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NEW NATIONAL MANAGING PARTNER FOR SPARKE HELMORE Phillip Salem will take over as national managing partner from Jesse Webb, who steps down at the end of February to return to practice. Salem, currently a board member, leads the firm’s national government commercial team. “As the incoming national managing partner, I plan to build on the firm’s successes by maintaining a focus on growth and the pursuit of our strategy,” he says. Chairman Mark Hickey congratulated the achievements of outgoing national managing partner Webb, and says the firm will benefit from his experience and reputation when he returns to practice. “I congratulate Phillip on his appointment and want to express my thanks to Jesse for his significant contribution and personal commitment to the firm as our national managing partner,” Hickey says.
LATERAL PARTNER APPOINTMENTS NAME
PRACTICE AREA
LEAVING
GOING TO
Shannon Adams
Banking and financial services
Hunt & Hunt
Piper Alderman
Joanne Wakely
Personal injury law, commercial litigation, general insurance law
WHL Legal
Wotton + Kearney
Chantal Tipene
Government and administrative law
NSW Police Force
Sparke Helmore Lawyers
David Lee
Insurance law
Lee & Lyons
Clyde & Co
Lucinda Lyons
Insurance law
Lee & Lyons
Clyde & Co
David Amentas
Insurance law
Lee & Lyons
Clyde & Co
Michelle Dunne
Insurance law
Lee & Lyons
Clyde & Co
Christopher Smith
Insurance law
Lee & Lyons
Clyde & Co
Marcus O'Brien
Insurance law, commercial litigation
Norton Rose Fulbright
Clyde & Co
Shaun Temby
Commercial disputes law
Norton Rose Fulbright
Maddocks
Andrew Rankin
Corporate and commercial law
Norton Rose Fulbright
DibbsBarker
Ashley Tsacalos
Government law, dispute resolution, administrative law
Norton Rose Fulbright
Clayton Utz
Dale Chapman
Corporate & commercial, water law, markets & trading
Norton Rose Fulbright
Addisons
Scott Alden
Construction and infrastructure
DLA Piper
Holding Redlich
Marcus Clark
International mergers and acquisitions
Allens
Johnson Winter & Slattery
Philip Vickery
Corporate
Holding Redlich
K&L Gates
Brian Healey
Real estate
Holding Redlich
K&L Gates
Paul Hardman
Labour, employment and workplace safety
Holding Redlich
K&L Gates
Diane Skapinker
Real estate
Gilbert + Tobin
K&L Gates
Naomi Pearce
Intellectual property
Pearce IP Strategy
K&L Gates
Lauren Magraith
Corporate
Herbert Smith Freehills
Baker & McKenzie
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