Practice management tech: Made to measure
The successful application of technology to a law firm’s business ultimately hinges on one key question: is it technology that…
The blueprint – clients and advisers scramble as the UK kicks off Brexit
While the outcomes are far from clear, Legal Business asks how advisers and clients can best tackle Brexit ‘There…
Cyprus: Picking up the pieces
On the face of it, Cyprus has much to celebrate. In March, the country completed the three-year economic adjustment programme…
The end of the tunnel – litigation and regulatory challenges in financial services
Legal Business teamed up with Simmons & Simmons to discover how financial institutions are coping with the twin threats of…
Clause and effect – The arbitration backing Africa’s investment boom
As foreign investment into Africa grows, so does the demand for dispute resolution. We team up with Simmons & Simmons…
Hunting Dragons – Anti-corruption in Asia
Once a byword for bribery, the Asia region has toughened anti-corruption measures in recent years, but enforcement remains hard to…
Hunting Dragons – Anti-corruption in Asia
Once a byword for bribery, the Asia region has toughened anti-corruption measures in recent years, but enforcement remains hard to…
Straining the bonds – why disputes counsel is high on the agenda in Russia
While their transactional colleagues in Moscow are suffering, the current sanctions on Russia have been a boon to trade and…
Chasing the bear – Sanctions bite on Russia’s legal market
Russia-based lawyers are a hardy bunch, conditioned to working in a volatile market where ups turn into downs on an…
Here be monsters – will LPOs help clients find the threats in the data jungle?
From disclosure to global investigations, companies are being forced to search an expanding jungle of data for threats. Legal Business…
A question of confidence – Russians strive to keep high stakes disputes at home
Given that domestic litigators in Russia and the CIS regularly see their clients’ largest commercial disputes go abroad, usually to…
After the gold rush – has the age of the oligarch dispute passed?
Boris Berezovsky v Roman Abramovich; Michael Cherney v Oleg Deripaska – these were the two headlining title bouts that for…
Renaissance style – the battle to modernise Italy’s legal elite
In 2011 Stefano Simontacchi, then head of tax at the Italian legal giant Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, made a high-stakes presentation…