K&L Gates has made three new lateral partner hires in its Australian offices. In Melbourne, Nick Ruskin joins the labor, employment and workplace safety practice from DLA Piper, while both Edward Nixey and Glenn Hughes join the firm’s Sydney office as partners in the corporate and transactional practice, arriving from Ashurst and Henry Davis York respectively.

Each of these hires will diversify the K&L Gates Australia offering. Ruskin is a well-known public speaker and commentator on workplace relations, Nixey advises domestic and international clients on public/private mergers and acquisitions and particularly transactions in the resources and infrastructure sectors and Hughes has extensive expertise in M&A, with a particular focus on private equity.