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 category‘No-one has managed to build out of the key locations’: Eversheds’ Ranson discusses Asia strategy following KWM tie-upMishcon turns off the lights in New York as partners defect to KWMApathy and a multimillion-pound shortfall define beleaguered KWM Europe insolvency‘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 committeeThe rise of CLOs: how the structured finance niche became one of the hottest lateral marketsLB100: why global reach is the differentiator for insurance firms as growth slowsA&O Shearman scores lead as Apollo acquires majority stake in Atlético Madrid