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Boutique’s disruption of status quo sees it celebrate 25 years
A boutique law firm has marked 25 years of operation, which it attributes to its ability to continuously challenge the status quo within Australia’s legal market.
Emma Musgrave
Kalus Kenny Intelex has just celebrated its 25th anniversary since it opened up shop in Melbourne.
“Coming from a large firm, I thought there was a better way to provide legal services. For clients we wanted to be user-friendly, to be accessible, with no red-tape. For staff, we wanted the firm to work for them as much as they worked for the firm,” said Mr Kalus.
“I started KKI because I wanted to see my kids play sport during business hours, just like my dad watched me. I imagined a different way of working with partners and staff, where we could freely enjoy and proudly talk about our families and personal lives together with business, and where the staff would make their professional life fit in with family life.”
While Mr Kalus admits that initially it was difficult to attract the best staff in the early days, with most lawyers seeing boutique firms as a risky proposition, it didn't take long for word to spread about the firm's people-focused culture, he said.
Though its not just the personal approach scoring goals for Kalus Kenny Intelex, Mr Kalus noted, with the firm also focused on scoring legal adviser roles on some of Melbourne's major deals, particularly around the projects space.
“These projects are all enormous in scale and complexity. Yet the firm manages them with 20 lawyers and great support staff, which is something we’re really proud of," he said.
Emma Musgrave
Emma Musgrave (née Ryan) is the managing editor, professional services at Momentum Media.
Emma has worked for Momentum Media since 2015, including five years spent as the editor of the company's legal brand - Lawyers Weekly. Throughout her time at Momentum, she has been responsible for breaking some of the biggest stories in corporate Australia. In addition, she has produced exclusive multimedia and event content related to the company's respective brands and audiences.
Prior to joining Momentum Media, Emma worked in breakfast radio, delivering news to the Central West region of NSW, before taking on a radio journalist role at Southern Cross Austereo, based in Townsville, North Queensland.
She holds a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) degree from Charles Sturt University.
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