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Baker McKenzie advances 22 senior lawyers
Global law firm Baker McKenzie has promoted five lawyers to the partnership ranks, and appointed five new special counsel and 12 new senior associates across its Australian offices.
Jerome Doraisamy
The promotion of the 22 Australian lawyers to more senior positions comes at the same time as Bakers announced it has appointed 67 new partners globally, 40 per cent of whom are women.
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The election of the new partners takes the total number of partners at the firm to 1,600, with over 400 women in the partnership ranks, which Bakers claimed to be “the most of any law firm”.
“We have a long way to go but I wanted to mark this achievement and the commitment of our people to being a truly diverse firm,” Bakers global chair Paul Rawlinson said.
The new Australian partners are David Cooper (banking and finance), Stephen Hardy and Kellie-Ann McDade (employment and compensation), Kate Phillips (projects) and Simone Bridges (tax).
The firm’s new special counsel in Australia are Paul Anderson and Tyson May (corporate markets), Aylin Cunsolo (major projects), Sarah Merrett (structured assets) and Caitlin Whale (IP/TCC and media).
And the new Australian senior associates at Bakers are Ben Adams, Michal Diston, Julian Hui and Lizzie Lu (structured assets), Simone Blackadder, Michelle Ta and Aparna Watal (IP/TCC and media), Josh Crook (employment), Rebecca Dominguez (pro bono), Simon Ni (major projects), Emma Panhuber and Andrew Prowse (dispute resolution).
All promotions were effective as of 1 July 2018.
The news follows Clayton Utz advancing 68 lawyers, Norton Rose Fulbright promoting 42 to senior roles, King & Wood Mallesons elevating 76, and Herbert Smith Freehills appointing 48 new senior associates.
