Russell McVeagh has promoted seven emerging leaders to senior associate. With a further two alumni senior lawyers having recently returned to the firm from overseas, they round out a total of nine new SAs for the firm across Russell McVeagh’s corporate advisory, litigation and real estate and construction teams.
Corporate advisory
Hannah Brown recently returned to Russell McVeagh after three years working in London for Allen & Overy, where she advised on a number of high-profile, multi-national public and private transactions. She also spent nine months on secondment in the investment banking team at JP Morgan. Brown advises on a variety of corporate transactions, including IPOs, secondary capital raisings, M&As and a broad range of general corporate and securities law advisory work.
Frida Klippel joined the firm in 2017 and has since established herself as a trusted adviser for a number of banks, insurers and other large listed and private corporates. She specialises in M&As, overseas investment, complex joint-venture arrangements, and a broad range of commercial contracts and general corporate matters.
Emily Murray-Joubert joined Russell McVeagh in 2019, following experience working at another large New Zealand law firm and in Johannesburg for ENSafrica, where she advised on several high-profile transactions. She has extensive experience advising on M&As, private equity transactions, JVs, and commercial contracts for listed and unlisted clients in the insurance, banking, telecommunications, FMCG, pharmaceuticals, and oil and gas sectors.
Rachael O’Malley is a corporate lawyer advising on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters with clients across a variety of industries. She has substantial experience advising on M&As, takeovers, overseas investment, corporate governance matters and commercial contracts, including unique expertise in the energy and insurance sectors.
Litigation
Camille Butters is a commercial litigation specialist focusing on financial services, regulatory enforcement, and complex disputes. She has contentious and advisory expertise across a range of matters, including regulatory affairs and investigations, contractual disputes, and insolvency. Camille has a particular interest in anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism.
Gordon Lamb specialises in commercial litigation, with a particular focus on complex contractual disputes, and insurance, construction, and property disputes. He assists clients with a range of contentious and non-contentious matters, including advice on contractual issues and statutory and regulatory compliance, and represents clients in arbitrations and in the courts.
Alex MacDuff is a general commercial litigator specialising in restructuring, insolvency, and special situations. His experience includes advising corporates, financial institutions and other stakeholders on restructurings, stressed and distressed refinancings and insolvencies. He also acts for insolvency practitioners in formal appointments such as receiverships, voluntary administrations and liquidations. He has recently returned to Russell McVeagh, and prior to this, Alex spent a number of years working in London for Allen & Overy’s global restructuring group advising on high-profile cross-border and domestic matters.
Real estate and construction
Rachael Chappell is a commercial real estate lawyer, specialising in high-value acquisitions and disposals, leasing, development projects, subdivisions, property financing, forestry transactions and green energy.
Rory Pryce has a breadth of experience advising institutional, government and developer clients in all aspects of real estate and construction matters. He has a particular focus on acquisitions and disposals, development projects and industrial and commercial office leasing. He returned to Russell McVeagh last year.
Russell McVeagh board chair Allison Arthur-Young said: “These talented senior lawyers consistently demonstrate excellence in their work for our clients and in their contributions to their teams and the wider firm.”
Last week, Russell McVeagh announced that Banking and Finance expert Jesse Fairley, Real Estate and Construction lawyer Sarah Blackmore, and Corporate lawyer Tom Gillespie are to join the firm’s partnership* effective December 1, 2021, Subject to Law Society requirements.
Russell McVeagh has also recently promoted 16 of its lawyers to Senior Solicitor. The firm congratulates all of our senior lawyers on these career milestones.
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