
Comment: A decade since Lehman the profession still mired in the New Normal
Within days of this issue hitting desks, it will be ten years since Lehman Brothers’ collapse marked what swiftly became…
Within days of this issue hitting desks, it will be ten years since Lehman Brothers’ collapse marked what swiftly became…
‘Who would possibly invest in a law firm?’ asks one leader this month, reflecting a common view. Yet the current…
Through much of 2018 the talk has been that major City firms have been extraordinarily busy. GDPR, a rebound in…
In the summer of 2017 the world’s top law firms were looking at their next financial year with scant optimism…
Our cover feature this month largely speaks for itself in assessing the changing face of partnership as Millennials begin colonising…
It would take a generous observer of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) to claim the once sure-footed outfit had managed anything…
This may be an issue dominated by all things Millennial, but I am past that, so the column that follows…
Recently a surprisingly popular column in Legal Business took a jaded view of the state of leadership in major law firms. The…
‘It is an odd couple. I wouldn’t have put them together,’ is one take from a London peer to the…
‘Theirs is the biggest succession issue faced by any firm in the City,’ says one Magic Circle partner of Skadden,…
I often look for knowledge outside of the legal profession to help me develop strategy for our [Microsoft’] legal business.…
The London contingent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has recently moved across the road into premises so new they…
I used to say three things when asked for a view on the quality of leadership in the profession. Firstly,…
Evidence before the Women and Equalities Committee last week (28 March) paints a worrying picture of ethics in the legal…
The London contingent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has recently moved across the road into premises so new they…
Latham & Watkins and William H Voge are fortunate in one regard. The looking-glass glaze that appears when law firms…
Given that it has been so well telegraphed that the $10m lateral was coming to the Square Mile, the shock…
In a blow for traditionalists, our latest cover feature eschews profiling a group of hard-working, smart, highly-confident men who are talented…
Those of you in the UK with fond memories of the hefty The Legal 500 books dropping onto your desks…
This is not a piece written from the perspective of a project manager or a strategist. Neither am I writing…