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KWM elevates 45 to senior roles in Australia
Global firm King & Wood Mallesons has elevated 12 lawyers to special counsel and 33 to senior associate across its Australian offices, effective from 1 July.
Jerome Doraisamy
The promotions “reflect KWM’s drive to invest in its people and build an exceptional talent pipeline”, the firm said in a statement this morning.
And the new senior associates are Laura FitzGerald and Julia Zboromirsky (banking and finance); Alex Gorovtsov, Rebecca Smith, Lucy Dean, Damien Carroll, Jacqueline Bisas, Eliza Forsyth, Eleanor Atkins and Daniel Smith (dispute resolution); Karen Litherland, Capucine Hague, Jedd Watmore-Tanner, Evelyn Peter, James Southee, Charles Davies, Angus Morris and John Arthur (M&A); and Tanya Bromilow, Sarah McCamley, Katharine Boiko, Janine Low, Danika Kuczerepa, Katherine Ashbolt, Michelle Tat, Julian Bolger, Tom Naylor, Michelle Wong, Shirley Cheng, Amanda Seethor, Liz Ng, Jaime Greenacre and Qin Bi (projects and real estate).
KWM chief executive partner for Australia Berkeley Cox said the firm was “delighted” to announce the promotions of its new special counsel and senior associates.
“Our reputation is built on the quality of our people and the commercial outcomes they help our clients achieve. Each new promotion brings exceptional technical and people skills, and I am incredibly proud to see this acknowledged,” he said.
The round of promotions follows the addition of nine new partners announced across the firm’s Australian offices.
It also follows BigLaw firm MinterEllison’s promotion of 83 lawyers to senior roles.
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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