealmakers'

20 June 2008

Minter Ellison is advising Sonic Healthcare in its proposed buyout of Independent Practitioner Network Limited.

Lawyers Weekly, 'It's a Hong Kong life'

20 June 2008

Partner Matthew Hibbins, who relocated to Hong Kong at the end of 2007, spoke to Lawyers Weekly about what it's like to work there.

Asian Counsel Weekly Briefing, 'Deals and Moves'

19 June 2008

Minter Ellison is acting in the take private of the Macquarie Capital Alliance Group.

The Advertiser, 'Uranium: `Simplify' the regulations'

18 June 2008

Minter Ellison partner Kent Grey says the complex regulatory arrangements around Australia's uranium industry are overdue for simplification.

Australian Financial Review, 'Law schools show graduates the global horizon'

16 June 2008

Minter Ellison partner Russell Miller told the Australian Financial Review that lawyers can not ignore their clients' increasingly global orientation.

Law Society Journal (NSW), 'Enlightened CSR'

13 June 2008

Minter Ellison Director of Pro Bono and Community Investment, Anton Hermann, told the Law Society Journal that CSR programs are not just about what you give but what you get back.

Asian Counsel Weekly Briefing, 'Deals and Moves'

12 June 2008

Minter Ellison is advising Sonic Healthcare in the proposed take private of Independent Practitioner Network.

Lawyer 2B, 'All win, No fee: The business case for giving back'

06 June 2008

Specialist investment funds partner, Stuart Johnson, worked with corporate leader Chris Cuffe (the former CEO of Colonial First State) to set up Australia's first not-for-profit managed investment fund.

The Australian, 'Call for juries to have role in payouts'

06 June 2008

Head of Minter Ellison's Media practice, Peter Bartlett, has supported calls for defamation laws to be reviewed less than 18 months after they were introduced.

Global Competition Review, 'ACCC investigates one-supermarket deal'

05 June 2008

Partner Russell Miller AM spoke to Global Competition Review about Australia's Competition and Consumer Commission's investigation of a supermarket purchase.

Lawyers Weekly, 'Corporate Responsibility Index gains ground with law firms'

30 May 2008

Minter Ellison attained a gold ranking in the 5th annual CRI, as the Index gains a toe hold in the legal industry.

Lawyers Weekly, 'Minters acts on landmark emissions trading transaction'

30 May 2008

Minter Ellison partner, Mitzi Gilligan, advised AGL Energy on the first ever trade of Australian emissions trading units.

The Australian, 'Privacy tort a blow to free speech'

29 May 2008

Head of Minter Ellison's Media practice, Peter Bartlett, told The Australian that the adoption of a new statutory tort of privacy would expose the media to a new wave of litigation.

Australian Financial Review, 'Sale contract for non-existent asset'

23 May 2008

Minter Ellison partner Mitzi Gilligan had to do some 'lateral thinking' when asked to draft the contract for the first trade in Australian emission trading units

Lawyers Weekly, 'Facing the fact for crunch time '08'

23 May 2008

Earlier this year, Minter Ellison Melbourne hosted the first in a series of regular financial services forums on the causes of the credit crunch crisis, its impact on clients, and what we can expect in the future. Partners David Etervoic and Brendon Watkins published an article for the Melbourne Magazine capturing some of the highlights which Lawyers Weekly has republished.

The Age, 'Budget to back infrastructure'

20 May 2008

The Building Australia Fund is expected to receive $20 billion over the next two years to fund Australia's critical infrastructure needs – forming a major part of the government's federal budget.

Carbon & Environment Daily, 'AGL and Westpac trade Australian allowances'

20 May 2008

Minter Ellison advised AGL in a landmark transaction – the first trade in Australian emission trading units.

Sydney Morning Herald, 'Stand out from the crowd'

20 May 2008

In a year when the bar for the Corporate Responsibility Index was set higher, Minter Ellison has been awarded a GOLD ranking and had the second-highest score in the Index.

BRW, 'Chinese Burn'

15 May 2008

Minter Ellison's Hong Kong Managing Partner, Sam Farrands, says the influx of US law firms into Hong Kong will lead to more competition.

