Herbert Geer is avid about cycling and has its own regular team, with some partners pedalling up to 300 kilometres a week.
 
Michael Truelove (pictured) is one of 16 staff at the firm preparing to embark on a 520km ride from north to south Victoria as part of the Murray to Moyne Challenge, over 4-5 April.
 
Managing partner Bill Fazio, and partners Richard Large and Graham Phillips will also participate in raising A$10,000 for medical research at the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA). "CERA is a longstanding client of the firm and my colleague, Peter Nankivell, has also been chair of the centre. Most of us commute to work on a bike, so I guess sooner or later the two would meet," said Truelove, who has acted for CERA on establishing the collaborative eye research centres, Retcic and Vision20.
 
Most of the partners do not believe the Challenge requires excessive training as most partners ride four or five times a week - Truelove cycles 200-350km per week himself. "Working in the corporate M&A team can be quite stressful and there's nothing I love more than getting up early on Sunday for a ride - it helps me put all my worries behind me and just concentrate on the next hill," he said.

Holding Redlich, Arnold Bloch Leibler and Gadens partners recently participated in the Chain Reaction Challenge.
 
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