KWM elects new EUME management

King & Wood Mallesons has elected London partner Tim Bednall as its new EUME managing partner. Bednall takes up the position with immediate effect and for a term of three years. Tim Bednall is a leading Corporate specialist. He is the head of the firm’s London Corporate Finance and Funds Division, the joint global co-ordinator of KWM’s Corporate, M&A and Securities practice, and also practices in mergers and acquisitions, corporate advisory and capital markets. Bednall has advised a number of leading companies in major M&A transactions, including Macquarie, CMOC, Brambles, BG Group, Glencore / Xstrata, ASX, and Westpac.

Bednall was the chairman of the Australian partnership of King & Wood Mallesons from January 2010 to December 2012, during which time the combination between King & Wood and Mallesons Stephen Jaques was negotiated and implemented. He was also Managing Partner, M&A and Tax for King & Wood Mallesons Australia from 2013 to 2014. Bednall joined legacy firm Mallesons in 2004 and joined the London office in 2015.

Further, the firm has also elected Frankfurt partner Michael Cziesla as its new EUME senior partner. Cziesla takes up the position with immediate effect and for a term of three years.

Cziesla is a leading corporate lawyer, specialising in multi-jurisdictional and cross-border M&A, secondaries, leveraged buyouts, divestments, joint ventures and restructurings. He advises both German and international clients across a range of sectors with an emphasis on regulated industries. Michael is a long-standing corporate partner of the firm and has worked across all of the firm’s EUME offices, including a six month secondment to the London office. Michael joined in the firm in 2003 and is currently the Managing Partner for KWM Germany.