An international insurance law firm has made a significant partnership growth as it announces four new partners as well as five other promotions.
Wotton + Kearney has promoted to partner Suzanne Craig, Katie Shanks, Greg Carruthers-Smith, and William Robinson, in a move that boosts its insurance practice in the Australasian market as well as bolsters its capability as a founding member of Legalign Global, an alliance of four major insurance law firms globally.
A skilled financial lines lawyer, Craig specialises in professional indemnity, management liability, and directors and officers' claims and has practiced in both Melbourne and Sydney.
Shanks is a highly experienced coverage and defence counsel who has worked on a wide range of professional indemnity and financial lines claims, both in Australia and NZ. She is also experienced in property and contract works, and was an integral part of the firm's project team arising from the NZ earthquakes.
Carruthers-Smith is a general liability specialist who focuses on the public sector and acts in high-profile and complex claims for NSW government agencies and statutory corporations.
Last but not the least is Robinson, whose specialty is in personal injury, building, and occupational health and safety disputes, public and occupiers’ liability, as well as property damage claims. He also heads the general liability team in the firm's Perth office.
The firm also made special counsel appointments – Hope Saloustros and Ed O’Brien in Melbourne, Elizabeth Conlan in Brisbane, and Karina Mandinga and Tom Cavanagh to senior associate in Sydney.
W+K chief executive partner
David Kearney congratulated the newly promoted lawyers, saying: “We would like to especially welcome Suzanne, Katie, Greg and William to the partnership, acknowledging that each of them have excelled across a broad range of criteria including technical excellence, client relationships and living our values.
“Whilst each has been promoted on merit, we are particularly delighted to be promoting two more female partners and another part time partner to our partnership team. All of whom will add to the diversity of our leadership group,” he said.
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