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Colin Biggers & Paisley promotes 2 to partner, 1 to special counsel
National law firm Colin Biggers & Paisley has committed to its insurance practice group with several senior promotions, including two to partner and one to special counsel in recent months.
Jerome Doraisamy
Mathisha Panagoda and Georgina Wong were recently promoted to partner in the firm’s Sydney and Brisbane offices, respectively.
Elsewhere, Bianca Wallace has been promoted to special counsel, bringing with her “a wealth of experience” in institutional risk and liability, complex public liability, professional negligence and indemnity litigation with private and insurance clients across Australia and the United Kingdom.
The three promotions, the firm said in a statement, “secures the insurance team’s national focus on institutional risk and liability work”.
“These senior promotions and appointments underpin the team’s capabilities in providing a holistic, principled and outcome-focused framework for sensitively managing claims and servicing our clients’ individual needs,” the firm outlined.
Colin Biggers & Paisley joint insurance practice leader Cathryn Prowse said: “Our insurance practice has undergone significant growth over the last few years, and we continue to focus on promoting and appointing talented people to service the breadth of our clients’ needs nationwide.
“It is such a delight for us to see organic promotions. Mathisha and Georgina have made a substantial contribution to the practice and our culture. Their work and approach in the institutional risk and liability space will complement the existing team and offering, helping us to better service clients nationally.”
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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