The Last Word: Notes on a scandal
‘No firm should ever take anything for granted. Dewey & LeBoeuf was a top-end, white-shoe firm and it over-guaranteed and…
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The Last Word: Best foot forward
‘As custodians of the rule of law, we have to question whether we are undermining it in anyway? It’s in…
The profession must not let yesterday’s ESG news turn into today’s chip paper
As we publish Legal Business’ second ESG report, the words years ago of a male partner at a Magic Circle…
Target on your back – the rise and fall of the ESG lawyer?
A lot can happen in a year, and never more so it appears than in the constantly evolving world of…
Guest comment: How are law firms retaining the top talent?
Nathan Peart, managing director of the Associate Practice Group at Major, Lindsey & Africa, analyses associate retention The race to…
ESG – What is it good for?
When Legal Business rounded off our inaugural ESG report last summer, we concluded that the coronavirus pandemic had given law…
Time for a reality check on salaries
That one of the chief concerns among law firm leaders in Legal Business’ annual Global London report is the retention…
The Last Word: Broad stripes and bright stars
‘When it comes to English law, I don’t think clients are as focused on where a firm is headquartered, and…
Stronger together? Not really
When we first launched our Euro Elite report in 2016, much of the narrative was that the future of the…
Lessons in management: Spoiler alert – it doesn’t get easier
‘You can’t appeal to people’s better natures because they don’t have one. Everyone is fundamentally selfish.’ Nihilistic as this remark…
The Last Word: Elite culture
‘I believe it is relevant for Spain and its economy to have strong law firms whose decision-centres are based in…
Take a good long look in the mirror before espousing change seriously
The words of BT Legal’s Leeanne Whaley, in ‘Held to account’, particularly stand out in this issue: ‘We spend a…
Welcome to the Renaissance
A senior legal headhunter friend, who could easily be described as a Renaissance Man, recently confided that one of the…
The Last Word: Down the track
‘We expect investors to look through short-term business disruption and for cross-border deal flow to return to pre-pandemic levels by…
The Last Word: Going the distance
‘One of the things I’ve learnt from the pandemic is individual wealth and freedom is nothing without collective wealth and…
We’ve listened: important new changes to The Legal 500 UK 2022
This month’s issue of Legal Business may be dedicated to the largest firms in the UK by revenue but sibling…
LB100 proves pacier than hoped but there’s plenty of ground still to cover
While commentary from LB100 leaders in recent years may have occasionally sounded like a broken record, with gingerly repeated soundbites…
The Last Word: Alpha females
‘To be a hugely successful law firm, you have to have diversity. Clients are not all white middle class men.’…
Why giving associates exposure to clients could be a win-win scenario
Law firms spend big money making sure they have the best junior lawyers. A newly qualified lawyer at a Magic…
Time to stop sneering at the leaders recognising the value of humanity
It is hard to introduce a column on female leaders without sounding trite or – as a woman – vaguely…