Herbert Smith Freehills has hired workplace health and safety partner Aaron Anderson from Norton Rose Fulbright.

Anderson, who works in Brisbane, Australia, focuses on workplace health and safety law, industrial relations and regulatory as well as compliance matters in the construction, resources, energy, retail, tourism, life sciences and transport industries.

He joins Herbert Smith Freehills after 12 and a half years at Norton Rose Fulbright, having first joined legacy Deacons Australia in 2006 as special counsel. He made partner in 2009. Previously, he worked at Australian firm Clayton Utz for eight years.