MinterEllison becomes new leader in partner numbers for national firms
MinterEllison has promoted 18 to partner, swelling its partnership ranks to over 250 and now boasting the largest cohort of such senior lawyers of any independent Australian law firm.

Minters’ appointments see the firm’s partnership numbers bolstered in Sydney (seven), Melbourne (six), Brisbane (four) and Canberra (one), across the firm’s infrastructure and property, government, health, energy and resources groups being the recipients of the moves.
Further, four of the new partners will work under “formal flexible working arrangements”, the firm said.
Minters chairman Bruce Cowley said he was “absolutely delighted” to introduce “such an exciting and diverse group” of new partners into the ranks.
“That we are able to promote such a large and talented group from within our own ranks says an enormous amount about the calibre of our entire legal team,” he said.
“Each promotion reflects our absolute commitment to building the firm’s capabilities with a view to fulfilling our aspiration of being our clients’ best partner.”
The new partners are: Kate Plowman and Deanna McMaster (human resources and industrial relations), Jeanette Barbaro, Edward Campbell, Andrew Hales and Rachel McNaught (infrastructure, construction and property), Siobhan Doherty, Geoff Earl, Nick Kipriotis, Joel Reid and Ker Wei Tiam (capital markets and corporate), Noelia Boscana and Miranda Noble (commercial and regulatory), and Ben Dodgshun, Kathryn Finlayson, Jonathan Kelp, Amy Southwell and Michael Vickery (dispute resolution).

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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