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June 18, 2025 25 mins

This week on The Fin, professional services reporter Maxim Shanahan on why King & Wood Mallesons is struggling to manage risk and conflicts across its jurisdictions.

This podcast is sponsored by Aussie Broadband

Further reading: 

‘We didn’t have a hope in hell’: KWM’s cautionary China tale

A corrupt wind farm deal in Montenegro, a controversial Russian legal conference and the financial problems of one of its most senior executives have thrown the spotlight on the Sino-Australian law firm.

Calls for tougher rules amid KWM drama
The senators who led the inquiry into the PwC tax leaks scandal say King & Wood Mallesons’ troubles expose flaws in the governance of top law firms.

KWM sues former global chief operating officer
King & Wood Mallesons is suing a former member of its international management committee for debt relating to loans worth more than $1 million.


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