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Baker McKenzie advances 22 senior lawyers
Global law firm Baker McKenzie has promoted five lawyers to the partnership ranks, and appointed five new special counsel and 12 new senior associates across its Australian offices.
Jerome Doraisamy
The promotion of the 22 Australian lawyers to more senior positions comes at the same time as Bakers announced it has appointed 67 new partners globally, 40 per cent of whom are women.
“We have a long way to go but I wanted to mark this achievement and the commitment of our people to being a truly diverse firm,” Bakers global chair Paul Rawlinson said.
The new Australian partners are David Cooper (banking and finance), Stephen Hardy and Kellie-Ann McDade (employment and compensation), Kate Phillips (projects) and Simone Bridges (tax).
The firm’s new special counsel in Australia are Paul Anderson and Tyson May (corporate markets), Aylin Cunsolo (major projects), Sarah Merrett (structured assets) and Caitlin Whale (IP/TCC and media).
And the new Australian senior associates at Bakers are Ben Adams, Michal Diston, Julian Hui and Lizzie Lu (structured assets), Simone Blackadder, Michelle Ta and Aparna Watal (IP/TCC and media), Josh Crook (employment), Rebecca Dominguez (pro bono), Simon Ni (major projects), Emma Panhuber and Andrew Prowse (dispute resolution).
All promotions were effective as of 1 July 2018.
The news follows Clayton Utz advancing 68 lawyers, Norton Rose Fulbright promoting 42 to senior roles, King & Wood Mallesons elevating 76, and Herbert Smith Freehills appointing 48 new senior associates.
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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