Australia’s leading independent law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, has today announced that Tim Gordon will be joining the firm’s corporate practice, based in Sydney.

Tim is joining Corrs to focus on complex M&A transactions for listed companies and Australian and international private equity funds, sovereign funds, multi-platform alternative asset managers and superannuation funds.

Commenting on the appointment, Corrs Senior Partner and CEO Gavin MacLaren said: “Tim is very well respected in the market for his strategic, commercial and pragmatic approach. He has significant experience in M&A, capital raisings, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and regulatory investigations. Tim’s appointment adds further depth to our M&A and PE offering, and we are delighted to welcome him to the Corrs partnership.”

Tim is currently the Executive Partner at Gilbert + Tobin and Head of the firm’s Corporate Advisory group. He is regarded as one of Australia’s leading M&A lawyers and has advised on some of the country’s largest and most complex transactions.