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K&L Gates promotes 13 to senior positions
Global law firm K&L Gates has appointed one new partner, three new special counsel and nine new senior associates, effective from 1 March 2021.
Jerome Doraisamy
As part of a partner promotions round of 31 across the globe, K&L has named restructuring and insolvency practitioner Nicole Ward as its newest Australian partner.
By joining the partnership ranks, she will “substantially add to the depth” of the firm’s Melbourne restructuring and insolvency practice, it continued, “positioning the team to respond to the increasing dynamic client need”.
K&L Gates Australian managing partner Nick Nichola said he was “delighted” to welcome Ms Ward to the partnership.
“In my first conversations with the Australian offices in the national COVID-19 lockdown, I committed to restore, reset and reimagine our firm so that we could emerge stronger and more nimble for the benefit of our people and our clients,” he said.
“Since then, we have seen countless examples of how the K&L Gates’ Australian team embraced the required resilient mindset, adapted to all the challenges the pandemic response threw at them and it is just so pleasing to announce that many of those who led the way have been recognised through the promotions announced today.”
The firm also promoted three to special counsel: Joel Farina (corporate [capital markets]), Katherine Smith (restructuring and insolvency) and Simon Leslie (corporate).
Elsewhere, there were nine new senior associates named: Allison Wallace (corporate [technology sourcing and privacy]), Bianca D'Angelo (intellectual property), Callum Fleming (corporate), Cameron McCormack (litigation and dispute resolution), Cameron Young (labour, employment and workplace safety), James Thompson (restructuring and insolvency), Jonathan Chan (litigation and dispute resolution), Lauren Wrafter (corporate) and Nicole Guglielmi (energy, infrastructure and resources).
Mr Nichola said: “On behalf of the firm, we are proud to celebrate with you.
“Announcing our senior promotions is always very exciting for me as the quality of the people identified for promotion gives me great comfort that the future of our firm is in safe hands.
“Not only do they each possess the legal skills to deliver our clients the highest quality legal work and the strong service ethic to work innovatively and collaboratively with our clients, but each has also demonstrated the essential leadership skills to develop as potential future leaders of the firm.”
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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