Corporate and commercial partner Adam Levine has left Mallesons Stephen Jaques to join the partnership of Middletons.

Levine acts on a range of commercial matters, including equity capital markets, takeovers and schemes of arrangement, business sales and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, outsourcing and general corporate advisory work.

"Adam is a real specialist when it comes to M&A work, including capital markets. His work involves complex, high-profile cross-jurisdictional transactions, co-coordinating legal teams in different Australian states and abroad," said Middletons managing partner Nick Nichola.