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What the future holds for K&L Gates, Down Under and globally

In this episode of Legal Firesides, produced exclusively for members of Lawyers Weekly Premium, two senior leaders from K&L Gates discuss the global firm’s strategy moving forward, leaning into innovation, and how and where it is looking to be more aggressive moving forward.

September 10, 2025 By Robyn Tongol
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Host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with the firm’s Australian regional managing partner, Jason Opperman, and also its global strategic growth partner, Craig Budner, about the firm’s longer-term vision, where it sits in the market globally right now, the place of its Australian arm as part of the global umbrella, and why the firm’s leadership is taking its current approach.

 
 

Opperman and Budner also delve into the headwinds facing firms like K&L Gates, leveraging its US connection for the benefit of Australia, how its lawyers should be innovating and what it means to be an innovative leader, their predictions for the legal services marketplace moving forward, offering a more holistic client service offering, and what the firm’s future Down Under looks like.