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Kimberly-Clark advised on Australian network outsourcing
Multinational personal care corporation Kimberly-Clark has been advised on the outsourcing of its Australian distribution network.
Jerome Doraisamy
Source: glassdoor.ie/Photos/Kimberly-Clark-Office-Photos-IMG1598164.htm
Firm: King & Wood Mallesons (Kimberly-Clark Australia Pty Ltd).
Area: Consumer retail.
Value: N/A.
Key players: The KWM team was led by partner Scott Bouvier and senior associate Katie Lewis, working closely with KCA’s legal and commercial teams led by George Papanikitas and Simon Rowe, respectively.
Deal significance: Transfer of the operations will be staged over the next five years, KWM said in a statement, “resulting in Toll handling the distribution for both KCA’s consumer and B2B brands across its five Australian warehouses under a master services agreement”.
Reflecting on the deal, Mr Bouvier and Ms Lewis said: “The Australian supply chain is currently undergoing massive amounts of innovation and disruption, and we are pleased to help Kimberly-Clark be at the forefront of those changes”.
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly and HR Leader. He has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. In June 2024, he also assumed the editorship of HR Leader. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation.
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