Australian Financial Review, 'Beware Broadband overbuild and brinkmanship'

09 May 2008

Richard Dammery, corporate partner at Minter Ellison, and former executive of Telstra, Telecom Corporation of New Zealand and AAPT discusses the national broadband dilemma in an Opinion piece published in Australian Financial Review.

Lawyer's Weekly, Minters stands up to credit crisis

09 May 2008

Minter Ellison advised on the complex financing for Primary Health Cares A$3.56 billion acquisition of Symbion Health.

Lawyer's Weekly, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts NZ employer of choice

09 May 2008

Minter Ellison Rudd Watts has been named inaugural winner of the Employer of the Year award by the Acting Minister of Defence for its support of territorial forces.

The Australian - Climate Change Special Report 'Climate Change Road Map – Still a shade of grey after Garnaut Interim Report'

29 April 2008

Head of Minter Ellison's Climate Change practice, Duncan MacGregor, discussed the Garnaut Interim Report in his Opinion piece for The Australian's special Climate Change report.

Australian Financial Review, 'Gardening leave no bed of roses'

26 April 2008

Head of Melbourne's HR & IR Group Michael Tehan discusses some of the difficulties employers face in the courtroom with regard to restraint clauses in employment contracts.

Australian Financial Review, 'Panel prompts bidders over collateral benefits'

23 April 2008

James Philips, head of the firm's M&A team in Sydney, told the Australian Financial Review that the Takeover Panel's guidance note regarding "collateral benefits" is a helpful reminder.

Australian Financial Review, A national charter of rights

18 April 2008

The Australian Financial Review has profiled Minter Ellison young lawyer and 2020 Summit participant, Phoebe Knowles.

IP Down Under, 'Assessing copyright risk in new classroom technologies'

12 April 2008

Charles Alexander looks at the proliferation of new content created in, and by, educational institutions as a result of the increasing use of technologies such as podcasts, chatrooms, online forums and other forms of ‘electronic classroom’.

The Australian, 'China Regulates its changing workforce'

11 April 2008

Pattie Walsh, Head of Minter Ellison's Greater China Employment & HR practice speaks about China's changing workforce and of the types of challenges facing lawyers advising clients in this sector.

The Australian, 'Tomlinson digs the gig but Opes is a case of midnight oil'

11 April 2008

Minter Ellison partner Brendon Watkins spoke to The Australian of the recent collapse of Opes Prime Stockbroking, the first broker to become insolvent in Australia for over 12 years.

The Australian, 'Claims pile up 'just like the old days''

11 April 2008

Minter Ellison is advising the ANZ Bank in the Opes Prime collapse.

Australian Financial Review 'Conflict risks in demand for speed'

11 April 2008

Minter Ellison Chief Executive, Guy Templeton, told the AFR that conflict issues increase when there is greater market volatility.

BRW, New Rules and Reasoning

10 April 2008

HR & IR partner, Gareth Jolly discusses the biggest challenges for businesses during the transitional phase between workplace agreements and new national employment standards.

Campus Review, 'UWA and intellectual property'

09 April 2008

Campus Review has republished a Minter Ellison article about who owns inventions developed by academic staff.

Australasian Legal Business, 'Talent war: The winners'

08 April 2008

Minter Ellison has been voted was one of the best firms in Australia to work for according to Australasian Legal Business's extensive 2008 Employer of Choice survey.

Australasian Legal Business, 'Partner satisfaction survey'

08 April 2008

In the 12 months since Australasian Legal Business's 2007 survey, more partners have come around to the view that Gen Y issues have a positive impact on the business and profit performance of the firm.

Australasian Legal Business, 'Partner satisfaction survey'

08 April 2008

Minter Ellison is ranked one of the top firms in the country in the area of environmental law.

International Tax Review, 'Australia-South Africa protocol reforms withholding tax rates'

08 April 2008

Special Counsel Craig Bowie spoke to the International Tax Review about a new Australian-South Africa tax protocol that may help investment between both countries.

