W+K expands in Adelaide with two new partners and a new office

I’m pleased to share that Wotton + Kearney has welcomed two new partners, Cheryl Phillips and Bill Conor, and four other new team members to our expanding Adelaide team. Cheryl, who joins us from MinterEllison, will lead our Adelaide office. She has broad insurance law experience and is highly regarded by our clients for her […]

Richard Leder-led Corrs team joins Wotton + Kearney

Wotton + Kearney is delighted to announce that a team led by Richard Leder OAM will be joining its Melbourne office. Richard Leder will bring a team of six from Corrs Chambers Westgarth including Georgie Austin (Partner), Jacquie Goodwin (Senior Associate), Blake Pappas (Senior Associate), Simone Tagliaferro (Senior Associate), Renata Romeo (Associate) and Karolyn Connelly […]

Legal 500 rates W+K as a Tier 1 Insurance firm in Australia and New Zealand – again

Wotton + Kearney has again been recognised as a Tier 1 firm for insurance law in both Australia and New Zealand in the 2023 The Legal 500 Asia Pacific rankings. The Legal 500 says Wotton + Kearney has a “renowned insurance group“ in Australia and “brings together the biggest collection of insurance specialists in New […]

Wotton + Kearney makes 29 promotions

Wotton + Kearney has announced 29 promotions effective 1 January 2023 in Australia and New Zealand, including new partner Nicole Gabryk in the firm’s rapidly growing cyber team. The latest promotions take W+K’s numbers to 67 partners and more than 350 dedicated insurance lawyers across eight locations. Nicole Gabryk (Cyber, Privacy + Data Security, Sydney) […]

W+K again receives Band 1 Chambers ranking in Australia and New Zealand

Wotton + Kearney has been recognised as a Band 1 Insurance Law Firm in Australia and New Zealand in the 2023 Chambers Asia-Pacific rankings. This is the 11th year in a row the firm has been recognised as a Band 1 firm in Australia. Fifteen of the firm’s senior lawyers were also individually rated, including three for […]

Finalists announced in Wotton + Kearney’s Turning Point competition

W+K is delighted to announce the five finalists of the inaugural Wotton + Kearney Turning Point competition. The competition, which we launched in August, threw out a challenge to the insurance industry’s most creative and progressive thinkers to explore where the Property, Energy + Infrastructure market is going, including changes in industry and technology. The […]

W+K acquires boutique Melbourne health law practice

On 14 November 2022, Wotton + Kearney acquired Ball + Partners, a boutique health law firm based in Melbourne. Ball + Partners is recognised by Doyles as the only First Tier medical negligence and malpractice law firm in Victoria, with its partners also being the only individuals in Victoria to achieve a preeminent ranking. As […]

Get to know Edward Burrell, new partner and major loss specialist

In our latest Q&A with our recently appointed partners, we get to know Sydney-based major loss specialist, Edward Burrell, a key member of W+K’s Property, Energy + Infrastructure team. Tell us about your journey to becoming a partner at W+K. After graduating from the University of Otago and getting admitted to the bar in New […]

Get to know Ronnie Mok, new partner and financial lines specialist

In our latest Q&A with our recently appointed partners, we get to know Brisbane-based financial lines specialist, Ronnie Mok. Tell us about your journey to becoming a partner at W+K. In July 2008, I started as a graduate at a national plaintiff law firm, working in class actions and commercial litigation. After four years there, […]