Adelaide firm Kelly & Co. has appointed Kenton Steicke as a partner in the firm's banking and finance practice.

Steicke joins Kelly & Co. after several years working in the banking and finance teams of Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Norton Rose and Freehills.

Practising in all areas of banking and finance, including project finance, asset finance, property finance and acquisition finance, Steicke recently assisted with the financing of the Victorian desalination project and the largest public private partnership in the world last year.