From partner pay reform to US expansion, AI and overhauling the firm's business services function, Freshfields senior partner Georgia Dawson has been busy. She spoke to LB about her first five years in the role
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From partner pay reform to US expansion, AI and overhauling the firm's business services function, Freshfields senior partner Georgia Dawson has been busy. She spoke to LB about her first five years in the role
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CEO Kate Barton on her ambitious strategy for the firm
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
General counsel weigh in on Brad Karp's resignation as Paul Weiss chair and how they expect law firms to react when crisis hits
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Mary O'Carroll on bringing California's 'move fast and break things' ethos to law
European capital markets head Jake Keaveny on the first phase of Proskauer's ambitious finance buildout
Andrew Masraf on searching for the levers of growth and the value of competition
Gibson Dunn's new London co-heads Rob Carr and Osma Hudda tell LB about their leadership plans
Addleshaw Goddard managing partner Andrew Johnston talks about international expansion, sticking to the strategy and the firm's new London office
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