A new generation and challenges ahead as BLP leader takes helm

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Tom Moore on the challenges faced by BLP’s new leader

While Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) staged something of a recovery in 2013/14, longstanding managing partner Neville Eisenberg – who had attracted some internal criticism following a punishing 2012/13 trading period – announced just before Christmas that he would not seek another term. Will Lisa Mayhew, who in February was elected to succeed Eisenberg on 1 May after an intense election campaign, be able to refocus a firm that has faced some internal discord and a listing international strategy?

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Senior appointments: Linklaters picks successor to top finance job as Jim Rice prepares to step down

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Linklaters has appointed longstanding partner and global financial regulation group head Michael Kent as divisional practice head of finance & projects, where he will succeed heavyweight finance and securitisation partner Jim Rice.

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Sticking with your leaders: Norton Rose Fulbright LLP re-elects Stephen Parish as chairman

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Having carried out the high profile re-election of its global chief executive Peter Martyr in autumn, Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has decided to stay the course with its LLP chair position and has re-appointed longstanding partner Stephen Parish as chair of Norton Rose Fulbright LLP.

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Leadership changes: Dentons’ UKMEA chief and HFW managing partner to stand down

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Just weeks after announcing its audacious entry into the Chinese legal market with local firm Dacheng, Dentons has confirmed that longstanding UKMEA chief executive Matthew Jones will not seek re-appointment in his managerial role when his term ends in March. Insurance-focused Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) also announced a leadership change today (9 February), appointing a new managing partner to take over from George Eddings.

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Investing in London: Cooley sets City agenda with turnover targets and committee appointments

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Having made its audacious entrance into London’s legal market in January, US tech giant Cooley has begun rolling out the agenda for its new 55-lawyer UK practice, including appointing two City lawyers to its management committee, a further two to its compensation committee, and setting a revenue target for the team.

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More outward-facing but does new leadership have a message for Pinsents?

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Pinsents has delivered operational competence at the expense of flair and visibility. Kathryn McCann asks if a more outward-facing leadership team can energise a low-profile thoroughbred.

‘If you were to ask: “What’s Pinsents’ vision and where is it ultimately going?”, I’m not sure you will get a consistent answer. I myself would struggle to answer it.’

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Tackling ‘passive disobedience’: Layton sets CC course with new strategy

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CC international plan for increases in US and Asia revenue

With the partnership keen to improve retention rates and eager to re-establish itself as an iconoclastic, ambitious and imaginative business, Clifford Chance (CC) managing partner Matthew Layton has laid out the firm’s international strategy, which includes greater focus on client satisfaction, making new leadership appointments, and increasing US and Asia revenues to approximately 20% and 25% respectively over five years.

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