Johnson Winter Slattery (JWS) has promoted 4 to Special Counsel and 14 to Senior Associate with effect on 1 July 2025. This follows the firm’s announcement last week of 4 new Partners.
Managing Partner Jeremy Davis said, “We are fortunate to have a deep bench of talented lawyers across the firm. These promotions are well deserved and a testament to each individual’s exceptional performance and commitment to our clients.”
The firm’s new Special Counsel are:
- Ben Bishop (Restructuring & Insolvency, Melbourne)
- Emily Lau (Technology/Intellectual Property, Sydney)
- Viva Swords (Technology/Intellectual Property, Brisbane)
- Tarryn Wright (Restructuring & Insolvency, Brisbane).
The firm’s new Senior Associates are:
- Hannah Alcock (Competition, Sydney)
- Dimity Carrick-Clark (Real Estate, Sydney)
- Alice Colquhoun (Dispute Resolution, Sydney)
- Lydia Cowan-Dillon (Technology/Intellectual Property, Brisbane)
- Marc Eastmure (Dispute Resolution, Melbourne)
- LuAnna Han (Corporate/M&A, Sydney)
- Conor Hughes (Corporate & Finance, Perth)
- Isabel McElhinney (Energy & Resources, Perth)
- Lisa Nguyen (Dispute Resolution, Sydney)
- Regan Shires (Real Estate, Brisbane)
- Heather Urry (Dispute Resolution, Perth)
- Nicholas Vardanega (Dispute Resolution, Sydney)
- Audrey Weston (Corporate/M&A, Sydney)
- Suvina Wong (Technology/Intellectual Property, Sydney).
About Johnson Winter Slattery
JWS is a leading independent Australian law firm of more than 450 people, including 80+ partners. The firm is engaged by major corporates and investment funds on their most challenging transactions, disputes and regulatory matters.
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