Big Six law firm King & Wood Mallesons has promoted managing partner of clients and mergers and acquisitions Renae Lattey to lead the firm’s Australian practice.
A silk and former Clayton Utz litigation partner who represented the directors of failed telco OneTel in a nearly decade-long ASIC case that ended in a defeat for the corporate regulator has been appointed a judge on the Federal Court.
The Australian managing partner of King & Wood Mallesons, Evie Bruce, is set to join Macquarie Group as its next group general counsel and head of the legal and governance group, where she will lead a team of 400 lawyers and governance professionals.
Corrs Chambers Westgarth has continued its hiring spree, luring a financial services regulatory specialist from Herbert Smith Freehills.
Law firm Colin Biggers & Paisley has pulled off a merger in the middle of lockdown, acquiring a Melbourne law firm that will boost its partner count by six.
Independent Australian law firm Hall & Wilcox has nabbed āhigh calibreā employment lawyers from Corrs Chambers Westgarth and King & Wood Mallesons as it seeks to expand its presence in Western Australia.
The barrister acting for a former Deutsche Bank executive named in a criminal case over an ANZ share placement has ascended to the NSW Supreme Court.
Hall & Wilcox has expanded its corporate insurance, commercial and regulatory offering with the appointment of new partner Philip Hopley, formerly of Herbert Smith Freehills.
Ashurst is expanding its financial regulation practice with the appointment of consumer credit expert Hong-Viet Nguyen from HWL Ebsworth Lawyers.
A leading Sydney silk who has appeared for the prosecution in a high-profile criminal cartel case over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement is set to become New South Walesā first woman to serve as Director of Public Prosecutions.