Accounting and financial services provider HLB Mann Judd Perth has acquired A Plus Business Advisors, lifting its business advisory division headcount above 30.
Perth's P&N Bank and the Brisbane-based Great Southern Bank are in early-stage merger talks that could create a $30 billion customer-owned banking heavyweight.
The Tax Practitioners Board has terminated the registration of former PwC chief executive Tom Seymour after concluding he failed to act with integrity or manage conflicts of interest.
Perth-founded law firm Wrays has merged with international intellectual property services business Rouse, making the latter's entry into Australian and New Zealand legal markets.
HHG Legal has introduced a partnership model with profit-sharing arrangements in a shake-up of its leadership and ownership structure, a major change in the firm's 106-year history.
A former PwC partner, who has also held senior roles with Deloitte and BHP, is suing the firm over alleged harassment, sexual discrimination and unpaid partnership profits.
Two of Western Australia's most successful families – the Bennetts and the Martins – have seen changes in the ranks of key advisers to their business interests.
Prominent Perth lawyers Jason Ricketts, David Hugo and Tony Joyner have teamed up for the launch of an independent firm providing a mix of legal and consultancy services.
A new barristers' chambers, which includes the legal counsel for Wright Prospecting and Brittany Higgins, has moved into the top floors of the former Citibank building.
A major Aboriginal corporation has launched two new ventures to help other Aboriginal groups in legal disputes after securing a $125 million compensation payout from Rio Tinto.
Wesfarmers-owned Kmart Group has announced the resignation of managing director Ian Bailey after 19 years, with chief financial officer Aleksandra Spaseska to step up to the role.
The country's gender pay gap has marginally narrowed but WA has the biggest income disparity out of the states and territories, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency found.
A merger between Herbert Smith Freehills and US-based firm Kramer Levin to form Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is on the cards, a move they claim will make them a top 20 global firm.