Global law firm Hogan Lovells has confirmed it will close its small Perth office after partner Matthew Johnson announced his move to competitor Allen & Overy.
Law firm Allen & Overy has recruited Matthew Johnson from the rapidly shrinking Perth office of Hogan Lovells, ahead of the planned retirement of A&O's top Perth partner Geoff Simpson.
More than a dozen law firm partners in Perth including Paul Evans, Paul Lingard and Spencer Flay are on the move in an extraordinary period of change for the sector.
Emeco Holdings has expanded its service offering after signing a $72 million agreement to acquire Australian underground mining equipment and services provider, Pit N Portal.
SPECIAL REPORT: There have been some big moves among corporate finance dealmakers in Perth, who worked on more than 850 transactions worth nearly $25 billion in 2017.
Most of the big law firms in Perth have shrunk in size over the past year, with Ashurst experiencing the biggest drop in staff, while only a couple of smaller firms have achieved significant growth, research by Business News has found.
International law firm Hogan Lovells is seeking to leverage off its presence in Asia by establishing operations in Australia, which will be run out of Perth and Sydney.
