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Mills Oakley adds partner to Canberra office
National firm Mills Oakley has strengthened its commercial litigation capability by hiring a new partner in the nation’s capital.
Jerome Doraisamy
Bernice Ellis has been appointed from Meyer Vandenberg in Canberra. Prior to entering legal practice, she practised as a tax adviser for over a decade at the ATO, EY and Raytheon Australia.
“Ms Ellis is an experienced commercial litigator specialising in all aspects of insolvency, debt recovery, tax controversy and compulsory land acquisition. She also has substantial experience in areas such as defamation, professional negligence, shareholder and partnership disputes and building and construction disputes,” it said.
Commenting on this latest hire, Mills Oakley CEO John Nerurker said that the firm greatly valued Ms Ellis’ “strong local reputation”.
“While other national firms have downgraded their Canberra offices to ‘fly in, fly out’ status, Mills Oakley is committed to hiring talent with a genuine connection to our nation’s capital. As someone who has spent all her professional career in the Canberra market and is well-known and respected by clients, Bernice will help us fulfil our mission of building a full-service offering in Canberra,” he said.
Ms Ellis added that she was attracted by the firm’s capacity to articulate a clear vision for the future.
“I’m delighted to be joining such a talented partner group, which has a real sense of clarity about where they want the firm to be in the next five years and how they are going to get there,” she said. “I’m also excited about my clients having access to the exceptional depth and breadth of legal expertise across the firm and the benefit of the strong Mills Oakley brand,” she said.
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly and HR Leader. He has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. In June 2024, he also assumed the editorship of HR Leader. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation.
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