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K&L Gates promotes 13 to senior positions
By Jerome Doraisamy|02 March 2021
Global law firm K&L Gates has appointed one new partner, three new special counsel and nine new senior associates, effective from 1 March 2021.
As part of a partner promotions round of 31 across the globe, K&L has named restructuring and insolvency practitioner Nicole Ward as its newest Australian partner.
In a statement, the firm said Ms Ward is “well known for her timely, commercial and strategic advice”.
By joining the partnership ranks, she will “substantially add to the depth” of the firm’s Melbourne restructuring and insolvency practice, it continued, “positioning the team to respond to the increasing dynamic client need”.