Sparke Helmore has grown its partnership with the elevation of Stephanie Barclay from the speciality lines team, Ben Gottlieb from the workplace team, and Alexandra Kuczerawy from the casualty team.
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Barclay is an experienced litigator who practises in professional indemnity and financial lines claims, and provides advice to insurers about indemnity, defence costs management, and strategic handling of claims.
Gottlieb has been involved in a broad range of matters, including employment and industrial disputes, bargaining-related applications, restraint disputes, workplace investigations, safety incidents and prosecutions, safety reviews, coronial inquests, and merits reviews.
Kuczerawy has considerable litigation experience representing national and international insurers in public liability, property damage, product liability, international torts, and coverage matters.
National managing partner Andrew White said: “I am pleased to share that Stephanie, Ben, and Alexandra have joined our partnership.
“We are committed to recognising and supporting the growth of our people, encouraging them throughout their career journeys.
“I look forward to seeing Stephanie, Ben, and Alexandra continue to build their teams, expand their practices, and congratulate them on reaching this significant career milestone.”
The new special counsel are:
- Anna Alexandris, statutory lines insurance
- Gemma Chew, CTP insurance
- Georgia Murphy-Haste, pro bono
- Jason Fletcher, casualty
- Jessica Phillips, workplace
- Koreen Partridge, property environment and finance
- Laura Wells, government public and regulatory
- Lauren Armstrong, government public and regulatory
- Liz Cameron, government public and regulatory
- Margaret Fox, casualty
- Melanie Shanahan, casualty
- Natalia Milutinovic, government public and regulatory
- Nikoletta Louverdis, speciality lines
The new senior associates are:
- Annabelle Wilford, government public and regulatory
- Anthony Westenberg, government public and regulatory
- Benjamin Mayne, government public and regulatory
- Carly Warren, government public and regulatory
- Christopher De Santana, government public and regulatory
- Emily Maker, government public and regulatory
- Rachel Waters, government public and regulatory
- Hannah Laviano, government public and regulatory
- Harry Lacoste, property environment and finance
- Holly Irwin, workplace
- Hugh Winten, property environment and finance
- Jack Harding, workplace
- Julia Pratt, statutory lines insurance
- Jaimee Lindsay, corporate and commercial
- Jake Lobban, corporate and commercial
- Madi Rush, government public and regulatory
- Molly Covell, casualty
- Monica Macor, government public and regulatory
- Nicola Strangward, CTP insurance
- Paul Bingham, speciality lines
- Ross Iannello, projects and government commercial
- Sarah Al-Askari, senior associate
- Sarah Baffi, workplace
- Sophie Luo, corporate and commercial
- Teegan White, CTP insurance
- Stephanie Margush, government public and regulatory
- Tess McGregor, speciality lines
- Thomas Guihot, government public and regulatory
- Xylie Tran, government public and regulatory
- Zoe Wilson, government public and regulatory
“Congratulations also to our special counsel and senior associates on this well-deserved achievement,” White said.
“Their expertise, dedication to clients, and commitment to our values are central to the firm’s success. I look forward to seeing their continued growth and impact in the years ahead.”
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