Dentons is pleased to announce the promotion of 17 senior lawyers across its offices in Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. Ten of the 17 promotions were women.

Effective from 1 July 2020, the promotions span the Firm’s Australasian offices in the areas of Banking and Finance, Construction, Dispute Resolution and Litigation, Intellectual Property and Technology, Real Estate, Commercial and Recovery and Restructuring.

Commenting on the promotions, Australia Chair and Australasia Region CEO Doug Stipanicev said he was extremely proud of the achievements of the lawyers.

“These well-deserved promotions recognise our legal professionals who continue to demonstrate their skills and capabilities during these challenging times, and deliver outstanding results for our clients.

“As Dentons was named as a 2019 Employer of Choice by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, I’m also extremely pleased that our commitment to gender equality continues to show, with 59% of these promotions being women.”

The full list of newly promoted senior lawyers is as follows:

Senior Associate

• Brienna Anderson, Construction, Sydney
• Charmaine Smit, Real Estate, Sydney
• Delano Leen, Recovery and Restructuring, Adelaide
•  Emmanuel Njuguna, Banking and Finance, Adelaide
• John Simpson, Intellectual Property and Technology, Auckland
• Kathryn Moulden, Recovery and Restructuring, Sydney
• Komdal Lonagata, Commercial, Port Moresby
• Maryanne Tusais, Litigation, Port Moresby
• Scott Pollok, Intellectual Property and Technology, Auckland
• Shane Calalesina, Recovery and Restructuring, Perth

Managing Associate

• Abi Uthayachandran, Banking and Finance, Sydney
• Annie Tseung, Banking and Finance, Sydney
• Brooke Spain, Dispute Resolution, Sydney
• Cara Richardson, Real Estate, Brisbane and Sydney
• Christopher Soon, Recovery and Restructuring, Sydney
• Rachel Walker, Banking and Finance, Sydney

Special Counsel

• Danielle Kuti, Dispute Resolution, Sydney

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