Newly arrived global law firm K&L Gates has appointed its first lateral partner. Former HWL Ebsworth partner Andrea Beatty has joined the Sydney office of the firm formerly known as Middletons.

Beatty focuses her practice in regulatory and financial services matters including corporate advisory, credit regulation, payment systems, retail and privacy and banking law. She advises financial services and other organisations on financial products regulation, licensing and compliance, anti-money laundering laws, consumer credit and margin lending, finance and mortgage broking, banking and payment systems regulation, e-commerce, privacy and spam regulation and consumer protection, as well as dealing with regulators such as the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Reserve Bank of Australia and the Australian Transaction and Reports Analysis Centre.

Prior to HWL Ebsworth, Beatty was a partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons).

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