DLA Piper has promoted three Australian-based lawyers to the partnership. In addition the firm has promoted six lawyers to special counsel.
Across the Asia pacific region seven lawyers at the firm have been promoted to the partnership, across the firm's corporate, finance and projects, litigation and regulatory and intellectual property and technology practice groups. In Australia they include Simone Mitchell, an intellectual property and technology lawyer based in Sydney; Bruce Linke, a finance and projects lawyer in Melbourne and in Perth, litigation and regulation lawyer Richard Edwards.
Newly promoted partners in Asia Pacific:
Name | Practice area | Location |
Richard Edwards | Litigation & Regulatory | Perth |
Anderson Lam | Corporate | Hong Kong |
Phil Lam | Corporate | Hong Kong |
Bruce Linke | Finance & Projects | Melbourne |
Simone Mitchell | Intellectual Property & Technology | Sydney |
Mike Suen | Corporate | Hong Kong |
Kaichen Xu | Corporate | Shanghai |
Newly promoted Special Counsel in Australia:
Name | Practice area | Location |
Janet Abboud | Litigation & Regulatory | Sydney |
James McIntyre | Litigation & Regulatory | Brisbane |
Jasmine Price | Litigation & Regulatory | Sydney |
Nikki Scoble | Litigation & Regulatory | Sydney |
Bryan Wee | Litigation & Regulatory | Melbourne |
Mark Worsman | Intellectual Property & Technology | Sydney |