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Gadens hires senior counsel from ANZ
National firm Gadens has hired a new corporate advisory partner, who joins from ANZ where he was a senior M&A counsel.
Jerome Doraisamy
Vaughan Petherbridge, a senior corporate lawyer with over 20 years of experience at top-tier law firms and in-house in Australia and New York, has joined Gadens as a partner in the firm’s corporate advisory team.
Gadens CEO Mark Pistilli said: “Vaughan’s experience has seen him working on both domestic and international transactions. His expertise, especially in early-stage investing and complex business separations, will be of significant interest to our clients.”
“Gadens corporate team has been one of the fastest-growing corporate advisory teams over the last five years, and we are delighted to appoint someone of Vaughan’s calibre as a partner. He will make an excellent addition to our team,” he said.
Speaking about his appointment, Mr Petherbridge said that Gadens is a “fantastic” firm and there were a number of factors that attracted him to it.
“These include the friendly and collegiate culture of the firm and its excellent and longstanding brand. Gadens’ national reach and scale provide an excellent springboard for my practice,” he said.
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly. A former lawyer, he has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. He is also the host of all five shows under The Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network, and has overseen the brand's audio medium growth from 4,000 downloads per month to over 60,000 downloads per month, making The Lawyers Weekly Show the most popular industry-specific podcast in Australia. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of Minds Count.
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