Neglected by foreign advisers for years, the Central and Eastern European (CEE) legal markets enjoyed a few moments of popularity…
Investment in Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ City arm has long come in fits and starts, avoiding broader M&A ambitions to…
‘The next decade will decide whether firms become more like the Big Four or develop their own distinct model. They…
If much of the commentary in this issue focuses on what has gone awry for major UK law firms in…
Barely into 2020 and news came that probably the most influential business thinker of the last 20 years had passed…
Astute readers will note that our cover feature on 2020 forecasts spends as much time casting its eye back on…
I’m going to resist the urge to bang on about the year in review, Brexit or even offer a 2010s…
Ask senior figures in the profession what has materially changed in the legal industry over the last decade and answers…
Interviewed for our annual in-house lawyer survey, leading GCs give their take on risk management, becoming business advisers and collaboration…
In mid-October, when Legal Business decided it would dedicate this column to analysing the Belgian legal market, there was still…
Writing at the end of November, with this issue hitting desks only a day or two before the candidates for…
‘Supercharging it’ and ‘pretty wild’ are not superlatives usually cropping up on your average conference call with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.…
Some speak of the dawn of a ‘golden age’ for the market; others of a sugar rush for the country’s…
Late last month we published the first Legal 500 UK guide since I took over as editor. While changing something…
For a pundit often claimed to be dismissive of the PR community, the subject of this leader may surprise. The…
Law firm leaders discuss the challenges of putting values on their corporate agenda and how to balance purpose with the…
For more than a decade now technology and innovation jargon has been pushing its way inelegantly into the legal sphere.…
Habitually viewed as the poor relation to its unparalleled banking and finance practice, Allen & Overy (A&O)’s corporate team has…
‘Our team was nearly twice the size of Akin Gump’s London team. There was potential for vulnerability on both sides.…
The secret to making your country attractive to foreign investors at a time when populism is reshaping global politics and…
