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Kain Lawyers recruits 3, promotes 4
Local law firm Kain Lawyers has confirmed it has hired three lateral directors and promoted four of its current employees.
Emma Musgrave
As part of its mid-year promotions round, Kain Lawyers has recruited Brendan Wykes, Simone Collignon and Jacob Thomas to director roles within the firm.
Mr Wykes brings over 25 years’ experience to Kain Lawyers, having specialised in M&A and private equity matters.
Ms Collignon has over a decade of experience, specialising in private M&A matters.
Mr Thomas, who first commenced as a graduate at Kain Lawyers in 2005 before gaining experience at other firms, also specialises in M&A matters.
In addition to the three lateral recruits, Kain Lawyers has promoted Alyce Ricciardi and Michael Chrisohoou to director roles.
Ms Ricciardi joined Kain Lawyers in 2018. Throughout her career, she has specialised in public and private M&A and ECM.
Mr Chrisohoou joined Kain Lawyers in 2017. He is a chartered accountant and a lawyer, advising corporate borrowers and alternative credit providers on a wide range of debt transactions.
The firm has also elevated Sara Ucci and Stefan Harris to associate roles, having joined Kain through its graduate programs in 2015 and 2017, respectively.
Commenting on the moves, managing director John Kain said the hires and promotions reflect the continued growth in Kain’s transactional practice across Australia and its expansion into the Sydney market in 2021.
“We are delighted with the further growth in our team,” Mr Kain said.
“The growth in our transactions practice in recent years is being accelerated by the well-publicised growth in activity in the broader M&A and ECM markets.
“Absent any external disruption, we see this heightened level of activity continuing into 2023. It is pleasing to see that we can meet the growing demand for transactional advice through a healthy balance of lateral hires and senior and junior internal promotions.”
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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