A UK-based business has swooped on Cool Clear Water Group, buying the Perth-based water purification and dispensing system distributor for $60 million.
The state government has reacted critically to the sale of Wesfarmers' Premier Coal business, with premier Colin Barnett expressing concern over the state's two coal mines being in&n
A MOVE by 15 partners from what was the local office of Minter Ellison to start the Australia arm of US-based Squire Sanders & Dempsey marks another major shift in Western Australia's commercia
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey has become the latest international law firm to move into the Western Australian market, announcing plans for a merger with the local office of Minter Ellison.
Law firms Jackson McDonald and McKenzie Moncrieff will merge to create a 32-partner firm with more than 120 professional staff, cementing it as the second biggest law firm in Western Australia.
THE size of Western Australia's legal practices has fluctuated only mildly during the past 12 months despite the sector's changing dynamics as a result of the economic slowdown.
Minter Ellison Perth has appointed Maria Guarnieri (top left) as an associate for construction, engineering and infra-structure, Guillaume Blanc as a consultant for energy and resources, Katrina Al
With the new financial year commencing this week, a number of Western Australia's lawyers and accountants will be celebrating the fact as new partners of their respective firms.
The new financial year has triggered a series of changes at the top of Perth's big law firms with senior partners leaving MinterEllison, Clayton Utz and Freehills.
The inherent danger associated with applying a label to something as diverse as a generation is that such classifications can ultimately disappoint, failing to live up, or down, to expectations.
In the increasingly competitive market for good employees, Generation Xers have the pick of places to work, not just within Perth, but also the national and international markets.
