The firm promoted over 70 lawyers in total in its mid-year round
Six lawyers have made partner in HWL Ebsworth’s mid-year promotions cycle.
Danielle Flint, Ron Galea, Adam Goldner, Craig McIver, Michael Owens and Brian Rom hail from different offices and specialise in a variety of practice areas.
Flint works with the workplace relations and safety team at the Perth office. She has advised employers on all aspects of the employment relationship and provided guidance on matters involving the construction, resources, agribusiness, transport, retail, and health sectors.
She has worked on the transmission and acquisition of businesses, issues related to ill and injured employees, the investigation of major workplace incidents, and the drafting of complex commercial and executive agreements.
Galea is part of the insurance team in Sydney. He has acted for insurers in catastrophic comprehensive third-party insurance claims involving serious injuries and complex medical, quantum and intricate liability issues.
He has tackled matters related to employer liability, workers' compensation litigation, and work injury damages across the mining, health, transport, and aged care sectors. He has experience managing workers' compensation claims.
Goldner is a member of the corporate and commercial team. He concentrates on M&A, business structuring and restructuring, corporate governance, commercial transactions and regulatory compliance.
His clients include multinationals, financial services firms, professional services firms, high-net-worth individuals, listed companies, incorporated associations, family-owned businesses, and not-for-profits.
McIver has spent nearly 30 years working primarily in the field of commercial and financial insurance as a barrister and solicitor. He has assisted international and national underwriters on indemnity issues involving financial lines, directors’ and officers’ liability, professional indemnity, and related risks.
He has served as defence counsel in significant insured disputes across mainland Australian states and at the Federal level.
Owens has guided clients in all aspects of real estate acquisition, development, funding, and disposal, particularly community title scheme development. He has assisted builders on display village agreements and advised body corporates in relation to by-laws.
As a disputes lawyer, Rom focuses on complex construction matters. He has worked on high-value arbitrations, court proceedings, expert determinations, adjudications, and mediations across the oil and gas, renewables, shipping, mining, logistics, property, and fraud sectors.
He has drafted construction contracts, and has practised in the UK, South Africa, NSW and Victoria.
HWL Ebsworth also promoted 17 special counsel, 22 senior associates and 34 associates. Last month, the firm unveiled its new board of partners.
