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Boutique firm expands east coast operations
A boutique law firm has bolstered its presence along Australia's eastern seaboard by launching a new Sydney practice.
Emma Musgrave
Velocity Legal has unveiled a new Sydney office as it looks to capitalise on its growing client-base. The Melbourne-headquartered firm was founded in 2016 by managing director John Storey and directors Andrew Henshaw, Rajan Verma and Scott McKenzie with the intention of breaking free from the “old-school” law firm model.
“Firstly, we have a strong presence in Melbourne, however because the majority of our legal work is based on national areas of law (e.g. tax and corporate law), we have clients based all over Australia.
“In particular, as our firm has grown, the number of clients based in Sydney (or that have business operations in NSW) has also grown. Committing to a physical presence in Sydney will allow us to better service our existing NSW clients, and attract more NSW-based clients.”
The new Sydney offering will be similar to that of Melbourne’s, Mr Henshaw noted, and will include tax advisory, tax disputes, business transactions, structuring and co-ownership, commercial leasing and estate planning.
“We’ll be continuing to focus and specialise on the areas of law that have brought us success so far,” he said.
“Within 12 months of establishing our Melbourne office, we were recognised as a Recommended Tax Law Firm by Doyle’s Guide. We also been recognised for a couple of awards with Lawyers Weekly! ([for] 30 under 30 and Tax Partner of Year). We’ll be aiming to achieve a similar level of recognition in Sydney.”
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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