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Allens promotes 5 to the partnership
International law firm Allens has promoted five managing associates to the partnership across its Melbourne and Sydney offices.
Lauren Croft
Effective from 1 July this year, Allens has appointed five new partners across various practice areas.
This follows the appointment of intellectual property partner Natasha Burns in February this year, as well as the addition of employment and safety partner Sonia Millen in the financial year 2024, according to the firm.
It also comes after global law firms Clyde & Co and Herbert Smith Freehills named three and nine Australian partners, respectively, earlier this month.
Speaking about the promotions, Allens chair Fiona Crosbie said these practice areas were all of great importance to the firm’s “clients and the economy”.
“I am pleased to welcome this terrific group of future leaders to the partnership, all of whom are trusted advisors to our clients. We congratulate them on reaching this significant milestone,” she said.
Managing partner Richard Spurio added: “We welcome to the partnership a diverse group with deep expertise in their respective areas.
“This group demonstrates the varied pathways to partnership, whether that is having commenced their career at Allens, joined the firm more recently, or indeed having spent some time with our alliance firm Linklaters.”
In 2022, Allens also set a diversity and inclusion target to reach a 40:40:20 partnership by 2025, and with these promotions, as well as Burns and Millen earlier in FY24, the firm said it is on track to meet this target in July, when it expects more than 40 per cent of the partnership to be women.
Lauren Croft
Lauren is a journalist at Lawyers Weekly and graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism from Macleay College. Prior to joining Lawyers Weekly, she worked as a trade journalist for media and travel industry publications and Travel Weekly. Originally born in England, Lauren enjoys trying new bars and restaurants, attending music festivals and travelling. She is also a keen snowboarder and pre-pandemic, spent a season living in a French ski resort.
