National law firm Mills Oakley grows the partnership with three outstanding women

Leading national law firm Mills Oakley is delighted to announce the appointment of three outstanding women.

Media Release

October 1 2024

Leading national law firm Mills Oakley is delighted to announce the appointment of three outstanding women, growing the partnership to 169.

The lateral hires include:

  • Tamara Heng joins the Perth Property team from Lavan. Tamara brings a wealth of experience in a
    wide range of property and general commercial transactions. Her practice has a focus on
    development of, and investment in, real estate and complex structured transactions. She has a
    depth of knowledge in all classes of real estate. Tamara specialises in the acquisition and disposal
    of property assets, due diligence, subdivisions, development, development agreements, joint
    ventures and complex leasing. She is recognised for her experience in complex and strategic
    projects for leading property developers and government clients.
  • Jennie-Lee Schloffer has over 14 years’ experience as a commercial litigation, dispute resolution
    and insolvency lawyer. Her practice is broad, and she has extensive experience managing litigation
    across both federal and state (Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales) jurisdictions.
    Adept at project managing large-scale litigation, Jennie-Lee also enjoys working on matters which
    are more personal to her clients. She joins the Brisbane office after working at Allens and
    McCullough Robertson.
  • Tina Tomaszewski recently joined the Government, Civil Litigation and Disputes team in Adelaide
    after more than 25 years at South Australia’s Crown Solicitor’s Office. Tina continues to act for and
    represent the State of South Australia as well as the Solicitor for the Northern Territory. She is
    highly experienced in civil litigation, specialising in medical malpractice, coronial inquests,
    defamation and general civil litigation. Her background includes industrial and workers
    compensation litigation as well as third party asbestos recovery actions. Tina has expertise in large
    complex litigations, Royal Commission Inquiries and Coronial Inquests with whole of government
    implications. She recently acted as junior Counsel in the landmark Domestic, Family and Sexual
    Violence Coronial Inquest in the Northern Territory.

Mills Oakley Chief Executive Officer John Nerurker said the high calibre appointments reinforced the firm’s
commitment to building capabilities in key national markets.

“Mills Oakley is very pleased to welcome Tamara, Jennie-Lee and Tina to the partnership. All three are
outstanding legal practitioners in their fields, and we look forward to the many benefits their leadership and
expertise will bring to our firm,” Mr Nerurker said.

 

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