Australian firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques has appointed 13 new partners across four practice areas, taking the total number of partner appointments to 16 this financial year.
Mallesons has made hires from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Beijing and Hong Kong, and from the Tax, Mergers & Acquisitions, Dispute Resolution and Banking & Finance practice areas.
The number of appointments has been bolstered by several lateral hires. DR partner Denis Brock joined our Hong Kong office in October, and DR partner Philip Willox joined our Perth office this week. Patrick Phua is another lateral hire and will be commencing at the firm on 1 January 2011.
M&A partner Paul Lingard was promoted to the partnership in Perth in July.
Mallesons? new partners are:
Banking & Finance
Kate Jackson-Maynes, B&F, Melbourne
Paul McBride, B&F, Hong Kong
Anne-Marie Neagle, B&F, Melbourne
Patrick Phua, B&F, Beijing
Dispute Resolution
Beth Cubitt, DR, Melbourne
Domenic Gatto, DR, Melbourne
Larissa Strk-Lingard, DR, Perth
Edmund Wan, DR, Hong Kong
Mergers & Acquisitions
Daniel Kirk, M&A, Perth
Wayne Leach, M&A, Sydney
Joseph Muraca, M&A, Melbourne
Craig Rogers, M&A, Brisbane
Taxation
Scott Heezen, Taxation, Sydney
