A four-lawyer real estate team in Brisbane, Australia, and two intellectual property partners in Sydney, have left K&L Gates for Australian firms Piper Alderman and MinterEllison, respectively.*

The Brisbane real estate team, led by partner Warren Denny, focuses on real estate transactions, including leasing, acquisition and sales. Denny joins Piper Alderman after 31 years at K&L Gates and its predecessor firms in Australia. He first joined Brisbane-based firm Flower & Hart in 1988 and stayed through its 2012 merger with national firm Middletons; in 2013, Middletons itself merged with K&L Gates.