Freehills has confirmed the promotion of six new partners this week—a similar number to last year, reflecting a confident outlook across the firm.
The new partners will take up their roles from 1 July 2010, keeping total partner numbers at the firm broadly static at 206.
Four of the new partners are women and are across the firm’s Corporate, Banking & Finance, Projects and Litigation practice groups.
This reflects the growing proportion of women studying law and entering legal practice with commercial law firms.
Freehills’ CEO Gavin Bell congratulated all the new partners and said it was pleasing to see that the proportion of women promoted was more in line with the growing numbers of women studying law and working in the more junior ranks.
‘We only ever promote to partnership based on merit and a strong business case, and it’s pleasing to see we have the quality of people who can offer our clients the best legal and commercial advice in the market.
‘Freehills is committed to engaging women in successful careers and promoting an equitable gender balance in senior roles.’
Freehills’ new partners include:
- Jason Betts (Litigation, Sydney)
- Kate Cahill (Projects, Brisbane)
- Evelyn Halls (Corporate, Melbourne)
- Andrew Rich (Corporate, Sydney)
- Amanda Wales (Banking & Finance, Sydney)
- Sharon Wilson (Corporate, Perth)
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