Guest comment: The new differentiator for law firms?
A quiet revolution is happening, and I am here to champion it. For many years, the role of a professional…
Guest blogs
Guest post: COP26 heats up and global temperature pledges spur optimism
As the 2021 United Nations Climate Change conference gathers momentum, Tim Baines, counsel in Mayer Brown’s environmental team, finds optimism…
Guest post: Any COP? – mixed messages at UN climate summit as usual platitudes belie call for action
As the 2021 United Nations Climate Change conference enters full swing in Glasgow, Tim Baines, counsel in Mayer Brown’s environmental…
Guest comment: time for law firms to play catch-up on parental leave
Nathan Peart, managing director at Major, Lindsey & Africa, says firms must move with the times when it comes to…
Guest comment: LB’s New Law critique flawed as alt players build a ‘new order of client value’
LB editor-in-chief Alex Novarese recently posted a piece entitled ‘Innovation needs law firm champions’, which hooked on to the story of…
Guest post: The Legal 500 United Kingdom is changing – and it starts with the submissions
Those of you in the UK with fond memories of the hefty The Legal 500 books dropping onto your desks…
Guest post: What happens to Anna when companies merge?
This is not a piece written from the perspective of a project manager or a strategist. Neither am I writing…
Guest Post: Martyn’s Day – I’m relieved with the result but we’ll need reflection to learn anything useful
For some time, I have known how I would start my inevitable blogpost about Leigh Day’s disciplinary hearing. Win or…
Guest post: Being within the law does not put judiciary beyond criticism – The bread knife of legal reasoning
A casual tweet of mine about the Oxford stabbing story gained unusual prominence (for a tweet of mine) and most of…
Guest post: The Magic Circle is doomed. Here’s why.
The UK’s Magic Circle (MC) – a variable, but severally-numbered group of firms which represent a charmed band favoured by…
Guest post: More evidence piles up on the role of in-house counsel in preventing scandal
News of Tesco’s Deferred Prosecution Agreement promises me another day combing through meticulously negotiated documents to see if in-house, or…
Guest post: Rolls Royce Service – risk, compliance, and ethics – where were the lawyers?
Readers of Lawyer Watch will be familiar with my posts on the tensions inherent in a lawyers’ duties to their…
Guest post: Time for the Law Society to cut the cord
Anyone who has seen the Law Society council in action over the past 20 years will not be surprised by…
Guest post: Bring out the benchmarks – what the numbers reveal about the world’s biggest legal market
It’s review and prediction season in the law firm world, as various commentators and consultants issue their annual thunderclaps. I’ve…
Guest post: Why lawyers aren’t selling what clients are buying
Demand is flat or falling at large law firms, says the newest Wells Fargo survey released earlier this week. Revenue…
Niederer Kraft & Frey: Does transparency make arbitration more efficient?
Daniel Eisele Partner, Niederer Kraft & Frey daniel.eisele@nkf.ch Tamir Livschitz Partner, Niederer Kraft & Frey tamir.livschitz@nkf.ch In recent times, a…
Guest post: How years of frustration have led to the LSB’s vision for a single regulator
The Legal Services Board’s (LSB) vision for the future of legal regulation reflects the build-up of years of frustration.
Guest post: The Apple story – a wider perspective
It really does have it all, yesterday’s Apple story. But you don’t want to read 5,000 words and I don’t…
Guest post: Tax avoidance penalties – a few notes of caution
Last week the government published a consultation document which took two big steps to tackle two different, but related, problems.…
Guest post: The new justice secretary – does it matter that she’s not a lawyer?
So, as anticipated, our new prime minister has favoured punishing disloyalty over rewarding competence and sent Michael Gove and his…