Blake Dawson has recruited a second former Gilbert + Tobin partner for its Sydney corporate practice within six months. Phil Breden has joined the team as a partner after almost 14 years at Gilbert + Tobin, where he specialised in mergers and acquisitions and led a number of significant transactions across the energy, resources and industrials sectors. 

His experience includes advising Royal Dutch Shell on its A$3.3bn partial sell-down of its interest in Woodside Petroleum, advising AGL on several corporate initiatives including the merger of its infrastructure business with Alinta, and acting for Fletcher Building on its A$780m acquisition of Crane Group.

National head of Blake Dawson's M&A team, Marie McDonald said: "Having sat across the table from Phil on a number of occasions I know what an accomplished practitioner he is and I am very pleased that he is joining forces with us."

Former Gilbert + Tobin partner Jason Lambeth joined Blake Dawson in November last year. 

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