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Boutique firm names new principal lawyer
A Melbourne-based boutique law firm has welcomed a new principal lawyer, who joins from a national mid-tier.
Emma Musgrave
WARD Lawyers has appointed Dennis Batur as principal lawyer of the company, effective immediately.
“We are delighted that a senior corporate advisory lawyer like Dennis is joining our firm," said managing director of WARD Lawyers Philip Gleed.
“Appointing Dennis allows us to fulfil our wish to further deepen our existing corporate advisory team and to continue to expand the range of services available to our corporate clients. His appointment is also consistent with our overall strategy to develop our second generation of practitioners who will take our firm forward.”
Commenting on his appointment, Mr Batur said: “I am very excited to join WARD Lawyers”.
“Being part of their corporate advisory team and working with highly skilled and like-minded lawyers provides great opportunities to my clients. I am very much looking forward to being a strong contributor to the development of the firm’s next generation of leaders and to being part of its future growth and success,” he added.
The appointment of Mr Batur follows WARD Lawyers’ appointment of Chantal Reigo as commercial litigation and insolvency principal lawyer in July.
Emma Musgrave
Emma Musgrave (née Ryan) is the managing editor, professional services at Momentum Media.
Emma has worked for Momentum Media since 2015, including five years spent as the editor of the company's legal brand - Lawyers Weekly. Throughout her time at Momentum, she has been responsible for breaking some of the biggest stories in corporate Australia. In addition, she has produced exclusive multimedia and event content related to the company's respective brands and audiences.
Prior to joining Momentum Media, Emma worked in breakfast radio, delivering news to the Central West region of NSW, before taking on a radio journalist role at Southern Cross Austereo, based in Townsville, North Queensland.
She holds a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) degree from Charles Sturt University.
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