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McCullough Robertson adds construction partner and team from HWL Ebsworth
East coast-based firm McCullough Robertson, which has offices in Brisbane, Canberra, and Sydney, has hired a partner and his team of three lawyers from BigLaw rival HWL Ebsworth for its construction practice.
Jerome Doraisamy
Mark Riddington (pictured) has joined McCullough Robertson from HWL Ebsworth, where he spent seven years as a partner. He has also served at Herbert Geer and undertook secondments at John Holland and Sydney Airport Corporation.
He has also brought with him three practitioners from HWL: senior associate Julia Lane and lawyers Jenna Northey and Isabella Prideaux.
In a statement, McR said that Riddington’s “leading” front-end construction practice will add further depth and complements its national construction and infrastructure practice and brings experience that includes providing tailored guidance on the delivery of diverse projects such as water treatment plants, shopping centre developments, infrastructure, airport-specific ventures as well as demolition and remediation projects.
The team will be based in the firm’s Sydney office.
The news follows the appointment last month of one of McR’s senior partners to head up the firm’s pro bono offering, as well as its hiring of a special counsel from BigLaw rival Herbert Smith Freehills as a new partner in its environment team, as reported earlier in May, and its addition of a senior associate from Ashurst as a new partner back in October.
Speaking about the hires, McR joint managing partner Damien Clarke said: “Mark’s appointment is extremely exciting for our clients and our Sydney office, and builds on the recent additions of Natalie Kurdian, Kate Peterson, Stephen Iu, Nathan Roberts and Chris Barr to the Sydney partnership.
“Mark is recognised for his skills in navigating his clients’ most critical and complex issues, advancing their commercial goals and resolving challenges they encounter, and I know our clients will benefit from his approach.”
McR chair of partners Kristan Conlon said: “I am delighted to welcome Mark to the partnership, as we continue to expand our Sydney offering.
“Since 1926 we have prided ourselves on being approachable experts who relate to and support our clients and our people, always. I know Mark and his team will be a great cultural fit and I look forward to collaborating with them all.”
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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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