Rebecca Maslen-Stannage to join fellow countrywoman Freshfields' Georgia Dawson at helm of top international firm
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has chosen Australian corporate lawyer Rebecca Maslen-Stannage as its first woman senior partner.
She will succeed London-based James Palmer next May joining fellow Australian, newly elected Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer senior partner Georgia Dawson at the helm of a leading international law firm.
Maslen-Stannage is no stranger to leadership roles at HSF having served as deputy senior partner from 2012-2019. As senior partner she will chair the partnership council for a four-year term as well as maintaining her practice, which has seen her act on signature deals including 2020’s merger between TPG Telecom and Vodafone-Hutchinson Australia.