Sparke Helmore has appointed two new partners and expanded its corporate practice offering to Perth.

Douglas Hall, formerly senior project finance and banking partner at Norton Rose’s Perth office joined the firm on August 6. In the past 25 years, Hall has gained significant domestic banking and restructuring experience in Australia and around the world, including in jurisdictions ranging from various African and Asian countries, to Canada, the South Pacific and the Caribbean. He has acted for banks, project sponsors and borrowers, including many junior and mid-cap mining companies, on corporate, property and mining project financing transactions.

Betsy Howe, a tax and corporate lawyer, joined the firm on August 1 and was formerly a tax partner at the Sydney office of HWL Ebsworth.  During her career she has also worked at a  number of leading Australian firms, including Mallesons Stephen Jaques (King & Wood Mallesons)  and at Russell McVeagh in New Zealand. Howe advises on tax issues associated with corporate finance, including asset finance, structured finance and securitisation, as well as the corporate tax issues associated with mergers and acquisitions.

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