National board
Freehills is governed by a national board consisting of seven partners and two non-partners, including the chief executive officer:
Rebecca Davies
Gavin Bell (Chief Executive Officer / Chief Managing Partner)
Geoff McClellan
Robert Nicholson (Chairman)
Dr Helen Nugent
John Schembri
Jim Theodore
Jason Ricketts
Management team
The executive management of the firm is carried out by Gavin Bell (Chief Executive Officer / Chief Managing Partner) and managing partners Peter Butler and Mark Rigotti. Peter has a focus on the firm’s people and practice groups, and Mark’s focus is on clients and growth.
John McKenna hold the recently created position of Chief Risk Officer and General Counsel for Freehills, and has a focus on ensuring the firm addresses risk issues in a serious and systematic manner.
For more information on this team, click here.
Heads of office
The heads of office are listed below:
Sydney: John Colvin
Melbourne: John Curtis
Perth: John Atkins
Brisbane: Michael Back
National practice group structure
Being nationally based, we are able to bring our considerable resources to bear on a project regardless of state or national boundaries.
We offer services in a vast range of commercial law. The leaders of our broad practice areas are:
Banking & Projects: Patrick St John
Corporate: Richard Loveridge
Employee Relations: Graeme Smith
Litigation: Keith Steele
International: John Curtis
Freehills Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys: Frances Drummond
Greenwoods & Freehills (taxation advisers): Andrew Mills