HWL Ebsworth has announced a forthcoming lateral partner hire in its banking & finance practice in Perth.

Geoff Stevens, currently of Lavan Legal, has a broad banking and finance practice incorporating front end financing transactions, regulatory matters, insolvencies and workouts. He regularly acts for receivers, liquidators, administrators, banks and borrowers.

 "At the time of launching our Perth office, we flagged our intention to continue to recruit market leading practitioners to ensure that we offered our clients operating within Western Australia expertise in each of the core areas of law of importance to them," said Juan Martinez, HWL Ebsworth's managing partner. "A talented and highly regarded banking & finance offering is critical to our banking and non-banking clients alike, and Geoff Stevens provides us with this".

Following Stevens' appointment, HWL Ebsworth's banking & financial services team will consist of 22 partners nationally.