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HSF adds tax partner from Deloitte
Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills is set to welcome a partner in its growing tax advisory practice, joining from Deloitte, where he was the national leader of its M&A and financial services tax practice groups.
Jerome Doraisamy
Herbert Smith Freehills has hired James Pettigrew, a senior tax expert with more than 30 years of experience advising clients on large-scale domestic and inbound merger and acquisition transactions, alongside outbound fund structuring and capital management and their unique tax considerations.
Prior to joining Deloitte, he spent over 20 years at Greenwoods, HSF’s former affiliate tax advisory firm.
Mr Pettigrew will start at HSF in August.
The news follows HSF’s elevation of 10 lawyers to its partnership in Australia in mid-April, followed by its promotion of five to executive counsel and two to special counsel in late April, and then its promotion of 46 to senior associate last month.
HSF managing partner for corporate Carolyn Pugsley said: “We are focused on the needs of our clients, who select HSF because of our reputation for delivering on the largest and most innovative transactions in the market.
“We need practitioners like James who can provide expert guidance on the myriad of taxation considerations. We are excited to welcome James to Herbert Smith Freehills as a strategic advisor in our growing tax advisory practice.
“His appointment reflects our ambitious growth plans for our commercial tax offering in Australia. We want to build a market-leading practice in this space, and we plan to increase our bench strength with more partner hires.
“James’ addition is the next step in this plan to align our market-leading transaction offering with the full suite of complementary specialisations, including stamp duty and tax disputes expertise that our clients expect from a full-service firm such as ours.”
Mr Pettigrew added: “I am very much looking forward to joining HSF as a tax partner and working with everyone to build a respected tax practice that further enhances HSF’s existing trusted brand in the marketplace for legal services.”
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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