What is LGBTIQ+ inclusive language? The Inclusive language guide is for all Allens employees. It explains how to use language respectfully and inclusively when working with and referring to LGBTIQ+ colleagues and clients. Using inclusive ...

At Allens, we’ve always believed that innovation is most powerful when it’s thoughtful — and when it brings people along for the journey. As AI continues to reshape the legal landscape, we’re proud to be helping lead the conversation, not ...

Student innovation provides a helping hand for renters When a team of UTS students set out to create an online self-help tool for renters in 2018, they couldn’t have known that the impact of COVID-19 over the years that followed would see ...

Scams and fraudulent communications are increasing, with scammers using advanced tactics to impersonate reputable organisations, including law firms. These communications can be highly convincing, using official logos, familiar language, ...

Phillip Cornwell AM, a distinguished former partner of Allens, has been recognised in the Australia Day 2025 Honours List for his significant service to conservation and the environment, community health and the legal profession. ...

Executive remuneration Last year, the Commission's examination of misconduct and senior executive remuneration contributed to a reporting season hit by public showings of shareholder dissatisfaction, with many of Australia's largest ...

Our inclusion and diversity strategy focuses on driving inclusive behaviours, building commitment and implementing the right structures across a range to ensure all our people are able to be their best selves and do their best work. Here are some of the ways we're fostering inclusion and diversity. ...

Allens was founded on 22 July 1822, the day after 21-year-old George Allen was admitted as an attorney and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and became the first person to complete their full legal training in Australia. When he began his small legal practice in a cottage on Elizabeth Street in Sydney, he could not have forseen the story that would follow.  ...

Technology is driving a major transformation. The opportunities you seize and the risks you mitigate now will determine your business' future. ...

Australia's merger regime is set for a major overhaul, with reforms coming into effect for deals closing or completing on or after 1 January 2026, impacting transaction timelines from mid-2025. These changes will introduce a single mandatory and suspensory administrative process, replacing the current framework. ...