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• Why renewables M&A is heating up, despite regulatory hurdles

  Interest and investment in renewables is one of the fastest-growing areas of M&A in the current climate. For lawyers practising in this space, this brings various challenges in wading through a shifting landscape, but also myriad opportunities to best serve clients. In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Holding Redlich partners Jeanne Vallade and Dhanushka Jayawardena about their respective work at the BigLaw firm, why renewables is such a fast-growing space for M&A, the tax implications, the headline challenges being experienced, political influences, making such developments work for foreign investors, and ensuring best practice in a fast-moving landscape. The trio also delves into early and integrated due diligence, following the life cycle of a project, the popularity of battery energy storage systems, regulatory hurdles to grapple with, how best to advise clients in the current climate, what excites them about their work in this space moving forward, and "bringing a little piece of [a] complex puzzle to the bigger, bigger picture". If you like this episode, show your support by rating us or leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (The Lawyers Weekly Show) and by following Lawyers Weekly on social media: Facebook, X and LinkedIn. If you have any questions about what you heard today, any topics of interest you have in mind, or if you'd like to lend your voice to the show, email [email protected]

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• Protégé: Why AI is making this the best time in decades to become a lawyer

  Amid unprecedented technological change in the legal profession, many young lawyers and students feel uncertain about their future. But David Fischl argues this worry is misplaced – in fact, he says there has never been a better time to enter the profession. In a recent episode of The Protégé Podcast, host Grace Robbie speaks with David Fischl, legal digital transformation lead partner and corporate and commercial team lead partner at Hicksons | Hunt & Hunt, about his firsthand experience witnessing AI reshape the legal profession, why these shifts are creating unprecedented opportunities for junior practitioners to learn and grow faster, and how he expects AI to continue redefining the profession in the years ahead. Fischl also delves into how AI is accelerating the career trajectory of junior lawyers by giving them access to more complex responsibilities earlier than ever before, acknowledges the uncertainty many young lawyers feel about the profession's future but notes that this mindset is shifting as they see the opportunities AI creates, stresses that firms aren't hiring for AI expertise but for curiosity and adaptability, and offers advice to young lawyers who feel intimidated by the rapid pace of technological change.

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• LawTech Talks: Mastering knowledge management

  In this special episode of LawTech Talks, produced in partnership with iManage, we explore how teams – both in-house and in private practice – can leverage their internal knowledge assets to prepare them for the next generation of legal services and AI and digital transformation. Host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with iManage's global product director for knowledge and AI, Alex Smith, and Asia-Pacific legal industry expert Madeleine Porter about why knowledge management is such an urgent priority for legal teams, how cognisant lawyers are of this urgency, lessons learnt from this past year, whether certain practices and processes remain fit for purpose in the current climate, and whether it's becoming harder for legal teams to avoid drowning in knowledge. Smith and Porter also delve into the questions that legal teams need to ask of themselves in better mastering their knowledge management, creating a more holistic operational culture, approaches that will not work moving forward, practical steps that need to be taken, leveraging business data, the role of AI and automation, ethical considerations, and the opportunities to be gleaned from taking such action. To learn more about iManage, click here.

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• The Litigation Partner of the Year on being underestimated and embracing differences

  Here, the reigning Litigation Partner of the Year reflects on what makes her a successful litigator, including staying true to herself, appreciating what makes her tick, and placing importance on emotional intelligence. In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy welcomes back Bowes Legal managing partner Jane Bowes to discuss her firm's recent expansion from northern Queensland into Brisbane and potential further expansion plans, how it felt to win the litigation category at the 2025 Partner of the Year Awards, how the win validated the approach she has taken in her career, and having the courage to stay true to one's convictions. Bowes also delves into how feeling underestimated has fuelled her growth and success as a litigator, why being underestimated is the "biggest fire" in her belly, EQ versus IQ, better managing one's burnout, what has helped her succeed, and her advice for other litigators out there. If you like this episode, show your support by rating us or leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (The Lawyers Weekly Show) and by following Lawyers Weekly on social media: Facebook, X and LinkedIn. If you have any questions about what you heard today, any topics of interest you have in mind, or if you'd like to lend your voice to the show, email [email protected]

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• The Boutique Lawyer Show: How a 30-year lawyer is pivoting and adapting in a time of change

  For award-winning lawyer Keith Redenbach, voluminous market change may bring challenges for practitioners, but – for those who bear in mind their ethical obligations and their professional duties – there is also a bounty of opportunity. In this episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, host Jerome Doraisamy welcomes back Redenbach Legal principal Keith Redenbach to discuss the volume of change being witnessed across the profession and how this compares to other times of change in the last three decades, why some lawyers are "vexed", ethical and practical dilemmas, and how and why certain staples of the past have gone by the wayside. Redenbach also reflects on how he is pivoting and adapting in a time of change, how he sees his role evolving, having a constant sense of service, what constitutes best practice in the current climate, and going deeper with one's use of AI. If you like this episode, show your support by rating us or leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (The Lawyers Weekly Show) and by following Lawyers Weekly on social media: Facebook, X and LinkedIn. If you have any questions about what you heard today, any topics of interest you have in mind, or if you'd like to lend your voice to the show, email [email protected]

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