Australian national law firm Gadens has hired PricewaterhouseCoopers legal partner Mark Pistilli as chief executive of its Melbourne and Sydney partnership.

Pistilli was a legal partner on PwC’s legal leadership team and practiced across corporate and commercial matters, including in mergers and acquisitions, strategic boardroom advisory, major projects and litigation strategy. He was also a founding and managing partner of Clifford Chance in Australia and its predecessor firm, Chang, Pistilli & Simmons, Gadens said.