In-house counsel: more to do and happy about it
There are familiar themes and a few mixed messages from this year’s in-house lawyer survey but one obvious point to…
Comment: The NYLon law firm – outmoding a Global Elite and Magic Circle firm near you
If there is one big trend in the analysis of Legal Business in recent years it is the encroaching existential…
The right questions – The client view on innovation
In a flagship report last year, we teamed up with BLP to assess the state of innovation in law –…
What can you be sure of as the LB100 goes down the rabbit hole?
It’s common in the legal industry to talk about unprecedented change but there are many rules of professional gravity unchanged…
The Global London debate – Tipping points
To mark our annual Global London report, Legal Business teamed up with Venturis Consulting to assess the dramatic progress made…
Comment: The Global 100 – so much for the City comeback as US leaders land the big blows
Having spent a reasonable chunk of my pundit duties over the last three years noting significant shifts against London’s elite…
The window opens for Addleshaws but only for so long
One of the biggest mysteries of the UK legal industry since the wipe-out of 2008/09 is whatever happened at Addleshaw…
‘The conversation we never had’ – SRA to give handbook in-house makeover as UCL unveils ethics research
It’s been the debate the profession has avoided over the last decade, but one that finally appears to be stirring.…
Comment: Leadership in law – improving, crucial and maybe in the nick of time
Strong leadership is fundamental to driving innovation in law firms. This is not a discussion point. There is no discussion.…
Comment: What does it mean to be a modern GC? Discuss. Or rather don’t
What does it mean to be an in-house counsel these days? The profession is agreed that the job carries considerably…
The GC Power List summer reception – Reaching out, reaching up
Legal Business for the first time extended its GC Power List into a summer reception. A distinguished list of panellists…
Pastures new: Legal Business hits Fleet Street while Legalease welcomes a key new hire
After a decade based in Ansdell Street in leafy Kensington, Legal Business and the entire Legalease family are moving to…
Comment: Shock horror – economic revival makes it as impossible as ever to make partner
It’s not going to come as a huge shock to our readership of jaded veterans to hear this but the…
Heading to The Ivy: Legal Business and RPC team up for GC Power List Summer Reception
We’ve made it no secret that a major aim for Legal Business and its Legalease stablemates is to better engage…
Shock horror: economic revival makes it as impossible as ever to make partner
It’s not going to come as a huge shock to our readership of jaded veterans to hear this but the…
Heading to The Ivy: Legal Business and RPC team up for GC Power List Summer Reception
We’ve made it no secret that a major aim for Legal Business and its Legalease stable-mates is to better engage…
Comment: ‘Geography seduced everyone’ – is emerging market bias blind-siding your firm?
There is a notion in business that is often useful, but rarely observed – the idea of signal and noise,…
Comment: Democracy and half measures are not delivering for Addleshaws
I wrote recently of the need, when commenting on the firms and individual lawyers we cover, to give the benefit…
Democracy and half measures are not delivering for Addleshaws
I wrote recently of the need, when commenting on the firms and individual lawyers we cover, to give the benefit…
RBS: some recovery in sight but weak demand and 5,000 surplus solicitors still define turbulent legal market
Disaggregated, wrestling with tight margins, reliant on defensive mergers and probably still with more than 5,000 un-needed solicitors in England…