With any major merger, integration is always the key test. But with its divergent cultures and language differences, this has never been more true than at King & Wood Mallesons. Elizabeth Broomhall and Pui-Guan Man look at the challenges on the horizon for the newest global law firm
July 2013. In a meeting room in King & Wood Mallesons’ Hong Kong office, a group of journalists wait for an announcement about the firm’s pending merger with UK outfit SJ Berwin. The press invitation had been sent out a day before voting closed – a sign the firms were confident about winning partner approval for the union.
