Russell McVeagh has appointed four new Senior Associates, strengthening the firm’s Banking and Finance, Competition and Regulation, Litigation and Tax practices.
Callum Burnett, Elsie Stone and Jemma Milicich, based in Auckland, and Nick Fenton, based in Wellington, have joined the firm in recent months.
Callum, Jemma and Nick are returning alumni, bringing valuable international experience from leading global law firms in New York and London. Elsie joins us from London, where she worked in a European antitrust practice.
Callum Burnett - Tax
Callum rejoins the firm as a returning alumnus, following three years in New York with leading global law firms Kirkland & Ellis and Clifford Chance. During this time, he advised on a number of high-profile transactions. Callum has extensive experience across corporate and international tax matters, including public and private M&A, private equity transactions, banking and finance matters and real estate and construction projects. He has also advised clients on New Zealand tax disputes and tax litigation.
Elsie Stone - Government, Competition and Regulatory
Elsie joins from London, where she worked as a member of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher’s European antitrust practice. During this time Elsie primarily acted on high-value global transactions with cross-border application – including in the technology, pharmaceutical and space sectors. Elsie has broad experience advising a diverse range of clients on competition and regulatory matters, including merger clearances for complex domestic and international transactions, behavioural investigations involving cartel, merger control and market power allegations and market studies. Elsie also advises on compliance strategies, including in relation to joint ventures and competitor collaborations.
Jemma Milicich - Banking and Finance
Returning to the firm as an alumna, Jemma brings strong experience across banking and finance matters, including structured financing, debt programmes, regulatory issues and complex transactional arrangements. She has acted for a wide range of financial market participants, including banks and non-bank lenders. Her background spans top-tier private practice and in-house roles, with earlier experience at law firms in New Zealand and Singapore advising on banking, corporate finance and financial markets matters.
Nick Fenton - Litigation
Nick is also a returning alumnus, having spent several years at Freshfields LLP in London. There, he acted for major corporate clients in the technology, energy and aviation sectors on a range of high-value and high-profile commercial, public, regulatory and competition law disputes. Based in Wellington, he advises corporate and government clients on commercial disputes, class actions, public law proceedings, competition claims and regulatory investigations.
In December, the firm also announced the promotion of six outstanding lawyers to Special Counsel and Senior Associate across the Litigation, Banking and Finance, Government, Competition and Regulation, Corporate Advisory, Property and Real Estate, and Private Client practice areas.