Less than three months after being named King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) EUME senior partner, Michael Cziesla has already joined McDermott Will & Emery’s Frankfurt office the US firm confirmed today (6 January).
Comment: After shocks of 2016, law leaders may need to start thinking
Well, it is nearly over and few in the profession will mourn the passing of 2016. Not since the banking crisis of 2008/09 have 12 months so drastically recast the environment in which law firms ply their trade, most strikingly, of course, in June’s vote for Britain to quit the EU and November’s election of Donald Trump as the 45th US president. Continue reading “Comment: After shocks of 2016, law leaders may need to start thinking”
RPC to hold leadership election as MP Watmough stands down after eight years
City firm RPC has launched an election process for a new managing partner following the recent retirement of longstanding head Jonathan Watmough, who steps down after nearly a decade in the role. Continue reading “RPC to hold leadership election as MP Watmough stands down after eight years”
Q&A: Baker McKenzie managing partner Chadwick on leadership, the Big Four and law firm consolidation
Having taken on the top London role from popular global chair Paul Rawlinson, Baker & McKenzie London managing partner Alex Chadwick (pictured) talks to Matthew Field on the challenges of leadership.
Four more years: Addleshaws Joyce to run again as leadership election kicks off
Addleshaw Goddard managing partner John Joyce is to stand for re-election for a second term at the helm of the firm.
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The USP – What is Mishcon’s secret formula?
‘The emphasis around our culture is no billy bollocks…’
Elliot Moss, director of business development
‘Mishcon is like being at uni but you get paid for it.’
Kevin Gold, managing partner
‘What does anyone want? Make decent money and hang around with their mates.’
Kasra Nouroozi, head of dispute resolution
In 1994, a young South African lawyer named Kevin Gold was sitting in his office at central London practice Bayer Rosin flipping a coin to decide the future of the firm he ran. ‘Heads or tails… Olswang or SJ Berwin…’
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Sideways – A lateral move in leadership and big US ambitions for Clyde & Co
Clyde & Co has been on a terrific run of growth in the last five years. With a new senior partner installed and his predecessor in the US, will the firm be able to maintain momentum?
When Legal Business sat down with Clyde & Co’s new senior partner Simon Konsta in November, the firm’s notoriously hands-on chief executive Peter Hasson was on holiday in Miami. While discussing Hasson’s intense focus on the day job, Konsta is asked if Hasson will be able to resist checking in. Minutes into the interview, Konsta’s phone starts ringing. It’s Hasson.
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Eversheds leadership structure finalised as Gray made executive partner and Froud takes MP role
Eversheds‘ management structure has been finalised following Lee Ranson’s appointment as chief executive last month, Legal Business has learned. Continue reading “Eversheds leadership structure finalised as Gray made executive partner and Froud takes MP role”
Finance partner takes executive partner role at Slaughter and May
Slaughter and May announced today (10 November) that finance partner Paul Stacey is to be the firm’s new executive partner. He will take on the role as of May 2017, for a five year term. Continue reading “Finance partner takes executive partner role at Slaughter and May”
Crunch time for KWM as partners meet over Chinese bailout deal
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) global managing partner Stuart Fuller has stepped down from his leadership role as the firm meets today to hear a proposal to stabilise its European business. Continue reading “Crunch time for KWM as partners meet over Chinese bailout deal”