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Mills Oakley launches digital law group, hires new partner as its head
National firm Mills Oakley has opened a new digital law practice group in its Sydney office and has made a lateral partner hire to lead it.
Jerome Doraisamy
The firm’s new group has been set up, it said in a statement, as a response “to increased demand for digital/IT-related legal advice”.
He was most recently a partner at EY and has also worked as a partner at DLA Piper.
Commenting on this hire, Mills Oakley CEO John Nerurker said: “We are serious about building the digital literacy of our firm and we are also responding to client demand for digital-related legal advice, including the IT, privacy, information regulatory and other digital implications of M&A and other transactions.”
“This is a clear growth area for Mills Oakley,” he said.
Mr Christie said that he was looking forward to building a market-leading digital law at the firm, as well as working with colleagues to service both new and existing Mills Oakley clients.
“Collaboration, geographic reach within Australia and high-calibre collegiate colleagues across all practice areas and offices are the key to building a successful practice,” he said.
“Mills Oakley has all of these and more, including a collegiate culture which incentivises partners to cross-refer and receive work from a diverse array of practices. It is the ideal ft for my practice.”
His appointment marks the second recent hire for Mills Oakley in a digital/IT-related practice this month, with the firm hiring Melbourne-based blockchain and cryptocurrency expert Joni Pirovich from Hall & Wilcox earlier in October.
Mr Christie commenced with Mills Oakley on Wednesday of this week.
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly and HR Leader. He has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. In June 2024, he also assumed the editorship of HR Leader. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation.
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