Respected legal directory Best Lawyers Australia has once again recognised the industry leading experience of Lavan’s lawyers. Highlighting the depth of Lavan’s multi-disciplinary expertise, Best Lawyers has recognised 10 of our partners across 13 practice areas including awarding partner Tamara Heng as “Lawyer of the Year” for Leasing Law in Western Australia.
Commenting on the results, managing partner Dean Hely said “We are delighted to consistently receive these rankings which are testament to the quality of our work and strong relationships with our valued clients. The strength of our multi-disciplinary service offering is reflected in the breadth of recognition spanning alternative dispute resolution, construction and infrastructure, insurance, labour and employment, land use and zoning, leasing, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, planning, real property and privacy and data security.
For rankings which are usually dominated by national firms, we are particularly proud as an independent Western Australian firm to have partners Peter Beekink, Tamara Heng, Paul McQueen, Tim Morgan and Craig Wallace, special counsel Rebekah O’Brien and senior associates Alex McGlue and Jennifer Tropiano all recognised as leaders in Property and Planning Law. This result reflects the team's pre-eminent position in the property sector in Australia.”
The full list of Lavan lawyers recognised in the 2022 rankings of Best Lawyers in Australia includes:
Real Property and Leasing Law
Planning and Environment and Land Use and Zoning Law
In other practice areas:
These results would not be possible without the valued relationships we share with our clients. The work we do with them and their continued support is very much appreciated by everyone at Lavan.
Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer review publication in the legal profession globally. Recognition in Best Lawyers is conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers.
Lavan is very pleased to announce the appointment of Amber Crosthwaite as a partner in Seniors Living, Aged Care & Disability.
Recognised as a pre-eminent lawyer in Health & Aged Care, Amber is passionate about population ageing and disability, which present some of the greatest socio-economic challenges and opportunities of our time.
Amber works across the seniors living, aged care and disability sectors with a particular focus on regulatory compliance, sales and acquisitions and property development (including retirement villages, residential aged care facilities and Specialist Disability Accommodation).
“Amber brings a values aligned, measured and commercial approach to the highly regulated and ever-evolving aged care, seniors living and disability sectors. Amber will be a valued source of advice for Lavan’s clients who are navigating the complexities within these sectors and caring for vulnerable members of our community.”
Dean Hely, Managing Partner
Lavan is very pleased to announce the following appointments and promotions:
Amber Crosthwaite - Partner - Seniors Living, Aged Care & Disability
Jennifer Keane - Special Counsel - Construction and Infrastructure
Rebekah O’Brien - Special Counsel - Property and Leasing
Jasmine Sims - Senior Associate - Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Ben Tippett - Senior Associate - Corporate Services
Daniel Vivian - Senior Associate - Recovery, Reconstruction and Insolvency
Jesse Way - Senior Associate - Construction and Infrastructure
Rachel Harkness - Associate - Family Law
Mary Roseingrave - Associate - Family Law
Zac Sharp - Associate - Recovery, Reconstruction and Insolvency
Jun Yang - Associate - Corporate Services
“We congratulate these exceptional lawyers on their appointments and promotions. Their breadth of experience across a wide range of sectors enhances the depth of Lavan’s service offering in all of our practice areas. We know they will be a trusted source of advice for our clients.
In what has been an unprecedented year with many challenges, these appointments are a reflection of the growth of our firm and the strength of the Western Australian economy. We feel very fortunate to be an independent firm in Western Australia, a state which has been a global leader in mitigating the impact of COVID-19.”
Dean Hely, Managing Partner
See the media release for more information about these appointments and promotions.
The impacts of COVID-19 have resulted in many unprecedented market challenges.
All organisations are having to be agile and open minded as they respond to the continually evolving situation.
A proactive commercial approach together with early and regular communication with your financiers and other business partners will be essential to establishing a pre-emptive and practical response to the current market conditions.
In addition to implementing Lavan’s own response to the business disruption caused by COVID-19, our multi-disciplinary team is available to assist you in determining your immediate response and to provide guidance on your longer-term risk management planning across all aspects of your business.
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Lavan Staff Working From Home
As efforts to reduce the reach of COVID-19 continue, Lavan’s priority is protecting the health of our people, our clients, their families and our community. I am therefore writing to let you know, from tomorrow 18 March 2020 to Friday 3 April 2020, our people will be working from home.
We are monitoring the advice of the Government and health authorities and this date may be revised if the situation improves before or continues beyond this time. To keep you informed of our progress, we will be sending regular updates in the coming weeks.
We want to reassure you that it is business as usual and Lavan staff are fully contactable via their direct office lines, mobiles and email. We have well-established technology and IT systems for working remotely which allow us to take these measures without interrupting our client service delivery.
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Lavan is pleased to announce the appointment of Natalie Kam as a partner in our family law team.
Natalie Kam is an accredited family law specialist and has extensive experience in all areas of family law with particular experience in high net worth and complex property settlements, financial agreements, international family law and parenting matters.
See the link for Lavan's full list of new year appointments and promotions: https://bit.ly/2NrgmkC
When you’re running a business, it is important to protect your ideas and intellectual property.
Andrew Sutton of Lavan will be presenting free workshops in Bunbury and Busselton on November 14 and 15, where the topics of protecting ideas through copyright, patents and trade secrets will be discussed.
Lavan Brandaid Session – Thursday 14 November, 5.15pm at The Prince Hotel in Bunbury
Lavan Brandaid Session – Friday 15 November, 8.15am at The Good Egg in Busselton
Places are limited for this free workshop. Register online: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/lavan-co-hosted-with-jack-in-the-box-26425294221
Almost every business holds information about its customers, clients and suppliers. Under the Australian privacy legislation, businesses are responsible for protecting this information.
Lorraine Madden and Andrew Sutton of Lavan will be presenting free workshops in Bunbury and Busselton on October 16 and 17 where the topics of privacy, data breach and cyber-attacks will be discussed.
Lavan is pleased to announce the appointment of Sean Macfarlane as a special counsel in Lavan's Property and Leasing team.
Sean has significant experience in strata and community titles. Sean was lead advisor in Parliament to the Minister for Lands during debate and passage of the Strata Titles Amendment Bill 2018 and the Community Titles Bill 2018, the most significant reforms to property law in Western Australia in more than 20 years.
In Reconstruction, Recovery and Insolvency, Dan Butler has been promoted to Special Counsel.
Dan works on a wide variety of banking litigation and external administration matters with Lavan’s banking and accounting clients and has a recent added focus in personal insolvency, criminal property confiscation matters and Australian Consumer Law disputes.
