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Jones Day partner moves from Perth to Singapore
Global law firm Jones Day has relocated a Perth-based global disputes partner to Singapore to help grow the firm’s arbitration practice in South East Asia.
Jerome Doraisamy
Source: Jones Day website
Simon Bellas is relocating from the firm’s Perth office to join Singapore-based partners Matt Skinner and Zachary Sharpe to further expand the Firm’s arbitration practice in Singapore and Hong Kong.
In Singapore, Mr Bellas will continue to advise clients on construction claims and disputes, with a particular focus on large-scale energy and resources projects and related infrastructure matters, the firm said in a statement.
He was previously based in Singapore while working on behalf of a global offshore contractor, the firm added, and has since run several significant construction arbitrations seated in Singapore, arising out of Australian mining projects.
Mr Bellas’ relocation follows yesterday’s story that the firm had appointed Adam Salter, a partner in the firm’s labour and employment practice, as the new head of the Jones Day offices in Perth, effective 1 January 2019.
The announcement also follows news that Jones Day had promoted two of its global disputes practice lawyers, Annie E. Leeks and Maria Yiasemides, to the firm’s partnership ranks in its Brisbane and Sydney offices respectively.
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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