The customer is always right – which firms do clients rate most highly?
The data doesn’t lie – it’s been a good year for the Global 100. Eighty-eight of the world’s largest firms…
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Footing the bill – as chargeout rates spiral, will clients put their foot down?
‘The next revolution in the market will be clients waking up to the fact that chargeout rates go up so much…
Last Word: Global vision
‘To use a mountain biking analogy: coasting downhill might be fun in the moment, but when you reach the bottom,…
Rising to the challenge – tough market rewards for firms with clearest focus
‘Challenging market conditions’ – a quick search of the LB news archives finds that phrase, or some variation of it,…
The Last Word: Private eyes
‘I’d rather have a say; I don’t want that late call on a Friday night when something has happened –…
Making an ESG lawyer – law firms search for the magic formula
‘I don’t believe there is such a thing as an ESG lawyer’ – the words of one environmental, social and…
Stressing the positives – why opening up about the demands of City life helps everyone
If you knew nothing about City law and the gender diversity problems it has at senior levels, you certainly wouldn’t…
The Last Word: Capital call
‘Whilst we’re very much plugged into the global firm and there’s lots of synergies and certainly a very clear industry…
After the party – market slowdown pushes US leaders to take stock in London
The easy narrative is that the party is over. After years of rapid expansion by international law firms in London,…
Talk of the town: Why Kirkland/Paul Weiss underlines the value of controlling the management message
Clandestine conversations, a recruitment strategy on steroids, eye-watering salaries and internal politics galore, the Paul Weiss/Kirkland story has enough drama…
The Last Word: Euro vision
‘AI has not significantly changed the day-to-day operations of law firms. The emphasis is on staying alert and staying informed…
No shoo-ins at the Legal Business Awards, and beware the perils of TL;DR
Awards season. It should be viewed as a time of joy and anticipation, when law firms clamour to showcase their…
Reasons to be cheerful: the hustle is back for 2024
Whether it is the prospect of another few weeks still left of winter, many law firm leaders seem to have…
Global 100: When the music stops – it’s time for the global elite to play a different record
It has long been a peccadillo of business publishers to measure financial performance in five-year increments and for this, our…
The Last Word: Movers and shakers
‘The US firms don’t have any magic formula – it’s just that they have a very large economic driver behind…
Doing the robot – Five years on, the same old AI debate rages on
‘It is very difficult to see how AI competes with what David Higgins does.’ Looking back five years to our…
ChatGPT has drunk the Kool-Aid on A&O Shearman – let’s see what it makes of Paul Weiss
So much ink has been spilled over game-changing developments in recent weeks – namely the partnership vote in favour of…
Silence is not golden as Legal Business 100 firms need a different tune
A glance at our Legal Business 100 table this year shows the post-Covid, frothy corporate market conditions have finally come…
The Last Word: LB100: Market comment
‘AI is the bandwagon of the day. The last six months or so have seen an explosion of law firms…
Women deal stars prove you can have it all – but don’t worry men, you are Kenough
Chatting with a male managing partner recently about – what else – the hire of Kirkland’s debt superstar Neel Sachdev…