The Friday Edit: New year, new partners and a new world order in finance
Happy New Year and welcome to the first Friday Edit of 2015, our weekly review of the top stories to…
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The 2014 edit – My favourite Legal Business pieces of the year
Having joined Legal Business as editor-in-chief in early 2013 with a brief to update and expand the title, we have…
The Friday Edit: Nostalgia, greed and DLA – celebrating 25 years of Legal Business and other animals
With Legal Business gearing up for its Christmas lunch, it’s once again time to look back on the notable events…
Comment: The national market – brutally competitive but opportunity abounds
At one point in our Regional Insight report – a major collaboration with our colleagues at The Legal 500 included…
Guest post: An immigration lawyer reviews Paddington and gives him some advice
Law is pretty abstract. Unlike the role of a doctor or a builder, that of a lawyer is difficult to…
Comment: Bringing greed to law – our part in the profession’s downfall
In our 25-year anniversary coverage, Cass Business School’s Laura Empson repeats a familiar refrain about the negative impact of the…
Legal Business celebrates 25 years and the profession as well
So, what mattered to you? Twenty five years since Legal Business launched to chronicle the dramatic changes in the legal…
The profession – our part in its downfall
In our 25-year anniversary coverage, Cass Business School’s Laura Empson repeats a familiar refrain about the negative impact of the…
The national market – brutally competitive but opportunity abounds
At one point in our Regional Insight report – a major collaboration with our colleagues at The Legal 500 included…
How was it for you? – the people and events that defined the profession over 25 years of Legal Business
25 years ago Legal Business was launched to chronicle a rapidly changing profession in the wake of Big Bang. We…
Shaping the industry – the veterans’ view on what mattered in the last 25 years
Legal Business asked more than 20 legal heavyweights to name the defining moments that shaped the profession since the launch…
The UK’s changing legal landscape
Fox Rodney’s Adrian Fox analyses UK legal market trends. How have commercial dynamics in law firms changed? I was practising…
Guest post: money or culture? What culture really means to law firms
Circling in the wings around almost any discussion of management and leadership issues in law firms, sometimes touted as a…
The Friday Edit: Bear markets, going postal and every little £263m helps
With the ill-advised Jack Daniels and coke I had forced on me at the back end of the British Legal…
The Friday Edit: Glory days for HSF obsessives and Baker Mac to phase out last legacy of franchise pay
Somehow the week has flown by so it’s already time to welcome readers to The Friday Edit, our informal take…
The Friday edit: choosing panels, choosing leaders and choosing to stick with the lockstep
Happy Halloween – if you’re into that sort of thing. For those who are not nine years-old, here’s our weekly…
The Friday Edit: Ethics and the modern GC, ethics in court and partners behaving badly
As we prepare for the clocks to go back this weekend, here’s our regular look back at some of the…
Guest post: Partners Behaving Badly – how not to handle client relations
The other day we were in a meeting with the head of strategy and marketing and the chair of an…
The Friday Edit: Lloyds unveils panel, LB unveils The Disputes Yearbook and Slaughters’ magic still mesmerises the profession
It’s that time of the week again, dear readers, where we help you look back at the interesting legal happenings…
Comment: Never mind the magic, feel the substance – Slaughters has only one shot at staying relevant
During its 125th anniversary year, Slaughter and May still divides the industry like no other institution. For its admirers, it…