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Mark Currell on career planning and Clifford Chance’s trajectory

In this episode of Legal Firesides, produced exclusively for members of Lawyers Weekly Premium, Clifford Chance Australian managing partner, Mark Currell, reflects on lessons he’s learnt over the course of his professional journey, Sydney being established as a major Asian hub, and how the global firm plans to evolve Down Under.

July 16, 2025 By Robyn Tongol
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Host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Currell about his legal career and how he became the managing partner of Clifford Chance in Australia, why lawyers shouldn’t look more than two years into the future, how it can be difficult for lawyers to temper their vision, figuring out the professional version of one’s self, and the increasing difficulty in separating one’s self from work.

 
 

Currell also delves into his sense of self and what it means to be a good lawyer, what the next chapter looks like for Clifford Chance in Australia, how he’s finding juggling his ongoing practice with managing partner duties, how the firm is looking to grow Down Under and why, viewing Sydney as a “genuine Asian city”, reacting to market shifts, and leading a BigLaw practice at an inflection point for legal services.

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