Opinion

Australia’s highest-paid lawyer scores mega contract extension

Corrs partners were asked to give CEO Gavin MacLaren an early five-year contract extension. They overwhelmingly voted to approve.

Mark Di StefanoColumnist

Feb 14, 2024 – 6.09pm

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth partners have overwhelming voted to approve an early five-year contract extension for CEO Gavin MacLaren, putting him on a path to possibly collect as much as $100 million into the next decade.

As this column revealed on Sunday, Corrs chairman Stephen Price surprised the firm’s partners by calling for a vote on MacLaren’s contract, which wasn’t due to expire until 2028. The firm’s board “unanimously” recommended extending it to 2033.

Mark Di Stefano is Rear Window columnist, based in the Sydney newsroom. He previously worked at BuzzFeed, the Financial Times and The Information before joining the Financial Review as a media and tech correspondent.