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Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 17 June 2026 to dis­cuss the set­tle­ment in the legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Kyle Sandi­lands against ARN

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 17 June 2026 to dis­cuss the set­tle­ment in the legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Kyle Sandi­lands against ARNTo lis­ten to the full pod­cast click here…

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Michael Byrnes for being award­ed a Mon­daq Thought Lead­er­ship Award for Spring 2026 in Employ­ment and HR

Mondaq’s Thought Lead­er­ship Awards, released twice a year in Autumn and Spring, cel­e­brate authors whose insights have attract­ed the high­est read­er­ship over the past six months. The awards high­light stand­out con­trib­u­tors across mul­ti­ple juris­dic­tions and top­ic areas, show­cas­ing those who con­sis­tent­ly deliv­er valu­able, prac­ti­cal guid­ance to read­ers worldwide.Con­grat­u­la­tions to Michael Byrnes for…

Press Release | New Senior Lawyer Appoint­ments: Jess Hui — Senior Asso­ciate & Han­nah Mack­ay — Associate

Jess Hui takes on the role of Senior Asso­ciate in our Cor­po­rate and Com­mer­cial team. Jess brings exten­sive expe­ri­ence advis­ing clients on cor­po­rate struc­tur­ing and restruc­tur­ing, com­mer­cial con­tract draft­ing, reviews, and nego­ti­a­tions, as well as busi­ness sales and acqui­si­tions. Her exper­tise also spans fran­chis­ing, IT and cyber­se­cu­ri­ty advi­so­ry, and intel­lec­tu­al…

Lawyers Week­ly — Syd­ney firm hosts Ger­man trainee in believed first-of-its-kind placement

Ear­li­er this year we wel­comed trainee lawyer Char­lotte Schnitzen­baumer from Munich-based law firm GvW Graf von West­phalen for a three‑month inter­na­tion­al place­ment. The ini­tia­tive under­scores our com­mit­ment to glob­al col­lab­o­ra­tion, tal­ent devel­op­ment and the prac­ti­cal val­ue of its long‑standing mem­ber­ship in the Mer­i­tas glob­al alliance of inde­pen­dent law firms. Char­lotte, who is…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Mon­ey News with James Willis on 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR on 19 May 2026 to dis­cuss a recent Fair Work Com­mis­sion case in which the pre­sid­ing mem­ber expressed frus­tra­tion with the influx of unmer­i­to­ri­ous claims to the FWC (17:30)

Michael Byrnes appeared on Mon­ey News with James Willis on 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR on 19 May 2026 to dis­cuss a recent Fair Work Com­mis­sion case in which the pre­sid­ing mem­ber expressed frus­tra­tion with the influx of unmer­i­to­ri­ous claims to the FWC (from 17:30 to 24:08)To lis­ten to the full…

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