Mallesons Stephen Jaques, a leading law firm in the Asian region, starts 2012 with greater partner depth and a significantly enhanced leadership team.
The firm’s 12 new partners include seven internal promotions and five lateral hires:
Lateral Hires
Newly announced:
• Sally Audeyev joined our M&A practice in Perth in January 2012. Sally practices in the area of environmental law and land access, and joined us from Blake Dawson
• Alex Baykitch joins us from Holman Fenwick Willan. Alex is a leading International Arbitration practitioner and will join our Sydney office in the second quarter of 2012.
Previously announced:
• Debt capital markets experts Sau Wing Mak and Kevin Tong joined our Banking & Finance practice in Hong Kong in September 2011 from Simmons and Simmons, significantly enhancing the firm’s capability around Renminbi products.
• Leading M&A partner Peter Stirling will join the Melbourne office in late January 2012 from Blake Dawson.
Internal Partner Promotions (effective from 1 January 2012)
M&A
• Nicola Charlston, Melbourne
• Stefan Luke, Brisbane
Dispute Resolution
• Alex Morris, Sydney
• Dan Kynaston, Canberra
Technology & Infrastructure Projects
• Brad Galvin, Hong Kong
Property, Construction and Environment
• Michael Causer, Sydney
• Paul Crawford, Canberra
We have also appointed two Special Counsel in our Sydney office and 21 Senior Associates in our Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Sydney centres.
Stuart Fuller, Chief Executive Partner, said: “These promotions are reflective of our depth and breadth of expertise across our centres, practice areas and sector teams and our commitment to continuing to build capability in key sectors in both domestic and regional markets. Attracting and retaining the best people is a priority for the firm and we are thrilled these talented lawyers have chosen to join the firm or been recognised for their outstanding performance and commitment to adding value to our clients.”
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