Covid crystal ball – A&O’s former chief sets out the post-lockdown dynamic awaiting the legal elite
No-one knows the robustness or timing of the economic restart, but many now predict a deep second quarter contraction followed…
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Comment: Latham vs Kirkland means everyone else loses – They own the global elite now
Skadden Arps, Clifford Chance, Linklaters and, currently, Kirkland & Ellis – over the last 30 years these firms have all…
Latham vs K&E means that everyone else loses
Skadden Arps, Clifford Chance, Linklaters and, currently, Kirkland & Ellis – over the last 30 years these firms have all…
For the profession, as the world, the coronavirus is a moment of truth
The longer you do this job, the more your mind wanders to the big moments – recessions, terrorist attacks, political…
Cranes in the sky: UK real estate market rebuilds
With real estate investment moving out of paralysis post-election, Muna Abdi asks which firms are best prepared to take advantage…
‘Brutal clarity on priorities’ – A&O’s former chief looks back to the banking crisis for lessons to aid law firm leaders now
What lessons can we learn from the 2008/09 financial crisis to help law firm leaders manage the escalating disruption of the coronavirus…
A golden decade closes but the 2020s promise more
As our 2020 Disputes Yearbook hits desks, it is an appropriate moment to reflect on how litigation and arbitration evolved…
Sponsored foreword: Litigation in the post-Brexit world – 2020 and beyond
In the fiery political debate on Brexit, relatively little attention has concentrated on the threat to the UK as a…
Guest comment: HSF disputes chief assesses the City litigation market’s Covid-19 response
In light of the human impact of Covid-19, the immediate concern for businesses is the health and safety of their…
Guest post: Coronavirus tears up competition regimes for foreign investments as Europe struggles to shield reeling economies
COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc with the global economy, disrupting all manner of business throughout the world. Stock markets have…
Comment: Coronavirus will brutally strip away the profession’s illusions
The longer you do this job, the more your mind wanders to the big moments – recessions, terrorist attacks, political…
Letter from… Warsaw: Weil’s withdrawal from CEE marks a new phase, not the end, of international firms’ regional domination
Neglected by foreign advisers for years, the Central and Eastern European (CEE) legal markets enjoyed a few moments of popularity…
Comment: 2020 forecast – City giants forced to offer flexible partnership
I’m going to resist the urge to bang on about the year in review, Brexit or even offer a 2010s…
Comment: If A&O’s new leadership team can’t get a mandate, who can?
Writing at the end of November, with this issue hitting desks only a day or two before the candidates for…
Comment: New Law needs a new dictionary to get that promised breakthrough
For more than a decade now technology and innovation jargon has been pushing its way inelegantly into the legal sphere.…
‘Reflecting the market right now, not several years back’ – The Legal 500 UK launch unveils a new approach
Late last month we published the first Legal 500 UK guide since I took over as editor. While changing something…
‘Kirkland is a raw, Darwinian force’ – LB’s take on the pre-Brexit City law market
On occasion, they let the head of Legal Business take a break from the glamorous job of proofing features to…
Letter from… Amsterdam: Dutch lawyers find a deft balance amid testing times in cross-border trade
The secret to making your country attractive to foreign investors at a time when populism is reshaping global politics and…
The price of everything – Law firm metrics cannot measure broader values that will define their future
Pinsents senior partner Richard Foley argues the industry needs new benchmarks for success As Legal Business publishes its LB100, it…
Deal View: A niche within a finance niche gives Simmons that much-needed edge after years of drift
While some law firms claim to be all things to all clients, for almost a decade Simmons & Simmons has…