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National law firm Piper Alderman has moved to expand its employment relations team, with the appointment of a global rival’s head of employment, as well as his team.
Piper Alderman is growing its national employment relations practice, having appointed Mason Fettell as a partner in its Brisbane office.
Fettell comes across from global firm DWF, where he served as head of employment for nearly one-and-a-half years, and worked for over eight years. He has also brought his team with him to Piper Alderman, including senior associates Kelvin Lee and Ashleigh O’Connor, associate Sarah Kneipp, and paralegal Angelique Seinin.
The team, Piper Alderman outlined in a statement, brings extensive experience advising on employment, workplace health and safety (WHS) and regulatory matters across a broad range of industries, and will help enhance the firm’s national footprint and strengthen its ability to support clients across all major Australian markets. Fettell and his team have particular experience, the firm went on, in advising on complex employment and industrial relations disputes, workplace investigations and regulatory compliance, WHS incident response and prosecutions, enterprise bargaining and workforce strategy, and the management of ill and injured workers, terminations and organisational change.
The news follows Piper Alderman’s promotion of 27 professionals, including three to its partnership, in mid-June.
It also follows the firm’s appointment of James Macdonald as its new managing partner, as well as Martin Lovell and McKenzie Moore as deputy managing partners, back in February.
The national firm has nearly 500 staff across its offices in Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.
Speaking about the arrival of Fettell’s team, Macdonald said: “Mason’s appointment represents an important step in the expansion of our national employment relations practice.”
“The addition of Mason and his team strengthens the firm’s capability to support our clients through complex workforce and regulatory challenges in key markets across multiple jurisdictions,” he said.
Fettell added: “Piper Alderman’s strong national platform and its clear investment in growing a market-leading employment relations practice were key factors in my decision to join the firm.”
“I look forward to working with colleagues across the country to support clients as they navigate increasingly complex employment, safety and regulatory challenges,” he said.
Jerome Doraisamy is the managing editor of professional services (including Lawyers Weekly, HR Leader, Accountants Daily, and Accounting Times). He is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in New South Wales, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation.
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