Corrs Chambers Westgarth has appointed James Minchinton, previously of Clayton Utz, to partner in Brisbane. Minchinton is the third new Corrs partner appointed in the past few months and will be working alongside the firm’s other Brisbane energy & resources practitioners which include John Kelly, Michael MacGinley and Bruce Adkins. He has acted for a number of Australian and international clients on many major resources projects including advising in the fields of project development, exploration activities, regulatory approvals, landowner issues, overlapping tenures, and M&A transactions.