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大成律師事務所選舉凱特·巴頓為新任全球首席執行官
凱特·巴頓接替自 2013 年以來一直擔任創始全球首席執行官的埃利奧特·波特諾伊
2024 年 7 月 24 日
全球最大的全球律師事務所大成律師事務所今天宣布，其全球董事會和全球谘詢委員會已選舉凱特·巴頓為事務所下一任全球首席執行官。巴頓將從安永加入大成律師事務所，在安永，她在各種高管領導職位上擁有 35 年的卓越職業生涯，最近擔任全球副主席。她將接替埃利奧特·波特諾伊 (Elliott Portnoy)，後者是安永創始全球首席執行官，自 2013 年公司成立以來一直擔任首席執行官。
巴頓領導了安永的多個業務部門，安永是一家市值 500 億美元的公司，業務遍及全球 150 個國家。除了擔任全球副主席外，她還擔任稅務、法律和人力谘詢服務部門的首席執行官，該部門擁有 70,000 名專業人員，在她的領導下，創造了超過 110 億美元的收入。除其他成就外，她還通過對人才、技術、全球共享服務中心、世界一流的方法和流程以及並購活動的戰略投資，幫助改變了安永的全球稅務業務。
Barton 將於 9 月初加入 Dentons，與 Portnoy 開始一段有意義的交接期，Portnoy 的任期將於 2024 年 11 月 9 日結束。Barton 將於 2024 年 11 月 10 日開始擔任全球首席執行官。
“Kate 在領導複雜的全球專業服務組織方麵擁有豐富的經驗，並且在管理人員、流程和係統方麵擁有出色的技能。她成功的客戶服務經驗，加上她周到的整合方法，使她成為領導我們公司的理想人選，”全球首席執行官 Elliott Portnoy 表示。“她得到了我無條件的支持，我相信她將帶領 Dentons 從強大走向更大的強大和成功。”
回顧她的任命，Kate 說：“我親眼目睹了 Dentons 以其開創性的業務戰略和客戶產品重新定義了法律服務格局。在 Elliott 的領導下，這家公司以其多中心的方法和綜合的跨境和多學科客戶參與脫穎而出，證明了團結和作為一個公司運營更具影響力。我期待與 Elliott 合作完成過渡，並與 Dentons 經驗豐富的地區領導層合作，繼續挑戰行業規範，適應全球律師事務所和專業服務公司麵臨的不斷變化的技術和創新世界，為我們的員工和客戶提供卓越的服務。”
作為創始全球首席執行官，Portnoy 見證了 Dentons 的顯著增長——Dentons 為 82 個國家的 167 個地點的客戶提供服務——同時推進了公司獨特的“獨特的全球性、深度本地化”專業服務方法。在他的領導下，Dentons 已成為全球最重要法律和商業解決方案服務購買者調查中最知名和最受好評的律師事務所之一。
“Dentons 和更廣泛的法律界都從 Elliott 富有遠見的領導和成就中受益匪淺。 “我們感謝他的服務，感謝他幫助大成在當今充滿活力的環境中繼續蓬勃發展，”大成全球董事會非執行主席 Nicholas Howon Park 表示。“Kate 對我們的目標表現出了最高的承諾——重新定義可能性並塑造未來——我代表我們的領導層歡迎她加入我們的組織。”
任命全球首席執行官的過程由大成全球董事會人才與治理委員會主席 Gerald Singham 領導，並得到了公司全球董事會和全球谘詢委員會（由公司的區域和地方董事會組成）的支持。該過程探索了所有地區的內部和外部候選人。
Barton 在她的職業生涯中獲得了無數榮譽和獎項，包括因其在稅收方麵的技術創新而獲得 Women World Awards 頒發的“年度女性高管”獎、Stevie Awards 頒發的“年度女性——商業服務”獎和《紐約商業雜誌》頒發的“最具影響力的女性”獎。她是 All Stars National、Shanti Bhavan、愛爾蘭基金晚宴委員會、波士頓學院法學院院長顧問委員會和波士頓大學管理學院顧問委員會的董事。她是紐約和馬薩諸塞州的注冊會計師，馬薩諸塞州和波士頓律師協會的成員，並且獲得了 NACD 董事認證。Barton 在波士頓大學法學院獲得稅務法學碩士學位，在波士頓學院法學院以優異成績獲得法學博士學位（法學榮譽勳章）??，並在波士頓大學獲得工商管理學士學位。
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Dentons elects Kate Barton as new Global CEO
Kate Barton succeeds Elliott Portnoy, the founding Global CEO who has served since 2013
July 24, 2024
Dentons, the world's largest global law firm, today announced that its Global Board of Directors and Global Advisory Committee have elected Kate Barton as the Firm’s next Global CEO. Barton will join Dentons from EY, where she has had a highly distinguished 35-year career in a variety of executive leadership roles, most recently as Global Vice Chair. She will succeed Elliott Portnoy, the founding Global CEO, who has served since the Firm’s launch in 2013.
