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KHQ takes two steps back and one step forward

A former principal at Rockwell Olivier has become the new head of KellyHazellQuill’s (KHQ’s) dispute resolution and litigation practice group, while two principals have left the boutique to join a large law firm.

February 04, 2015 • By Felicity Nelson

Julie Armstrong started February 2, the same day that the news broke of two founding principals, Michael Hazell and Justin Quill, quitting to join M+K Lawyers.

Armstrong has experience in commercial disputes, insolvency and restructuring and has been involved in a number of high-profile litigation and insolvency matters. She was previously a partner at both Phillips Fox (now DLA Piper) and Herbert Geer (now Thomson Geer).

She said she was excited about her new role: “Joining KHQ gives me the opportunity to work with like-minded lawyers, delivering strategic and commercially focused legal services to clients in a flexible environment not found in many practices in Melbourne these days.”

The directors of the firm said they were pleased to attract a lawyer of such “calibre and reputation”.

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Boutique commercial law firm KHQ was established in 2006 and has grown considerably over that time, announcing that it had doubled its revenue over two years in April last year.

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KHQ takes two steps back and one step forward