HWL Ebsworth Lawyers has announced that it has continued to expand its Banking & Financial Services team with the appointment of regulatory specialists Andrew Galvin and Michael Anastas as partners.
Andrew and Michael join HWL Ebsworth from Corrs Chambers Westgarth.
Andrew and Michael both advise on banking and financial services regulation, consumer credit, debit and prepaid card products, payment systems, privacy, anti-money laundering and personal property securities law regulation.
Andrew and Michael have acted for many leading domestic and foreign banks and financial institutions and have been key advisers in some of Australia’s best known and most successful financial product alliances.
Andrew will be located in Sydney and Michael will be based in Brisbane.
Andrew and Michael join partners Stephen Cavanagh, Alan Maclean, Ruth Neal, James Moore and Geoff Bloom as core members of HWL Ebsworth’s Financial Services & Regulatory Team.
National leader of the Financial Services and Regulatory Team, Stephen Cavanagh says “Not only is it great to be joined by two practitioners with such outstanding expertise, we are delighted to now be in a position to offer our Brisbane based clients on the ground support. Andrew and Michael add to our already market leading capability to provide commercial and strategic advice to finance sector clients”.
“Our ability to continue to recruit partners of the calibre of Andrew and Michael is a reflection of the significant success that HWL Ebsworth has enjoyed in recent years” says Juan Martinez, Managing Partner.
“The appointment of Andrew and Michael will build upon the extensive financial services and regulatory expertise that already exists within the team” adds Juan.
