Australia’s leading independent law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, has today announced the appointment of 12 new partners. This includes 11 internal promotions, and the hire of Jo Feldman who has joined Corrs as an arbitration and commercial litigation partner and Corrs’ head of trade.
Commenting on the appointments, Corrs Senior Partner and CEO Gavin MacLaren said: “We are delighted to welcome these talented lawyers to the Corrs partnership, and we look forward to their strong contribution as partners.”
Jo Feldman: Arbitration and Commercial Litigation – Perth
Jo has 20 years’ experience in commercial and investment treaty arbitration. She advises on investment structuring to manage sovereign risk in cross-border investments, navigating the impact of regulatory reform and engaging with governments. Jo also provides advice across the entire range of trade law, including tariffs and sanctions issues.
Internal promotions:
Andrew Daidone: Banking and Finance – Sydney
Andrew is a financing specialist with extensive experience advising both lender and borrower side clients on structured finance, fund finance (including NAV, loan on loan, capital call and hybrid facilities) and back leverage transactions in Australia and internationally, with a particular focus on the private credit sector. Andrew also has extensive experience advising clients on a range of infrastructure and energy and resources related financings across the capital spectrum including project finance, corporate finance and leveraged finance.
Angela Morris: Investigations & Inquiries and Commercial Litigation – Melbourne
Angela specialises in resolving complex, high-value, and sensitive contentious matters for clients across the construction, energy (including renewables), financial services, private capital, and aviation/aerospace and defence sectors. She has experience in leading and managing contentious regulatory investigations, commercial litigation in Australia and England, international and domestic arbitration, and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.
Daniel Byrne: Commercial Litigation and Restructuring, Insolvency & Special Situations – Brisbane
Daniel is an experienced disputes lawyer with a broad commercial practice. He specialises in energy and resources and insolvency disputes and acts for a broad range of major clients including large corporations, investment funds, trustee companies and government bodies.
Isobel Fitzgibbon: Commercial Litigation – Melbourne
Isobel specialises in major commercial litigation. She has a broad disputes practice, with significant experience in competition and consumer law matters, regulatory proceedings, class actions, Royal Commissions and other inquiries and investigations. Isobel advises Australian and international clients across a range of industries including mining and resources, infrastructure, manufacturing, technology, retail and consumer goods. She also advises State government departments and Commonwealth agencies in litigious matters.
Kristian Cywicki: Projects – Perth
Kristian specialises in advising on disputes arising from complex, large-scale construction, infrastructure, energy, and mining projects. He provides guidance on dispute avoidance and settlement strategies, and represents clients in various forms of dispute resolution, ranging from negotiation and non-binding processes, to litigation and arbitration. A key part of Kristian’s practice is advising clients in a ‘project counsel’ capacity, working closely with clients during the project delivery phase to address contractual issues as they arise.
Lucy Carter: Corporate – Melbourne
Lucy is an experienced corporate lawyer who specialises in advising clients on complex transactions and dealings, with a particular focus in the infrastructure, renewable energy and real estate sectors. Lucy regularly advises Australian and international clients on a broad range of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructures, joint ventures, governance matters and other investment arrangements.
Rachel Richardson: Real Estate – Sydney
Rachel is a specialist property lawyer, focussing on large scale, complex urban development projects and the build-to-rent sector. She has considerable experience acting on some of Australia’s largest urban renewal projects, including on over station developments and mixed use projects, and has significant experience advising on project delivery agreements, fund through arrangements and capital partnering. She also has significant experience advising institutional clients in the build-to-rent market.
Ronan Boothman: Employment, Labour & Safety – Perth
Ronan is an employment and labour lawyer with experience in the mining, energy, offshore maritime, health, retail, manufacturing and construction industries. He is known for his expertise in developing robust workplace strategies, both inside and outside the enterprise bargaining cycle, as well as for his skill in employment-related litigation and navigation of complex regulatory requirements. Ronan also assists companies with crisis management in the event of work health and safety incidents.
Timothy Bunker: Commercial Litigation – Brisbane
Tim is an experienced litigator with multi-disciplinary experience. Tim’s practice primarily focuses on high stakes, bet-the-company litigation, multi-faceted fraud and corruption inquiries, and complex competition and regulatory matters. During his career, Tim has acted for a portfolio of Australia and the UK’s largest and most significant corporates, public sector entities and individuals. He has extensive experience handling high-pressure inquiries and dealing with investigations by corporate regulators and anti-corruption authorities.
Tom Schinckel: Restructuring, Insolvency & Special Situations – Sydney
Tom is a restructuring and corporations lawyer who specialises in complex restructuring transactions and disputes, external administrations, and corporations and insolvency litigation. His clients include insolvency practitioners, banks and private credit lenders, debtors and sponsors, with a focus on the energy, mining, financial services and other regulated industries, as well as inbound foreign investors in Australian businesses and assets. He is admitted to practice in both Australia and the United States, where he previously spent time working in the New York office of a leading US law firm.
Warren Scott: Real Estate – Melbourne
Warren has experience advising on a wide range of real estate transactions across all asset classes, including capital transactions, joint ventures, residential and mixed-use developments and commercial leasing. With extensive experience in the capital transactions space, he is a trusted advisor to many of Australia’s leading institutional real estate investors. Warren is also highly regarded for his knowledge of the build-to-rent sector and frequently advises investors, developers and operators of build-to-rent developments.
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