News Articles for HFW

Three years after new workplace health and safety laws took effect, employers are learning about the higher penalties and wider risks they face.

Some of Australia's largest gas producers have warned they may invest elsewhere in light of ongoing delays in project approvals and social licence challenges.

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A planning dispute at Onslow has illustrated one of the many issues facing the oil and gas sector as it proceeds with a huge decommissioning challenge.

Global law firm MinterEllison has lost five senior partners to rival HFW, including four of its Perth partners and its chief representative in the Beijing office.

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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.

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Spanish-owned contractor Duro Felguera Australia, which is involved in multiple legal disputes arising from its work on big resources projects, has been ordered to set aside $20 million because of concerns it would not be able to pay potential claims.

A recent flurry of leasing deals by oil and gas-related firms has provided hope that Perth's CBD office market has hit the bottom, despite further downsizing expected in the energy sector throughout 2017.

Banking giant Westpac has been confirmed as the newest tenant for Brookfield Place Tower 2, as one of the city's newest office towers moves towards full occupancy.

Another former high-profile politician has found employment in the business world.

Cheryl Edwardes has been appointed as a strategic project adviser at Atlas Iron, as well as a senior advisor to FTI Consulting's strategic communications segment in Perth.

International law firm Holman Fenwick Willan has promoted Matthew Blycha from associate to partner in the Perth office.

Nine international and interstate law firms have entered the WA market in the past two-and-a-half years and more are likely to follow. The industry is still debating what it really means.

UK-BASED law firm Holman Fenwick Willan has officially opened its Perth office, three months after local recruit Julian Sher joined the firm.