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K&L Gates continues to take from HWL Ebsworth
Last month, global law firm K&L Gates added three partners from BigLaw rival HWL Ebsworth for its corporate and asset management and investment funds practice. Now, it has added another partner from HWL, who is bringing four lawyers with her.
Jerome Doraisamy
Naomi Philp has been appointed as a partner in the corporate practice of K&L Gates’ Sydney office, and has brought lawyers Ariane Demetriou, Emily Hood and Dhivya Kalyanakumar, and graduate Alex Lalor with her to the global firm.
The news follows the nabbing of three partners, also in corporate and asset management and investment funds, from HWL in December of last year.
Ms Philp’s move to K&L Gates sees her reunited with those three partners (James Lonie, Natalya Hards and Lisa Lautier).
As a result of her move, the global firm’s corporate and asset management and investment funds team in Australia has expanded to boast 25 partners.
Speaking about the hiring of the new team, K&L Gates corporate practice leader Chris Nikou said: “The hiring of Naomi and her team to our Corporate practice is a significant addition of experience and depth that will continue to allow us to provide a high level of client service in key areas of importance to our clients.”
“With five new corporate partners over the past two months, we are demonstrating the ambitions we have for our clients and for the continuing growth of the practice,” he said.
K&L Gates Australian managing partner Nick Nichola added: “We are very pleased to welcome Naomi and her team to K&L Gates. The addition of nine new partners across the firm over the past few weeks is a significant step towards our goal of growing K&L Gates in the Australian market, with a seamless link into the firm’s global platform that spans five continents.”
“Our latest appointments are in areas of high client demand and we will continue to seek opportunities to deepen our Australian offering to clients,” he posited.
The nabbing of the team follows fellow BigLaw firm Wotton + Kearney’s recent poaching of a team from Corrs Chambers Westgarth, as well as its appointment of a team from MinterEllison.
The news also follows HWL Ebsworth’s recent promotion of 80 lawyers.
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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