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 – Simon Levine

<p>“Running a law firm is a lot like running a mafia crew — without the killing.”</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

Life During Law: Nick Scott

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>

‘Debunk assumptions by doing surprising things’ – Paul Weiss’s Nicole Kar on succeeding in City law

<p>Ahead of International Women’s Day Nicole Kar, global co-chair of antitrust at Paul Weiss, discusses thriving in the deep end and why there is still more room at the top for women in law</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: Sandra Paul

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

Life During Law: Robbie McLaren

Life During Law: Freshfields’ London head Mark Sansom

<p>Freshfields’ Mark Sansom on motorsports, email gaffes and competing on the global stage</p>

‘We needed more flexibility’ – Georgia Dawson on reshaping Freshfields for the future

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

‘Complete integration of strategy and leadership’ – DLA Piper’s leaders on why they’re ditching the verein and going global

Firm co-CEOs Charles Severs and Frank Ryan on why now is the time for deeper integration

Dentons CEO sets out plan to take the firm from ‘pre-teen’ to ‘young adult’

CEO Kate Barton on her ambitious strategy for the firm

‘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

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’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

Meet the female founders behind some of the UK’s top legal boutiques

Female law firm founders on building boutiques, creating an alternative culture and the scourge of mansplaining in the legal profession

‘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

‘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

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

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

‘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