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‘Adapt or die’ – K&L’s outspoken chief Kalis to stand down after 20 years at the helm of US giant

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Sarah Downey
6 September 2016
Law firm management

He has been one of the longest-serving and most outspoken law firm leaders in the conservative US legal market but Peter Kalis, the veteran head of K&L Gates, has confirmed that he is to finally step down after two decades running the US law firm.

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