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Mills Oakley adds workplace relations partner
National law firm Mills Oakley has hired a special counsel from Barry.Nilsson., whom the firm has elevated to partner in its workplace relations practice.
Jerome Doraisamy
Dr Laura Sowden, who spent nearly three years at Barry.Nilsson., prior to which she was at Moray & Agnew and Clyde & Co, has joined the national workplace relations practice at Mills Oakley.
Dr Sowden represents clients across the full range of workplace relations matters, including employment, discrimination and work health and safety advice and litigation, the firm said in a statement, and has a “strong” insurance focus, providing employment practice liability advice to a number of the best known Australian and global insurance companies.
Speaking about the firm’s newest partner, Mills Oakley chief executive John Nerurker said: “We were impressed with Laura’s track record in cultivating relationships with key clients and building a compelling practice offering.
“She is well known and regarded by a number of Mills Oakley insurance clients and the cross-pollination between the insurance and workplace relations aspects of Laura’s practice will be a particular strength for her here at Mills Oakley.”
Dr Sowden added: “Mills Oakley has both an outstanding national workplace relations team and a pre-eminent reputation in the insurance sector, with strong synergies with my own client base. I feel fortunate to have joined a firm which offers such an excellent practice, client and cultural fit.”
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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