Gilbert + Tobin has this week launched The Perth Women’s Circle, a 12 month networking and career enrichment program designed to further accelerate access to professional opportunities for the city’s rising female executives.

Gilbert + Tobin is proud to continue its support of the UNSW “Designing Technology Solutions for Access to Justice” course. 

Gilbert + Tobin has represented German chemical giant BASF (formerly Ciba) in an innovation patent litigation regarding BASF’s Rheomax™ technology for treatment of mine tailings. 

A year after the firm completed its first full-scope carbon footprint assessment, G+T has taken another important step in its journey to reduce its impact on the environment, becoming carbon neutral across its Sydney, Melbourne and Perth operations. 

G+T Litigation Partner Colleen Platford has won the Women’s Insolvency Network Australia (WINA) award for the 2018 Outstanding Female in the Insolvency and/or Restructuring Industry.

Gilbert + Tobin has been recognised in the Janders Dean Legal Innovation Index 2018. The win further demonstrates the firm’s leadership in harnessing the power of technology to meet its internal and client needs in a streamlined, timely and more efficient way.

Gilbert + Tobin is delighted to have advised Telstra in connection with a new venture capital fund launched by Telstra Ventures, the venture capital arm of Telstra. The new fund is backed by Telstra and HarbourVest, one of the world’s largest private equity investment firms, and will focus on early to late stage venture investment opportunities in the US and the Asia Pacific.

Gilbert + Tobin has advised Roads and Maritime Services on a long-running, substantial project culminating in the awarding of a 20-year concession to operate guided climbs on Sydney Harbour Bridge to Hammons Holdings.

Gilbert + Tobin partners Gina Cass-Gottlieb and Tim Gordon have been recognised among Australia’s top legal professionals at the third annual Lawyers Weekly 'Partner of the Year Awards'.

Gina Cass-Gottlieb was named Partner of the Year – Competition, Trade and Regulation, and Tim Gordon took out the Mergers and Acquisitions Partner of the Year award.

Gilbert + Tobin has taken out the Innovation in Rule of Law and Access to Justice Award at the annual FT Innovative Lawyers Asia Pacific Awards held in Hong Kong last night.

With cross border related transactions being of particular investigative focus for the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), G+T’s tax advisory experts have developed an innovative tool to help businesses understand and manage the risks associated with their financing arrangements.

Gilbert + Tobin is set to increase its market-leading position across a number of key specialities with the promotion of seven new partners and six special counsel, effective 1 July 2018.