KWM partner Andrew Norman is set to join Clayton Utz in Melbourne.

Slater & Gordon has announced its full year results for FY2013, unveiling an acquisition-fuelled revenue surge.

A United Nations-mandated commission investigating the status of human rights in North Korea and chaired by former Australian High Court justice Michael Kirby will commence a series of public hearings in Seoul next week.

Webb Henderson has ventured some distance from its humble origins as a trans-Tasman firm with its latest achievement: the firm has been appointed as a legal and regulatory advisor to Qatar, Abu Dhabi and London-listed communications company Ooredoo in Myanmar.

DLA Piper and Serbian law firm Samardzic Law Office have represented Etihad Airways on its acquisition of 49 percent stake in loss-making Serbian national airline JatAirways.

Slaughter and May and The Law Office of Bader Saud Al Bader and Partners have advised the international arm of Kuwait's state oil company on the signing of $750 million, five-year syndicated loan.

Clayton Utz has recruited David Ephraums to join the firm's superannuation practice as a partner.

On May 2 2013, the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) released the first draft of the proposed Singapore Companies (Amendment) Bill 2013; a groundbreaking law to strengthen Singapore`s corporate regulatory framework modelled on the UK, Australia and Hong Kong.

Minter Ellison has announced that insurance and employment lawyer David Sweet has joined the Minters SA/NT partnership.

HWL Ebsworth has announced the appointment of David Guthrie as a partner in its Melbourne insurance team. Guthrie was previously at Norton Rose Fulbright.