The Last Word: The clients’ view
Interviewed for our in-house lawyer survey, some leading general counsel give their views on ethics, law firm engagement and technology…
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City horizons: The Legal Business view on the profession for you to cut out and keep
On occasion, we are asked to give our house view at partner conferences and the like. Undertaking one such gig…
The GC outlook: more for more and more to come
As a long-term observer of the legal profession, I view the development of GCs with an oxymoronic mix of admiration…
PRIME and the rise of the tick-box ‘solution’
The sheepish evasion now emanating from the once-lauded social mobility project PRIME is an abject lesson in what ethically ails…
Deal View: Warlords in Paris – Kirkland’s long march to the French capital
For a 109-year-old giant that fielded just 12 offices at the beginning of 2017, Kirkland & Ellis has had an…
We come not to bury the Magic Circle but to save it
A number of contacts have been telling me of late that Legal Business is gaining a reputation for being ultra-bearish…
Age of just-about-OK ethics has passed
Once, not long ago, considerations of ethics were simple for law firms, if they bothered thinking about them at all.…
The great distraction – The innovation bandwagon has hobbled market forces
I used to believe the UK legal profession was more imaginative than it got credit for – now I find…
LB100: Smoke, turmoil and a tonne of cash
The latest financial year has not been a vintage period for those wishing the legal industry would fall into concise patterns.…
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…
For good or ill, Kirkland is now redefining high-end law
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…
Disputes Eye: Hunting krakens – As finance and Russian work slows veteran litigators look to key trends and opportunities
As the torrent of post-financial crisis litigation continues to slow, litigators are increasingly wondering: ‘What next?’ Certainly, 2018 has so far…
High (street) stakes as Gaucho collapses into administration and House of Fraser saga takes yet another twist
‘There’s going to be a lot of distress on the high street,’ Weil, Gotshal & Manges partner Adam Plainer told…
Comment: Disputes Eye – An English court in Paris: another warning shot
There is a certain irony to be found in France’s enthusiastic uptake of English courts just as the UK detaches…
Disputes Eye: An English court in Paris – another warning shot
There is a certain irony to be found in France’s enthusiastic uptake of English courts just as the UK detaches…
The new outlook for City leaders – Casinos hitched with a utility
Through much of 2018 the talk has been that major City firms have been extraordinarily busy. GDPR, a rebound in…
Law firm IPOs still don’t make much sense (but soon could)
‘Who would possibly invest in a law firm?’ asks one leader this month, reflecting a common view. Yet the current…
Comment: Deal View – DLA moves house in London but can it break free?
Shifting to an agile-working office is a peculiar experience. Two camps quickly emerge: those excited by change and colleagues happy…
Comment: GCs should grasp that disruption won’t leave their empires untouched
A lively debate over coffee recently with Axiom founder Mark Harris took me back to the discussion that manifests most…
Yet unremarked, generational conflict cripples City law
Our cover feature this month largely speaks for itself in assessing the changing face of partnership as Millennials begin colonising…