Barton led multiple business units at EY, a $50 billion organization operating in 150 countries around the world. In addition to serving as Global Vice Chair, she was CEO of Tax, Law, and People Advisory Services, which had a global workforce of 70,000 professionals and – under her leadership – generated revenues in excess of $11 billion. Among other achievements, she helped to transform EY’s global tax practice through strategic investments in people, technology, global shared service centers, world-class methods and processes, and M&A activity.
Barton will join Dentons in early September to begin a meaningful handover period with Portnoy, whose term ends on November 9, 2024. Barton will start her term as Global CEO on November 10, 2024.
“Kate has extensive experience in leading a complex and global professional service organization and has an outstanding skillset in managing people, processes and systems. Her successful client service experience, coupled with her thoughtful approach to integration, make her the ideal individual to lead our Firm,” said Elliott Portnoy, Global CEO. “She has my unqualified support, and I am confident she will lead Dentons from strength to even greater strength and success.”
Reflecting on her appointment, Kate said, “I have watched Dentons redefine the legal services landscape with its pioneering business strategy and client offerings. Under Elliott’s leadership, this Firm has differentiated itself with its polycentric approach and integrated cross-border and multidisciplinary client engagements, proving that uniting and operating as one firm is far more impactful. I am looking forward to working with Elliott on a transition and to collaborating with Dentons’ accomplished regional leadership to continue challenging industry norms and adapting to the ever-changing world of technology and innovation faced by law firms and professional service firms around the world in order to deliver excellence for the benefit of our people and our clients.”
As founding Global CEO, Portnoy has overseen significant growth – Dentons serves clients in 167 locations in 82 countries – while advancing the Firm’s distinctive “uniquely global, deeply local” approach to professional services. Under his leadership, Dentons has become one of the best known and most favorably regarded law firms in surveys of the world’s most important purchasers of legal and business solutions services.
“Both Dentons and the broader legal profession have benefited enormously from Elliott’s visionary leadership and accomplishments. We thank him for his service and for positioning Dentons to continue thriving in today’s dynamic environment,” said Nicholas Howon Park, Non-Executive Chair of the Global Board – Dentons. “Kate has shown the highest commitment to our purpose – redefining what is possible and shaping the future – and I speak on behalf of our leadership in welcoming her into our organization.”
The process to appoint the Global CEO was led by Dentons’ Global Board Talent & Governance Committee Chair, Gerald Singham, with the support of the Firm’s Global Board and Global Advisory Committee (which is composed of the Firm’s regional and local boards). The process explored both internal and external candidates across all geographies.
Barton has received numerous honors and awards over the course of her career, including “Female Executive of the Year” by Women World Awards for her technology innovation in tax, “Woman of the Year – Business Services” by the Stevie Awards, and “Women of Influence” by the New York Business Journal. She serves on the Boards of All Stars National, Shanti Bhavan, The Ireland Funds Dinner Committee, Boston College Law Deans Advisory Council and Boston University School of Management Advisory Council. She is a licensed CPA in New York and Massachusetts, a member of the Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations, and is NACD Director Certified. Barton earned her LLM in Taxation from Boston University School of Law, her JD in Law, Order of the Coif, from Boston College Law School where she was Magna Cum Laude, and her BS in Business Administration from Boston University.
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