Hamilton Locke Launches Brisbane Office

Hamilton Locke is pleased to announce the launch of our Brisbane office, as featured in Lawyers Weekly, with corporate partner, Peter Williams and insolvency and litigation partner, Mark Schneider joining as foundation partners of our Brisbane presence.

Peter joins from McCullough Robertson and advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, corporate governance, joint ventures, infrastructure arrangements and commercial contracts. Mark is a strategic commercial litigator who joins from global firm Norton Rose Fulbright with extensive specialist experience in corporate restructuring, business turnarounds, insolvency and commercial dispute resolution.

As part of professional services firm, Halo Group Holdings, Hamilton Locke will be co-located with Halo Group businesses, The Fold Legal and Source in the prestigious Riverside Centre at 123 Eagle Street, in the heart of the Brisbane CBD.

Halo Group recently announced its acquisition of leading financial services regulatory firm and 2021 Australasian Law Awards ‘Boutique Firm of the Year’ winner, The Fold Legal. The Fold’s Brisbane team is led by Charmian Holmes, who specialises in regulation for general insurance, fintech and insurtech, and heads up the firm’s corporate advisory and transactions practice. 

Source, also part of Halo Group, will continue and expand its Brisbane presence. Source provides outsourced in-house style legal, human resources and CFO services on a monthly retainer basis. In Queensland, Source has seven senior lawyers and human resources consultants, including the firm’s human resources leadership team, Hayley Furer and Tina Melbourne.

Halo Group has continued to grow its existing businesses with total staff numbers across Halo Group now 131. Halo Group is also the holding company of Emerson CoSec and MacMillan Trade Marks. Emerson CoSec continues to service its clients with team members based in Sydney and Melbourne, MacMillan Trade Marks continues to service its clients, both in Australia and around the world.

We are delighted to launch our Brisbane presence, further expanding our service offering across Australia.

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