Maddocks announces senior hire in employment law
Leading Australian law firm, Maddocks is pleased to announce a senior hire to bolster its Sydney Employment practice to meet growing demand.
Rosemary Marando has joined Maddocks as a Special Counsel.
Rosemary brings a wealth of experience and expertise to Maddocks following almost 20 years supporting employers in all aspects of employment law, with a focus on the government sector.
Rosemary will enhance the firm’s national offering across all aspects of employment law, including industrial relations and termination disputes, flexible working arrangements, discrimination, recruitment, work-related injury claims, contracts, collective and individual employment agreements, labour hire and contractors, common law claims and investigations matters.
Speaking about the appointment, Maddocks CEO, David Newman said: “We have seen a steady increase in demand for our employment services over the last year, and Rosemary’s appointment will be key in ensuring that we continue to offer our clients, and in particular our clients across all three tiers of government, a market leading approach.”
Maddocks Employment Partner and NSW State Government Sector Lead, Vanessa Andersen, added: “I am thrilled Rosemary has joined the team. Rosemary will strengthen our offering to government and her appointment further demonstrates our national team’s ongoing commitment to building a large, diverse and expert employment law team to support both public and private sector clients.”
Rosemary added “I’m excited to be joining the Maddocks team at a time of great change across the workplace and on the industrial relations front, and to advise our clients on how best to navigate their issues. Most importantly I’m thrilled to be joining a firm that invests in its people and clients, and really values its employment law capability.”
About Maddocks
Maddocks is a proudly independent Australian law firm that works closely with corporations, businesses and governments throughout Australia and internationally. We advise national and international clients across infrastructure and development and the education, government, healthcare, and technology sectors from our Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney offices. Our specialist expertise includes dispute resolution and litigation, employment and safety, financial services, franchising and insolvency.
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