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Herbert Geer partner is Bakers’ choice
Baker & McKenzie has poached banking & finance partner Martin Irwin from Herbert Geer.
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Irwin joined Bakers’ office in Melbourne (pictured) last month.
He recently advised Canada’s second largest pension fund, Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, on a series of investments in Australian public–private partnerships.
Prior to Herbert Geer, Irwin was a senior associate at Allens.
Bakers’ managing partner Chris Freeland admitted that Irwin’s experience in the Singapore and Hong Kong offices of his previous firms was highly valued by Bakers. Irwin has also worked as a lawyer in Korea and Cambodia.
In July last year, Bakers poached two lawyers from King & Wood Mallesons: tax partner Ellen Thomas and employment lawyer Sean Selleck, now a partner.
A few months later, in October, Bakers lost global head of mining and metals David Ryan to Herbert Smith Freehills.
