Perth—Dentons is already delivering on its growth strategy in 2021 with the addition of one partner and four lawyers across in Perth.

John Park joins Dentons as a Litigation partner in the Perth office, and brings with him four other lawyers, significantly expanding Dentons’ offering to clients in Western Australia.

Dentons now has more than 60 partners across Australia’s major capital cities.

John brings more than 20 years’ experience in litigation, property development and construction. John’s areas of focus span all aspects of commercial advice, franchising, strata titles, dispute resolution, litigation and contracting and construction; with clients including property development and building companies, strata companies, franchisors, insolvency practitioners and SME’s across a variety of industries.

Dentons’ Australia Region Chair and Australasia CEO, Doug Stipanicev said he was delighted to welcome John and his team to Dentons.

“Dentons came out of the pandemic in a strong position, and we have recommitted to our growth strategy in 2021.

“Adding John to the team in Perth opens up cross-border opportunities between Dentons’ litigation teams, and we see a lot of synergies with our Construction and Property Development teams in Sydney,” said Mr. Stipanicev.

In concluding, Mr. Stipanicev foreshadowed further growth in the future. “We see these appointments as just the beginning of Dentons’ growth story this year,” he said.