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Pinsent Masons bolsters Sydney practice

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has grown its Sydney headcount with a new hire who specialises in financial services.

February 03, 2023 • By Emma Musgrave
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Melanie Hunter has joined Pinsent Masons as a special counsel in the firm’s Sydney office. Ms Hunter joins from Norton Rose Fulbright.

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Ms Hunter has built up an extensive practice that incorporates the full suite of banking and finance matters, including acquisition and property financing, project financing (such as construction and real estate investment funding), acquisition and restructuring of distressed debt portfolios, structuring and documentation of financial standstill and workout arrangements and general corporate lending.

 
 

Throughout her career, Ms Hunter has advised global banks on large mixed-use real estate development and construction matters.

Pinsent Masons head of project and finance Jim Hunwick said the appointment of Ms Hunter comes at an opportune time for the firm.

“We continue to welcome leading specialists in their fields who will bolster our track record in advising on specialist finance mandates in Australia and beyond,” Mr Hunwick said.

“As a multinational firm, the diverse background of our new hires only strengthens our existing team’s capabilities as we support a greater number of market leaders across Asia-Pacific on increasingly complex transactions.”

Commenting on her move to Pinsent Masons, Ms Hunter said: “Pinsent Masons’ connectivity across Asia-Pacific and its progressive approach to multinational professional services provides vast opportunities to grow the finance and projects practice and client base.

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“I’m enthusiastic about joining an expanding team and being able to contribute to the Asia-Pacific success story.”

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Emma Musgrave

Emma Musgrave

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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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