Mallesons Stephen Jaques has announced the appointment of another partner to add to its 12 new partners announced last week.

Banking and finance lawyer Patrick Phua has been added to the firm's partnership in the Beijing office, effective 1 January 2011.

Phua joins partners Scott Heezen and Wayne Leach in Sydney; Joseph Muraca, Kate Jackson-Maynes, Anne-Marie Neagle, Beth Cubitt and Domenic Gatto in Melbourne; Craig Rogers in Brisbane; Dan Kirk and Larissa Strk-Lingard in Perth; and Paul McBride and Edmund Wan in Hong Kong.