Justice Patrick Keane has been picked as the newest member of the Pineapple Mafia – the Queenslanders who run the government – after Attorney-General Robert McClelland announced his appointment as the next chief justice of the Federal Court.
Keane went to the bar in 1978, took silk in 1988, and was appointed Queensland solicitor general in 1992. He joined Queensland’s Court of Appeal in 2005, where he was considered a candidate for the High Court in 2008.
Japanese law firm TMI Associates has established a strategic alliance with Australia’s Johnson Winter Slattery (JWS) marking the first partnership of its kind between major law firms from these two nations.
Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance and Shanghai He Ping Law Firm have established a joint operation office in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ), following approval from the Shanghai Justice Bureau.
Submissions are now open for ALB’s Thailand Firms to Watch 2025. This list will highlight the most promising and innovative law firms in Indonesia that are making a mark in the legal industry. The list will be published in the December 2025 issue of ALB Asia.