K & L Gates beefs up Perth partnership

National law firm K & L Gates has added two new partners to its Perth office. Andrew Kennedy, who joins the labour, employment & workplace safety team, comes to the firm from gold miner Newmont, where he managed the Asia-Pacific legal team.

Amber Stanton leaves a partnership at Squire Sanders, where she spent nearly 12 years, to join the energy, infrastructure & resources division at K & L. She retains a directorship at the Liver Foundation of WA.