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funders on project-financed transactions, advised on PFI secondary market transactions, and leads teams on the refinancing of existing project debt. He will be based in the Perth office. Various
growing workplace relations team: Adam Lunn, formerly head partner of Allens Arthur Robinson’s Melbourne workplace relations group, and Heinz Lepahe, formerly partner in charge of the workplace relations team at Cooper Grace Ward.
Herbert Geer
Herbert Geer adds three partners Herbert Geer has added three new partners to the firm including projects and construction partner St. John Frawley, corporate lawyer Glen Selikowitz and property lawyer Amanda Johns. Frawley was previously a partner at Holding Redlich, while Selikowitz was a principal at McCabe Terrill Lawyers. Johns was most recently in-house counsel at property development group Austexx and has previously worked at Minter Ellison as a St. John Frawley special counsel. Special counsel Catherine Bell and senior associate Kane Barrett have joined the firm from Holding Redlich.
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DLA lures Freehills talent in partnership drive DLA Phillips Fox has announced six new partners, following on from two external partner appointments made in late 2010. External appointments include Bill Glover, who joins from Freehills, and James Newnham, who joins from BDO. Glover will join the finance and projects practice group in Melbourne, while Newnham will join the corporate (tax) practice, also in Melbourne. Internal partner promotions include Samantha Kelly, Gowri Kangeson and David Randazzo in the litigation and dispute resolution practice (based in Sydney, Melbourne and Melbourne respectively) and Hugo Thistlewood in the finance and projects practice (based in Sydney). UK Bar
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Allen & Overy
A&O strikes again at Freehills Freehills partner Adam Stapledon is the latest senior lawyer to defect to Allen & Overy, officially joining the Sydney office in April. Stapledon, who has been a partner at the firm for four years, has more than 13 years of banking experience advising clients on a range of structured debt products and derivatives and project financing transactions as well as acquisition and corporate financing transactions. Prior to joining Freehills he worked in London at Shearman & Sterling. Middletons
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Clayton Utz
Clutz recruits London QC London barrister and international arbitrator John Rowland QC has joined Clayton Utz’s litigation and dispute resolution team as a partner. Rowland is a senior member of the UK bar and was appointed a John Rowland Queen’s Counsel in 1996. With more than 20 years experience in commercial dispute resolution across a wide range of industries, Rowland is an experienced arbitrator and mediator with both Australian and international experience.
Piper Alderman Corrs
Piper Alderman goes for Greene Middletons corporate & commercial partner Sebastian Greene has joined Piper Alderman after spending more than a decade at Middeltons. Greene has more than 20 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, reconstructions, joint ventures, Sebastian Greene due diligence investigations, corporations and ASX law and trade practices. Greene’s associate Rohan Pardasani will also be joining Piper Alderman.
Cooper Grace Ward
Cooper Grace Ward adds Corrs talent Former senior associate at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Sean Henderson has joined Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers as a partner. A construction and infrastructure lawyer, during the past 15 years Henderson has advised clients on major construction and infrastructure projects in Australia and the UK. He has acted for financiers, government, contractors and developers on projects in a variety of sectors including health, education, energy and resources, transport, telecommunications and property. TressCox Lawyers
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Mills Oakley
Mills Oakley hires Allens and CGW talent Mills Oakley has lured two new partners to its www.legalbusinessonline.com
Promotions at TressCox TressCox Lawyers has promoted senior associates Maria Kerhoulas and Nick Duggal to partners.
Kerhoulas joined TressCox in November 2003. She practises primarily in the field of litigation and dispute resolution with particular expertise in contracts, trade practices, corporations, professional indemnity insurance, wills and estate and animal welfare law. Duggal joined the firm from Anderson Rice in December 2005. He specialises in the field of workplace relations, having worked in this area for more than a decade, including a stint spent in the UK market. Minters New Zealand
New partner for Minters NZ Minter Ellison Rudd Watts continues to grow the partnership with the promotion of managed funds and venture capital expert Jeremy Muir to partner. Muir undertakes a broad range of work, with a focus on managed funds, financial services Jeremy Muir regulation, securities law and alternative assets. He started his career with the firm in 1997 before joining global offshore law firm Ogier to practice international financial law in Guernsey and the Cayman Islands. Jeremy re-joined Minter Ellison Rudd Watts as a seniors associate in 2005 and is based in the firm’s Auckland office. Various
Watson Mangioni Lawyers
Watson Mangioni adds director and SC Former Herbert Geer partner Michael Beaumont has joined the corporate group at Watson Mangioni Lawyers as a director. Beaumont is a mergers and acquisitions lawyer with more than 15 years experience. His practice encompasses regulated and unregulated transactions, and his particular focus is on complex cross-border deals, with experience advising on equity and debt funding arrangements. Michael Beaumont The firm has also welcomed Nick Willetts as special counsel in the finance and commercial property group. Willetts has recently returned from London where he was a director at RLS Solicitors. Prior to this he worked at Addleshaw Goddard and Mallesons Stephen Jaques. He has extensive experience in Nick Willetts commercial property and property finance transactions, and has dealt with all types of real and personal property.
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