Rather her than me after the European debacle
Australian Lawyers Weekly have published a detailed piece.
Here’s their introduction
One of the nation’s leading lawyers has been selected by King & Wood Mallesons to steer the global law firm into a new strategic era.
Sue Kench will take up the top post of global managing partner at King & Wood Mallesons, effective 1 June. She succeeds Stuart Fuller who stepped down from the role at the end of last year, returning to full-time practice in Australia.
According to a statement from KWM, Ms Kench’s new role will see her lead the firm’s global strategy and operations, with a focus on cementing it as the “leading international firm in Asia”.
Ms Kench is a notable figure within the nation’s legal profession, having held the role of chief executive partner Australia at KWM since 2013. During this time, she has helped bolster the firm’s Australian operations by enabling further market share to be gained, while contributing significantly to the business’ annual growth in profits and revenue.
Throughout her time, Ms Kench has been adamant in the value of instilling a healthy culture across the firm’s operations. She has also been instrumental in KWM’s Australian practice retaining a key focus on its “deliberate three-year strategy”, despite the collapse of the firm’s European arm in December 2016.
Speaking to Lawyers Weekly, Ms Kench said that being announced as the new global managing partner is a great privilege. She noted that a key part of her strategy will focus on bolstering the connectivity of the KWM network in China, Australia and Hong Kong.
“Clearly, between the firms you pick up referral work. But the more exciting piece is probably how you connect the offering in the regions and how you staple the capability that we have across the firm with the clients, and then you add on to that the language and cultural piece as well,” Ms Kench said.
“[For example] if you say across Asia – there’s a huge amount of investment within the Asian region, and then from the Asian region to the rest of the world. They’re the markets where we really look to pick up growth, like we’ve got growth in the Australian market here……
More at https://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/news/21078-aussie-powerhouse-handpicked-for-global-s-top-post
