Shaun McGushin, a partner from Freehills, will join the Sydney office. He has extensive experience in all major forms of financing including corporate finance, project finance, structured and leveraged financing, onshore and offshore capital debt markets and related derivatives.

Rommel Harding-Farrenberg, also a partner from Freehills, will join McGushin in Sydney. His primary areas of expertise are project finance and major projects (particularly power generation assets, infrastructure and "hard rock" resource projects), corporate and structured finance, and debt capital markets and derivatives. His experience includes over two years with Slaughter and May in London.

Jeremy King, a partner from Blake Dawson, will join the Melbourne office. Jeremy's primary areas of expertise are corporate and structured finance roles for bank clubs, syndicates and bilateral funding arrangements, project and PPP finance and restructuring and workouts. His experience includes over two years with Linklaters in London.

Henry Self, an experienced senior practitioner from Mallesons Stephen Jaques, will join the Sydney team. His primary areas of expertise are property and development finance, property acquisitions, joint ventures and developments, corporate finance and project finance. He also had four years with Denton Wilde Sapte in London.