The elevations strengthen the firm’s Australia offerings in burgeoning areas like IP and fintech
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has elevated 13 lawyers as its newest partners in its mid-year promotions round.
“Each of our new partners are at the leading-edge with their specialist legal skills, expertise and passion for delivering outstanding client service. I’m very pleased to be welcoming such a talented and diverse group of new partners – it’s fantastic to see such a broad set of minds and experiences join our partnership – and I congratulate them all on this significant career milestone,” Australia CEP Renae Lattey said.
The appointments strengthen the firm’s offerings in burgeoning areas like fintech, regulatory investigation, technology/data and energy, KWM noted. The lawyers hail from the firm’s offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
The lucky 13 are as follows:
- Daniel Bragg – structured finance and securitisation
- Matthew Carr – construction dispute resolution
- Dan Flanagan – acquisition finance and corporate finance
- Jasmine Forde – dispute resolution
- Natalie Halpern – corporate finance and debt capital markets
- Amanda Isouard – ECM
- Jess Kruger – commercial transactions, technology and IP
- James Russell – commercial disputes
- Tim Sumner – government, energy, natural resources and infrastructure
- Judith Taylor – income tax
- Mandy Tsang – insurance
- Mark Vanderneut – public and private M&A
- Angela Weber – employee relations and safety
The new partners step into their roles on 1 July.
