Minter Ellison has announced the appointment of 10 new partners, 17 special counsel, 46 senior associates and one senior consultant.

The new partners include Brisbane construction lawyer Michael Creedon; Brisbane lawyer Victoria Donaghy in the human resources and industrial relations team; Fabio Fior in the firm's Canberra real estate team; corporate and commercial lawyer Franki Ganter in Brisbane; Amber Keating in Perth; Michael Lawson in the Sydney corporate (financial services) team; Brisbane banking and finance lawyer Ian Lockhart; Justin Oliver in the firm's Brisbane dispute resolution (competition and regulatory) team; Scott Singleton in the Brisbane corporate team; and Yi Yi Wu in Shanghai.

Six of the new partners are based in Brisbane, highlighting the firm's confidence in the growth potential of the Queensland market.