South Australian firm Cowell Clarke has appointed senior associates Peter Leech and Natalie Abela to the position of special counsel.

They will both take on further responsibilities in the areas of client relationship management and the training and development of more junior lawyers," Cowell Clarke CEO Paul Bilney said.

With over 11 years of experience, Leech specialises in dispute resolution, trade practices, insolvency and reconstruction and intellectual property law.

Abela, with over nine years of experience, specialises in dispute resolution, defamation, wills and estates, insolvency and reconstruction and intellectual property law.