At a time when the Big Four accounting firms have been poaching attorneys from law firms, the Australian firm Gadens has hired corporate partner James Beckley from international auditor Ernst & Young in Sydney.

Beckley, who also previously worked as a lawyer at PricewaterhouseCoopers, was an attorney at Gadens earlier in his career. He specializes in mergers and acquisitions, corporate fundraising, debt and equity restructures and foreign investment into Australia.