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Appointments DLA names new Australia head
DLA Piper has confirmed the appointment of John Weber as the firm’s next managing partner in Australia. Weber, who has been chief executive partner at Minter Ellison for more than five years, will assume his new role in November. He succeeds Andrew Darwin, who is approaching the end of his two-year term. Darwin will continue as DLA Piper’s COO and will return to the UK in 2015.
HSF’s COO joins Minter Ellison
Minter Ellison has appointed Herbert Smith Freehills’ chief operating officer Janet Young as its new COO. Prior to the merger of Freehills and Herbert Smith, Young was the COO of Freehills. As global COO for Herbert Smith Freehills, Young took a lead role in the integration of the merged firms. In her new role with Minter Ellison, Young will oversee the management of the firm’s non-legal functions, such as finance, technology, business services, business development, and people and development, with a focus on skills development and using technology to enhance the firm’s capabilities. 10 | OCTOBER 2014
LATERAL PARTNER APPOINTMENTS NAME
PRACTICE AREA
LEAVING
GOING TO
Aaron Suine
Construction
Norton Rose Fulbright
Piper Alderman
Adam Wallwork
Construction
King & Wood Mallesons
McCullough Robertson
Allan Kawalsky
Banking
Norton Rose Fulbright
TurksLegal
Carrie Follas
Real estate
DLA Piper
Johnson Winter & Slattery
Danella Wilmshurst
Transport
HWL Ebsworth
Holding Redlich
David Beckett
Debt finance
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Johnson Winter & Slattery
David Kerwin
Insurance
Clyde & Co
David Reid
Corporate
Reid Commercial
Sparke Helmore
Geoff Farnsworth
Transport
M+K Lawyers
Holding Redlich
Hazel Brasington
Transport
Holman Fenwick Willan
Norton Rose Fulbright
James Roland
Banking
National Australia Bank
TurksLegal
Jeff Derix
Contracting, procurement and commercial law
Grains Research & Development Corporation
Maddocks
Jeremy Rees
Corporate
Fox Tucker
Minter Ellison
Ken Saurajen
IP and technology
Gilbert + Tobin
Clayton Utz
Matthew Bode
Banking and finance
Gadens
CBP Lawyers
Matthew Broderick
Restructuring and insolvency
Gadens
HWL Ebsworth
Michael Eyres
Estate planning
Sole practitioner and consultant
Keypoint Law
Michelle Meyer
Estate planning
NextGenLaw
Keypoint Law
Natasha Crowe
Insurance
Hall & Wilcox
Sparke Helmore
Nathan Cecil
Transport
Norton White
Holding Redlich
Nick Calnan
Insurance
Lee & Lyons
Sparke Helmore
Robert Milbourne
Energy, infrastructure, resources
Norton Rose Fulbright
K&L Gates
Robert Watson
Government
Minter Ellison
Sparke Helmore
Simon Rear
Corporate
Allion Legal
Squire Patton Boggs