The firm elevated a total of 50 lawyers in its mid-year promotions round
Thomson Geer has elevated dispute resolution star Hannah Sowdon to partner in a recent promotions cycle.
Sowden has been with the firm since 2014 and practises from the Melbourne office. CEP Adrian Tembel praised her work as a dispute resolution lawyer, highlighting that she has “taken a lead role with a number of clients and has demonstrated the skills and experience necessary to be a partner of our firm”.
Thomson Geer also promoted 49 other lawyers to special counsel, senior associates and associates. The newly promoted special counsel and senior associates, who took on their new roles on 1 July, are as follows:
Special counsel
- Shaun Restorick-Barton – corporate – Brisbane
- Viki Sanderson – disputes – Adelaide
- Fiona Stapleton – tax – Adelaide
- Jessica Tabe – property – Adelaide
Senior associate
- Jade Andrews - IP and IT - Brisbane
- Lucy Aylward - construction - Sydney
- Rebecca Bailey - banking and finance - Melbourne
- Liam Cobain - dispute resolution - Adelaide
- Arianne Daly - insurance - Melbourne
- Samantha Hannah - workplace insurance - Melbourne
- Jakita Hodgson - construction - Brisbane
- Alice Leary - dispute resolution - Adelaide
- Davina Lee - dispute resolution - Sydney
- Jeanie Lee - dispute resolution - Sydney
- Emily Livingston - environment and planning - Adelaide
- Geoffrey Milani - property - Sydney
- Edward Morcombe - dispute resolution - Melbourne
- Kajal Parmar - corporate and commercial - Perth
- Bronwyn Thomas - corporate and commercial - Sydney
- Lawrence Ward - corporate and commercial - Perth
- Angela Watson - IP and IT - Adelaide
- Alanna Wright - IP and IT - Sydney
- Matthew Yahl - corporate and commercial - Sydney
