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International firm Allens has promoted 86 lawyers and corporate service staff to more senior positions across the Asia-Pacific region.
Allens has elevated 72 lawyers to more senior roles, including 17 new managing associates and 55 senior associates, 84 of whom are in Australia and two in the firm’s Vietnam office.
The promotions span across the practice areas of tax, M&A and capital markets, projects, disputes and investigations, banking and finance, funds, super and financial services, real estate and development, restructuring and insolvency, technology, media and telecommunications, competition, consumer and regulatory, and employment and safety.
This announcement follows the promotion of eight new partners across Australia in a range of key practice areas, bringing the firm’s partnership to 41.7 per cent female, which Lawyers Weekly recently reported on, as well as the addition of real estate partner Carrie Rogers from Clayton Utz earlier this year.
Speaking on the latest round of promotions, managing partner Richard Spurio said the appointments reflect the firm’s ongoing commitment to investing in its future and enhancing client experiences.
“We’re proud to recognise the achievements of all these people. Their promotions reflect our commitment to investing in the future of our firm and delivering exceptional experiences for our clients,” he said.
“As the needs of our clients continue to evolve, these people are helping to shape thoughtful, strategic and trusted solutions that make a lasting impact.”
The firm’s new managing associates are George Bishop, Elise Blume, Isabel Burraston, Julia Clemente, Luisa Colosimo, Sarah Denton, Jamil Diu, Magda Kucharska, Jacques McElhone, Flavia Michael, Ria Neilson, Lucinda O’Dwyer, Sally Page, Vincent Pang, Stephanie Rowan, Aidan Shanley.
The new senior associates include Jessica Adams, Lorena Belbruno, Tom Bleby, Emma Boogaerdt, Elizabeth Brown, Ashleigh Buchanan, Marcus Buschel, George Calman, Melissa Camp, Lauren Carroll, Ethna Caulfield, Mitchell Cleaver, Mayuri Dharmakulasingam, Madeleine George, Emma Gillman, Naomi Graham, Shannon Hadley, Natalie Ho, Ella Hooper, Nick Horton, Byron Howard, Nathaniel Jende, Disha Kamal, Marcelina Kosmala, Stuart Kovacs, Angela Lambros, Sophie Langham, Tram Le (Vietnam), Naomi Lee, Steven Lee, Jia-Lee Lim, Jesse Lines, Tiana Macleod, Harrison Main, Sevanne McGarity, Emma Mclaughlin, Lachlan McNamara, Kate Mililli, Moussa Mourad, Bronwyn Neal, Jaslyn Ng, Thuy Linh Nguyen (Vietnam), Andrew Panaccio, Grace Paton, Soha Refaat, Anna Sartori, Maddy Shellabear, Shirley Shen, Eden Sweeney, Grace Vipen, Lilli Vos, Lydia Watson-Moore, Ian Wilkinson, Regina Yap, Chris Yuan.
In addition to the legal promotions, the international law firm has also promoted 14 senior professionals across its corporate services teams.
These corporate services promotions include Kelly Addison (information technology), Jackie Dunstan (finance), Katherina Giese (innovation and digital services), Rebecca Lyness (people and development), Winnie Ma (pricing and practice economics), Shervie Maramot (innovation and digital services), Anna Moore (marketing and client services), Robbie Norrie (people and development), George Rees (people and development), Alex Robertson (information technology), Amit Sharma (innovation and digital services), Clare Smith (office of general counsel), Jade Vowels (innovation and digital services) and Thomas Wigglesworth (people and development).
