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DLA Piper’s current and incoming Aussie heads on the firm’s future Down Under

In the coming months, DLA Piper’s managing partner in Australia, Amber Matthews, will hand over the reins to Shane Bilardi. Here, the pair reflect on the challenging and competitive legal services marketplace and their confidence in how the firm is positioned moving forward.

user iconRobyn Tongol • 18 December 2024 • Podcast
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In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Amber Matthews and Shane Bilardi about their respective journeys in law (including becoming successive heads of the Australian arm of one of the world’s biggest law firms), current market issues and challenges and the hurdles for firms like DLA to overcome, and where it intends to differentiate from competitors.

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Matthews and Bilardi also discuss the advantages of being a global practice in the Australian landscape and the importance of global firms, where the firm currently sits in the national market, leveraging environmental change and bringing the firm along for the ride, why courage is required to drive change, and what excites them as they both enter new phases of their careers.

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