BigLaw firm Moray & Agnew has appointed a new partner and two special counsel for its government team, who have come across from national rivals HWL Ebsworth and MinterEllison.
Max Gao, Tegan Weir, and Marian Morton (all pictured) have joined Moray & Agnew in its national government team.
Gao, who was a special counsel at HWL Ebsworth, has joined as a partner and brings extensive experience handling matters governed by intricate legislative regimes and involving sensitive material. He will be based in the firm’s Sydney office.
Weir joins as a special counsel, also from HWL Ebsworth, and advises clients on issues relating to immigration and disability and regularly manages matters involving complex legislative frameworks and large-scale litigation. She will work from the firm’s Melbourne office.
And Morton, coming across from MinterEllison, has also joined as a special counsel, bringing experience in acting for various government and private clients in a variety of litigated and non-litigated actions, including personal injury claims, administrative law, redress, royal commissions, and inquiries.
Moray & Agnew now has more than 800 staff nationally, including 120 partners, across its offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Newcastle, Perth, and Cairns.
The news follows the firm’s appointment of a new workplace partner earlier this month, its promotion of special counsel to partner in October, its acquisition of Greenwoods Law (Cairns) in July, its appointment of a new national managing partner in June, its promotion of 25 in the same month, its appointment of a new corporate and commercial partner in April, its appointment of a new property partner in March, its appointment of former KPMG director as property partner in January, and its promotion of 17 in the same month.
Speaking about the appointments, Moray & Agnew Australian government national practice group leader Ben Mason said: “We look forward to the valuable contribution Max, Marian and Tegan will make as we continue to grow our government expertise in Melbourne, Sydney and nationally.”
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