Английская Википедия:HWL Ebsworth
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HWL Ebsworth is a commercial law firm that operates throughout Australia. It is the largest partnership among Australian law firms, with 280 partners as of 2022.[1]
HWL Ebsworth operates offices in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Norwest, Perth and Sydney. It trades in the areas of Banking & Financial Services, Building & Construction, Corporate & Commercial, Insurance, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Planning & Environment, Government, Real Estate & Projects, Transport and Workplace Relations & Safety.
History
HWL Ebsworth traces its foundation back to the 1890s. Throughout the second half of the 20th century, the firm was known as Ebsworth and Ebsworth prior to merging with Home Wilkinson Lowry in 2008.[2]
In 2011 HWL Ebsworth opened its new office in Canberra, one of the largest law offices located in the Australian Capital Territory.[3] In 2013 the firm expanded into Western Australia by merging with Downings Legal.[4] In 2014 HWL Ebsworth merged with Adelaide commercial law firm Kelly & Co and established an office in Adelaide.[5]
In December 2014, HWL Ebsworth announced that it had acquired two additional Australian law firms based in the Northern Territory and South Australia.[6]
In August 2016, HWL Ebsworth opened a Tasmanian office,[7] making it the only commercial law firm to have offices in every State and Territory of Australia.Шаблон:Citation needed
In February 2018, HWL Ebsworth acquired mid-tier firm TressCox Lawyers, founded in 1897, bringing the partner count to approximately 230 plus another 900 legal and support staff.[8]
Cyberincident 2023
At the start of May 2023, reports began emerging that HWL Ebsworth had been hacked, with claims that 4 terabytes of data had been illegally accessed and copied by culprits in Russia.[9] In mid-June the figure of 4 terabytes was revised and reduced to 3.6 terabytes, and a figure of 2.37 million files was reported[10] as the number of files encompassed by the hack, which included files of about 45 federal or state government departments and about 50 ASX 100 corporations. [11] In June 2023, the company successfully sought an injunction from the Supreme Court of New South Wales to prevent anyone discussing what is in the stolen cache of data. The gag order covered the firm's clients as well as news media.[12]
Further reading:
The Australian 2 May 2023 Data stolen as top legal firm hacked.
Australian Financial Review 2 May 2023 Big game hunting hackers ALPHV claim major breach of law firm HWL Ebsworth.
Australian Financial Review 5 May 2023 How Black Cat hackers targeted HWL Ebsworth.
Australian Financial Review 5 June 2023 Hackers give HWL Ebsworth ultimatum.
Yahoo News 9 June 2023 Law firm investigates cyber hack data release claim.
New Daily 9 June 2023 Major law firm HWL Ebsworth probing data hack.
ABC News 9 June 2023 Russian-linked hackers taunt HWL Ebsworth over data breach - claim to have published files to dark web.
Australian Financial Review 10 June 2023 That is a no say HWL Ebsworth to cyber hacks.
Australian Financial Review 14 June 2023 Law firm takes Black Cat hackers to court to prevent data access (sic, to make data exploitation a contempt of court).
Law Society Journal 14 June 2023 HWL Ebsworth data breach - Hackers claim huge data leak.
LawyersWeekly 15 June 2023 Inside HWL Ebsworth s plan to manage a 4TB data leak.
The Australian 15 June 2023 Privacy watchdog's data stolen.
Australian Financial Review 16 June 2023 Inside HWLE's negotiations with BlackCat hackers.
The Australian 17 June 2023 Defence loses top secrets in hack.
The Australian 24 June 2023 Fears for sensitive legal case files.
The Australian 15 January 2024 RBA (Reserve Bank) and PM's department hit by data hackers.
Practice areas
HWL Ebsworth is a full-service commercial law firm and the firm accordingly participates in all major commercial law practice areas. A substantial amount of the firm's work includes:[13]
- Insurance,
- Banking and Financial Services,
- Construction,
- Capital Markets,
- Corporate and Commercial,
- Energy and Resources,
- Government,
- Insolvency,
- Intellectual Property,
- Litigation and Dispute Resolution, and
- Transport.
As of 2020, HWL Ebsworth was ranked by Chambers and Partners as a "band 1" Australian firm in aviation, native title and shipping,[14] and by The Legal 500 as a "tier 1" Australian firm in aviation.[15]
Offices
- Шаблон:Flagicon Melbourne (447 Collins Street - Head Office)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Sydney (Australia Square)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Norwest (Norwest Business Park)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Darwin (Mitchell Centre)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Canberra (HWL Ebsworth Building)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Brisbane (480 Queen Street)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Perth (240 St George's Terrace)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Adelaide (Westpac House)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Hobart (85 Macquarie Street)
Notable employees
- Sandy Street, a judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, worked as a lawyer at the firm before being called to the Bar.Шаблон:Citation needed
- Ron McCallum AO, a legal academic and former dean of law at the University of Sydney, became a consultant at HWL Ebsworth in 2010.[16]
- Alan Rose AO, a former public servant, became a consultant at HWL Ebsworth in 2012.[17]
References
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- ↑ Lawyers Weekly 2 May 2023 HWL Ebsworth suffers data breach
- ↑ Australian Financial Review 2023 June 16 Inside HWLE's negotiations with BlackCat hackers
- ↑ Guardian 2 May 2023 Australian law firm HWL Ebsworth hit by Russian-linked ransomware attack
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