BRW, 'Chinese Checkers'

03 April 2008

Minter Ellison is helping clients navigate China's changing business legal framework.

Mission Australia – Transformations, 'Learning together'

02 April 2008

Minter Ellison is part of the Catalyst program, which is giving disadvantaged people access to university education.

Australian Financial Review, 'Manipulators have no business'

01 April 2008

M&A partner James Philips, in his Opinion piece for the Australian Financial Review, wonders if the regulators can tame market manipulation and negative rumours

Australian Financial Review, 'Equal access is really top class?'

31 March 2008

Former Minter Ellison Chief Executive, Phil Clark, was profiled by the Australian Financial Review for its "Key to Success" series and spoke about the firm's involvement with James Meehan High School in Sydney.

Lawyer2B, 'Kicking off the training wheels'

28 March 2008

Minter Ellison young lawyer, Brooke Miechel, said the experience you get working in Canberra is quite difference to what you'd get working in other capital cities.

Lawyer2B, 'Worried about time recording?'

28 March 2008

While time recording is an unavoidable reality of working in a law firm, Minter Ellison HR Director, Rolf Moses, explained that setting billable hour targets for gradates was not a high priority for our firm.

Lawyer2B, 'Top firms get serious about climate change'

28 March 2008

Minter Ellison's climate change team has taken a multi-disciplinary approach.

Australian Financial Review, 'AWAs still flavour of month'

27 March 2008

Specialist industrial relations partner, Gareth Jolly, said employers were continuing to use AWAs.

Law Fuel, 'Minter Ellison welcomes new IP partner'

27 March 2008

Online legal news source Law Fuel has reported the appointment of Minter Ellison's new IP partner, Lynne Peach.

Australian Financial Review, 'Money-laundering laws cause concern'

18 March 2008

According to Richard Batten, complying with the new federal anti-money laundering laws has proved more complicated than expected for some in the financial services sector.

Australian Financial Review, 'Universities crank up private funding'

17 March 2008

With universities increasingly turning to private sector finance for new facilities, Paul Paxton, said public-private partnerships were not new in the tertiary education sector but now are much more structured around risk allocation.

The Australian, 'Big deals were just what the doctor ordered'

14 March 2008

New corporate partner Richard Dammery, speaks to The Australian about his decision to head back to private practice after leading the project teams on two of Australia's highest profile transactions – the sale of Myer and the takeover (by scheme) of Coles by Westfarmers.

The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Treasure your trash'

13 March 2008

Minter Ellison, along with Westpac, BT Financial Group and Optus, has joined with not-for-profit organisation Work Ventures to recondition, reuse and recycle its old computers.

Global Competition Review, 'Telstra fails in constitutional telecoms challenge'

10 March 2008

Competition specialist, Paul Schoff, told the UK's Global Competition Review that the High Court has restored a degree of regulatory certainly for the entire telecommunications industry in Australia.

Australian Financial Review, 'Strategies change as juries become more involved'

08 March 2008

Media and defamation expert, Peter Bartlett, sees a likely drop-off in defamation work but believes law reforms are likely to present new opportunities in the media law area.

Australian Financial Review, 'Changing landscape good for business'

08 March 2008

Richard West, head of Minter Ellison's national employment practice, said the relative quite on the industrial front is here to stay.

New Zealand Herald, 'Jury still out on unsettling rule change'

08 March 2008

Cathy Quinn, a senior corporate partner with Minter Ellison Rudd Watts in Auckland and member of the Securities Commission, said the New Zealand Government's sudden change of the rules around overseas investment was not a good signal to send to foreign investors.

Australian Financial Review, 'Recruit a friend, earn $10k'

07 March 2008

HR Director Rolf Moses told the AFR that our best recruits are those referred by our own staff.

Australian Financial Review, High Court end Telstra's network bid

07 March 2008

Competition partner Paul Schoff, was asked to comment on Telstra's High Court loss in its quest for compensation for letting rivals use its network.

Internet Law Bulletin, 'Words of warning: The ins and outs of email disclaimers'

07 March 2008

Canberra lawyer Vanessa Smith provides and overview of the extent to which email disclaimers will be recognised in law.