Sidley leader Yvette Ostolaza on role models, ambition and private investment in law

Firm management committee chair talks LB through a lifetime of firsts

‘I’m sure I made a ton of mistakes’ – McDermott’s Coleman on fresh thinking, leadership lessons and why scale matters

McDermott Will & Schulte chair Ira Coleman on his life during law, from leading the 'the little engine that could' Miami office to overseeing a $3bn merger

The Client Profile: Arm legal chief Spencer Collins on humble starts and career successes

Tech giant's CLO on gaining the trust of SoftBank's CEO, the stalled $40bn sale to Nvidia and what he's learned about building a successful in-house career

Life During Law: Paul Dolman

<p>I certainly didn’t have a burning desire to be a lawyer from the age of five years old.</p>

Life During Law: Sandra Paul

<p>Kingsley Napley’s Sandra Paul on tackling racism, the age of criminal responsibility and AI</p>

Life During Law: Jeroen Ouwehand

<p>‘I’d be asked: “Are you the guy from The Bold and the Beautiful?”‘</p>

Life During Law: Georgia Dawson

<p>‘The industry is evolving rapidly. Even before the pandemic you could see change coming through the profession.’</p>

Life During Law: Richard Lever

<p>The Goodwin PE partner on being inspired by <em>The Godfather</em> and loving disco</p>

Life During Law: Karen Seward

Freshfields’ Charles Hayes on emotional intelligence, Formula One deals, sheep and daring to press the button

Charlie Hayes, the global co-head of the private capital group at Freshfields, on everything from delivering lambs and making tables from trees to the importance of clarity in client communications

Life During Law: Natasha Luther-Jones

<p>DLA Piper’s international head of sustainability and ESG on choosing the law over marrying rich and the perils of life on the road</p>

‘Full-service firms all say the same thing – but we’ve been opportunistic’ – John Quinn on AI, funding and suing banks

Quinn Emanuel founder John Quinn on starting his own firm, picking your adversaries, investment in law and how he almost joined the navy

‘You have to keep swinging’ – Paul Hastings leaders on building London and cracking the global elite

Paul Hastings leaders Frank Lopez and Sherrese Smith on running the firm like an asset manager and why they're front and centre of the firm's ambitious recruitment drive

‘It’s always best to avoid death by a thousand cuts’ – what GCs think about the Brad Karp-Epstein firestorm

General counsel weigh in on Brad Karp's resignation as Paul Weiss chair and how they expect law firms to react when crisis hits

Inside Ropes & Gray’s calculated European PE expansion

After 15 years in London, the Boston firm has been building a presence on the continent with a series of high-profile hires from firms including Linklaters and Latham

‘Unlocking the full power of our offering’ ­­- Pinsents senior partner on sharpening the firm’s competitive edge

Andrew Masraf on searching for the levers of growth and the value of competition

Addleshaws leader on corporate ambitions, key clients and why a US merger isn’t part of the £1bn 2030 strategy

Addleshaw Goddard managing partner Andrew Johnston talks about international expansion, sticking to the strategy and the firm's new London office

‘We see London as a gateway’: Katten City chief on the strategy shift that doubled UK revenues

Katten has doubled London revenues over the past five years - office managing partner Christopher Hitchins talked to Alex Ryan about turning the City base around

‘For us, it all came together’ – how Proskauer built a London high yield offering in 12 months

European capital markets head Jake Keaveny on the first phase of Proskauer's ambitious finance buildout

‘We’re not complacent – we’re not done’: Latham stakes its claim as leader of the PE pack

On the back of the hire of Ross Allardice from White & Case, Latham's private equity leaders set out why their European platform gives them the edge on their rivals

Goodwin COO: ‘I want to disrupt not just scale a law firm’

Mary O'Carroll on bringing California's 'move fast and break things' ethos to law

‘Fresh perspectives’ – Gibson Dunn’s new London co-heads set out City plans

Gibson Dunn's new London co-heads Rob Carr and Osma Hudda tell LB about their leadership plans

‘We need to remember how well we’ve been doing’ – new Eversheds chief Froud on leadership, tech and global goals

New global co-CEO talks strategy, integration and management after stepping into top post this week

‘Private credit are the new banks’: Proskauer’s A&O and Cahill hires on the US firm’s ambitious finance push

Proskauer has recently made waves in London with a quartet of big-name laterals from A&O and Cahill Gordon - part of an ambitious play to build a full-coverage finance practice in the City. LB spoke to the team to find out more