Norton Rose has announced the appointment of Richard Lewis, Iain Laughland and Steve Johns as corporate partners from Corrs Chambers Westgarth in Sydney.

This is a significant movement. Richard Lewis was head of Corrs’ corporate advisory practice in Sydney and is recognised as an accomplished M&A and private equity advisor.

Iain Laughland has broad equity capital markets experience and advises issuers, underwriters and lead managers in relation to IPOs, share subscriptions, rights issues and institutional placements,
including a number of multi-jurisdictional placements.

Steve Johns specialises in privately negotiated transactions, with a focus on private equity and
hedge funds, undertaking leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, expansion capital and public to
private transactions.

Norton Rose has also bolstered its corporate practice with the return of key partners from off-shore. Partners Michael Joyce, Ross Ramsay, Shaun McRobert and Michael Wilton have all returned home after a stint in various Asia offices of the firm.