Law firm DLA Piper has picked up a pre-eminent property partner from Moray & Agnew, who advised on the $175 million joint venture between GPT and QuadReal Property Ground to acquire logistics developments on Australia’s eastern seaboard. On Monday, Sallie Bowtell was appointed to DLA Piper’s real estate practice in Melbourne, where the team’s head,…
Corrs Chambers Westgarth has bolstered its energy and natural resources practice with the appointment of two new partners, former Allen’s partner Tracey Greenaway and London transplant Anthony Lepere, formerly of Shearman & Sterling.
Herbert Smith Freehills has picked up a leading work health and safety lawyer from Clyde & Co to join the Big Six law firm in Sydney as special counsel.
Gilbert + Tobin senior partner Gina Cass-Gottlieb has been nominated to become the first female chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Hall & Wilcox is strengthening its presence in Western Australia with the appointment of three lawyers nabbed from the now-closed commercial law firm Kott Gunning.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has appointed an esteemed Herbert Smith Freehills competition partner who defeated some of the regulator’s most high-profile merger challenges to be a commissioner.
Ashurst has picked up a leading insolvency partner from Norton Rose Fulbright who advised on the restructure of the beleagured Arrium Group.
Corrs Chambers Westgarth has nabbed two prominent industrial relations professionals with nearly fifty years combined experience from Herbert Smith Freehills to expand its employment and labour group.
The Supreme Court of Victoria has appointed 16 barristers to silk, nine of whom are women, including two barristers who have worked on high-stakes class action litigation.
Big Six law firm King & Wood Mallesons has promoted managing partner of clients and mergers and acquisitions Renae Lattey to lead the firm’s Australian practice.