
Comment: Less dire than expected but profession may yet squander influx of BAME lawyers
The good news is that up close the reality turns out to be not as awful as the cynics have…
The good news is that up close the reality turns out to be not as awful as the cynics have…
This title is on the record as having doubts regarding the Big Four’s legal ambitions, at least judged against claims…
Years ago, in the immediate wake of the banking crisis, I wrote a column on the notion that top London…
The fourth, and largest, Disputes Yearbook returns to find the contentious legal scene much as we left it in 2018.…
It is fair to say that the volume and nature of commercial disputes generally reflect shifts in the prevailing winds…
Having recently shared a few drinks with one of the most talked-up youngish corporate lawyers in the City, the question…
A little over five years ago Legal Business produced a cover feature dubbed ‘How to improve a law firm in…
Two documents outlining the strategies of international firms in Germany came to light between 2016 and 2017. ‘Agenda 2020’ by…
On occasion, we are asked to give our house view at partner conferences and the like. Undertaking one such gig…
As 2018 draws to a close, an editor’s thoughts naturally turn to digging out stuff we’ve already done when they…
The sheepish evasion now emanating from the once-lauded social mobility project PRIME is an abject lesson in what ethically ails…
The view from Fort Canning Hill is telling. You stand next to an early 20th century lighthouse, a testament to…
A number of contacts have been telling me of late that Legal Business is gaining a reputation for being ultra-bearish on the…
I used to believe the UK legal profession was more imaginative than it got credit for – now I find…
Once, not long ago, considerations of ethics were simple for law firms, if they bothered thinking about them at all.…
‘The thing about China is there have always been those who think the bubble is going to burst and the…
Despite the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) opting in October not to pursue its much-publicised privilege appeal against ENRC any further,…
Though I’ve always known that soul-of-a-law-firm cover features are the biggest draw for our readers, the response to our Kirkland…
The latest financial year has not been a vintage period for those wishing the legal industry would fall into concise patterns.…
Remember the days when Russia was the El Dorado of the Western legal elite? Potent New York outfits like Cleary…