Guest post: Tales of an Unhappy Client – The Search for a Smarter Way to Bill
I knew better and that only makes this worse. Recently, I needed a lawyer to review an agreement. There was…
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Comment: The Gospel according to Matthew – can CC live up to the legacy?
Will the real Clifford Chance (CC) stand up? It is, after all, a key moment for what was not that…
Momentum – the little-discussed magic that can lead to legal success
Momentum versus quality. That’s the question for the upper reaches of the legal industry that is never on the lips…
Can CC live up to the legacy?
Will the real Clifford Chance (CC) stand up? It is, after all, a key moment for what was not that…
Cost reduction = quality reduction
Cogence Search’s Mark Husband on the fallacy of cheap legal services The respected legal commentator (and fan of mammals) Bruce…
Could trustee protection return post-Pitt and Futter?
Withers’ Steven Kempster and Sarah Aughwane on the doctrine of mistake. Withers’ contentious trust and succession group is unrivalled in…
Taking the firm to the client – traditional rainmakers are gone
Simmons senior partner Colin Passmore argues a new breed of collaborators are the rainmakers of tomorrow When I qualified (was…
Guest post: The Path to a High Achieving Culture – it turns out that money isn’t the driver
In a guest post, Aric Press, partner at the legal consultancy Bernero & Press and former editor-in-chief of The American…
2025: a vision of Big Law
It is 2025 and the view from the nominal head office of the leading City law firm remains as uncertain…
Faster, higher, stronger – a vision for a better transport policy
Brodies’ Bill Drummond argues that lack of infrastructure investment is damaging the UK’s major business and legal hubs Writing this…
Comment: Legal boutiques – unheralded, thriving and coming after your lunch
The rise of boutiques has been yet another development shaping the legal industry that no-one predicted. Conventional wisdom for years…
Travers Smith’s Dolman: The mother of invention – why necessity and high prices will push private equity to new heights
2014 was a year that saw the number and value of private equity (PE)-backed exits reach unparalleled highs globally. More…
‘A curious atmosphere of consensus’ – HSF fraud veteran Robert Hunter on how smart teams can make bad decisions
Many admire John Kennedy and his advisers’ deft handling of the Cuban missile crisis. It is generally thought to result…
‘A curious atmosphere of consensus’ – the dangers of groupthink
HSF fraud veteran Robert Hunter on how smart teams can make bad decisions Many admire John Kennedy and his advisers’…
Legal boutiques: unheralded, thriving and coming after your lunch
The rise of boutiques has been yet another development shaping the legal industry that no-one predicted. Conventional wisdom for years…
Guest post: Why ‘Big Ideas’ are often wrong and the fallacies of legal myths
Why do ‘big ideas’ or ‘monolithic ideas’ become so accepted when under analysis and the test of time they so…
Guest post: Why the right is losing the argument on tax – and why it matters to all of us
Two weeks ago, Labour pledged to tax as income the performance fees (known as the ‘carried interest’) paid to certain…
Comment: Being right in real life is much harder than being right intellectually
A long, long time ago when I used to report on fund management, one of the defining figures was Tony…
Being right in real life is much harder than being right intellectually
A long, long time ago when I used to report on fund management, one of the defining figures was Tony…
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…