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HFW continues expansion, lures 2 from Lavan
Global law firm HFW has continued its expansion in Australia luring a partner and senior associate from Lavan.
Tony Zhang
New partner Charmaine Tsang and senior associate Steve Bowler will join HWF’s workplace, industrial relations and safety practice in the Perth office, effective 14 April 2020.
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Gavin Vallely, managing partner, Australia commented, “We are delighted to welcome Charmaine and Steve to HFW to enhance our workplace relations and safety capability, in particular in the resources, construction, marine and energy sectors, which are key industry areas for HFW.”
Ms Tsang, who is also a director at not-for-profit Australian Women Lawyers, is a highly experienced adviser on workplace and industrial relations matters covering industrial disputes, enterprise agreements, drafting policies and developing industrial relations strategies.
She provides ongoing training to human resources practitioners in all areas of employment law and human resources, as well as training to managers and executives around their statutory obligations in the anti-bribery and corruption space and obligations under the occupational and health safety legislation, and is a trained mediator under the National Mediator Accreditation System.
“I am very excited to join as the Perth arm of HFW’s highly regarded workplace relations practice in Australia – working together with my colleagues in Sydney and Melbourne in contributing to what is already an outstanding workplace relations practice,” Ms Tsang said.
Mark Sant, head of workplace relations said on the appointment, “We are excited to have Charmaine and Steve join our growing team. This is a critical step in advancing our national capability. Charmaine and Steve give us an important presence on the ground in Perth as well as strengthening our national work health and safety and industrial relations capabilities.”
Mr Sant said that the opportunity for the firm to collaborate to meet clients’ growing needs for specialist strategic advice “has never been greater given the impact COVID-19 is having on workplaces across Australia.”
These recent additions continue HFW’s growth strategy. The workplace relations team now counts 13 lawyers after the hire of a specialist eight-lawyer team in Sydney and Melbourne in 2019.
The recent hire continues HFW’s growth of its workplace relations capability in Australia.
In early 2019, HFW launched an Australian workplace relations practice with the hire of a specialist eight-lawyer team, led by partners Mr Sant and Brendan Milne. Mr Sant and Mr Milne are based in Sydney and Melbourne, respectively, and Ms Tsang and Mr Bowler’s arrival in Perth completes HFW’s workplace relations offering across Australia.
