At the moment, he is working as the sole employee of his new firm, SK Partners. He plans to offer a broader service than just legal advice, by using ‘strategic alliances’ to provide ‘solutions to client problems’. He said: ‘This is a cost-effective model, it is a direct model and it is an expedient model.’ The new head of the Maddocks Sydney office is Patrick Ibbotson, another environment specialist. There had been speculation last year that Maddocks would merge with Pinsent Masons but that merger did not take place. Source: Lawyers Weekly