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Sparke Helmore elevates 25
National law firm Sparke Helmore has made 25 mid-year promotions, including four partners, eight special counsel and 13 senior associates.
Jerome Doraisamy
The firm noted that 60 per cent of those promoted were female, which it championed as being “another stride in the right direction” for its strategy of identifying female talent and increasing the representation of women in the senior ranks.
It shows the firm is “on the front foot”, he noted, when it comes to harnessing and cultivating its pipeline of talent.
“Through our internal mentoring and redeveloped career pathways programs, we are investing in our future leaders more than ever before and it’s paying dividends,” he said.
“The firm is going from strength to strength, having recently bolstered our commercial insurance offering, among other huge successes so far this year.”
The new partners are Hannah Rose (pro bono), Main Sainsbury and Colin Davidson (commercial insurance) and Emanuel Oros (corporate and commercial).
The eight lawyers promoted to special counsel are Summer Foley, Dino Liistro, Jehan Mata, Emily McKeowen and Laura Rush (commercial insurance), Catherine Morton (corporate and commercial), Oliver Young (government) and Sam Jackson (workplace).
And the 15 new senior associates are Lani Carter, Aimee Dash and Shannon Steed (commercial insurance), Alinta Briggs, Samantha Smith, Sasha Vleeshouwer and Luke Woodward (corporate and commercial), Adam Cunynghame, Samantha Ferry, Andrew Keevers and Alanna Lucchese (government) and Kelvin Defranciscis and Laura Hinwood (statutory lines insurance).
The announcement follows Lawyers Weekly reports that Sparkes had poached 32 from newly-merged entity McCabe Curwood.
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly. A former lawyer, he has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. He is also the host of all five shows under The Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network, and has overseen the brand's audio medium growth from 4,000 downloads per month to over 60,000 downloads per month, making The Lawyers Weekly Show the most popular industry-specific podcast in Australia. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of Minds Count.
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