DLA's Australian chair to join Gilbert + Tobin
DLA Piper's Australian chair and head of finance for Asia Tony Holland is leaving the firm to become a partner at domestic outfit Gilbert + Tobin. Holland, who took the role of chairman with the relocation of DLA's UK managing partner Andrew Darwin to Sydney in January this year, will join Gilbert + Tobin tomorrow and will be based in Melbourne.
October 31, 2013 at 05:01 AM
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DLA Piper's Australian chair and head of finance for Asia Tony Holland is leaving the firm to become a partner at domestic outfit Gilbert + Tobin (G+T).
Holland, who took the role of chairman with the relocation of DLA's UK managing partner Andrew Darwin to Sydney in January this year, will join G+T tomorrow and will be based in Melbourne.
He specialises in project finance, with extensive experience advising on infrastructure finance, PPPs, acquisition finance, international finance and restructuring.
His move will bring the total number of partners in the banking and finance practice of G+T to eight.
The UK firm said it would not be replacing Holland with a new chair but would look to hire a new head of banking and finance for Asia Pacific.
DLA first entered the Australian market through an alliance with local outfit Philips Fox in 2006, with the venture branded as DLA Philips Fox.
The tie-up, combined with a decision to include revenues for both the firm's US and international arms, has helped DLA rise to second in the Global 100 law firm rankings by revenue, just behind Baker & McKenzie.
Holland was appointed CEO of the new entity in 2010, and a year later became managing partner of the fully merged firm, renamed DLA Piper Australia.
He previously worked for DLA in Dubai where he was managing partner, and prior to that was employed with Mallesons Stephen Jaques for 21 years.
Darwin's move to DLA last year marked a significant change in the firm's Asia-Pacific management structure, and followed a review of the UK business that has prompted a redundancy consultation involving 251 staff.
In Australia the firm is also understood to have made redundancies in the last year, and recently reduced its office space in Sydney from 8,000 sq m to 6,000.
In September however, the firm boosted its corporate practice in the region with the appointment of duo Bryan Pointon from Gilbert + Tobin and David Ryan from Ashurst.
Pointon, a top-ranked private equity lawyer who spent 15 years at King & Wood Mallesons, was appointed head of corporate for Asia Pacific.
Related: DLA UK managing partner heads Down Under for new Australia role
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