KWM’s European head Kon to step down early after turbulent period for global giant Legal Business5 September 2016Law firm managementEurope After a bruising 18 months for King & Wood Mallesons‘ European and Middle East business, regional senior partner Stephen Kon has informed the partnership he will step down as senior partner halfway into his three-year term.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryRevolving Doors: City hires at Goodwin, Ropes as Willkie brings in former CC antitrust headRevolving Doors: Sidley and Hogan Lovells swipe Latham partners, as Ropes and Clifford Chance build in EuropeEnd of the merger: King & Wood Mallesons to split into two‘How hard are you prepared to work?’ – partners who’ve made it on how they built a book of business‘We don’t have a large ship to turn around’ – Eversheds Sutherland co-CEOs to canvas partners on strategy plansNRF to incentivise cross-border work with formalised global management committee‘The US are taking over’ – will DLA’s integration shift the balance of power?Freshfields and Hengeler lead on UniCredit’s €35bn Commerzbank takeover bidCMS promotes 54 to partnership as 13 UK lawyers make the grade