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) has […]
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 the […]
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 submissions […]
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 part […]
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 […]
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, […]
In our latest Q&A with our recently appointed partners, we get to know Brisbane-based general liability specialist, Cassandra Wills. Tell us about your journey to becoming a partner at W+K. I’ve been in the Brisbane insurance market for 20 years and joined W+K five years ago. During those five years, I’ve seen the Brisbane office […]
To promote industry thought leadership in the Property, Energy & Infrastructure insurance market, Wotton Kearney has launched the W+K Turning Point Competition. The W+K Turning Point Competition calls for publishable industry ideas from industry participants that will explore and lead the next generation of thinking in the Property, Energy & Infrastructure space through the lens […]
In our latest Q&A with our recently appointed partners, we get to know Melbourne-based financial lines specialist, Yen Seah. Tell us about your journey to becoming a partner at W+K. I joined W+K in 2014 as a junior solicitor after starting my legal career in-house at the Country Fire Authority as part of their team […]
Wotton Kearney is opening its eighth office in Canberra, having attracted experienced insurance litigator Catherine Power and her team from Sparke Helmore. The move into Canberra continues the firm’s strong growth trajectory as the largest specialist insurance law firm across Australia and New Zealand. The eight-strong team, led by Partner Catherine Power, includes Gemma Burke […]
