The Last Word: F=MA
‘I think – and I say this as the pessimist – we will easily move ahead on our strategy.’ Frances…
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Allen & Overy’s election delivered an all-star line-up but have the big issues been resolved?
Towards the end of 2019, Legal Business remarked that the issue at the heart of Allen & Overy (A&O)’s looming…
Comment: Remembering Mr Disruption – How Clayton Christensen became the legal industry’s North Star
Barely into 2020 and news came that probably the most influential business thinker of the last 20 years had passed…
Comment: The 2010s marked an unsung crisis in law firm leadership
Astute readers will note that our cover feature on 2020 forecasts spends as much time casting its eye back on…
Deal View: After years of missed opportunities Weil flirts with a broader City advance
Investment in Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ City arm has long come in fits and starts, avoiding broader M&A ambitions to…
The Last Word: 2020 visions
‘The next decade will decide whether firms become more like the Big Four or develop their own distinct model. They…
Cracking Wall St is the prize of the decade for City leaders
If much of the commentary in this issue focuses on what has gone awry for major UK law firms in…
Remembering Mr Disruption – The innovator’s legacy for the profession
Barely into 2020 and news came that probably the most influential business thinker of the last 20 years had passed…
The 2010s marked an unsung crisis in law firm leadership
Astute readers will note that our cover feature on 2020 forecasts spends as much time casting its eye back on…
Comment: #MeToo is law’s Libor-rigging moment – Unheralded comes regulation of City law
Ask senior figures in the profession what has materially changed in the legal industry over the last decade and answers…
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…
Unheralded comes regulation of City law
Ask senior figures in the profession what has materially changed in the legal industry over the last decade and answers…
The Last Word: The client view
Interviewed for our annual in-house lawyer survey, leading GCs give their take on risk management, becoming business advisers and collaboration…
If A&O’s new 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: Miguel who? New Hogan Lovells chief is going to be a hard sell in Europe
Canvassing ex-partners a few days after Hogan Lovells’ board recommended Miguel Zaldivar (pictured) as the firm’s next chief executive, Legal…
Comment: Whatever happened to the PR as managing partner consigliere?
For a pundit often claimed to be dismissive of the PR community, the subject of this leader may surprise. The…
New Law needs a new dictionary to get that promised break through
For more than a decade now technology and innovation jargon has been pushing its way inelegantly into the legal sphere.…
Dynamic forces – The Legal 500 UK launch unveils new approach
Late last month we published the first Legal 500 UK guide since I took over as editor. While changing something…
Whatever happened to the PR as managing partner consigliere?
For a pundit often claimed to be dismissive of the PR community, the subject of this leader may surprise. The…
The Last Word: The values are everything
Law firm leaders discuss the challenges of putting values on their corporate agenda and how to balance purpose with the…