Comment: Hogan Lovells was right to get hitched. It needs to remember that
I’m not a big fan of comparing law firm mergers to marriages. All those torturous metaphors and incongruous imagery. But…
Leadership
Looking for answers: Field Fisher considers near-shoring as part of strategy review
After a turbulent year that has seen Field Fisher Waterhouse attempt a number of mergers and seen it unveil disappointing financial…
Strategic review: Eversheds introduces new sector focus as practice heads replaced
Eversheds has shaken up its sector focus as part of a series of measures introduced by management to adapt to…
Few are chosen – is partnership still worth the contest?
Partnership prospects continue to decline in a gloomy economy, while UK law firms are increasingly promoting abroad or associates hired…
Guest post: Forget Dewey – what you need to be assessing on strategy and partner pay
Law firm managers who are planning large-scale, hubristic expansion-by-acquisition should study the Dewey & LeBoeuf morality play very closely. The…
Comment: Things I would have said about the future of law if I hadn’t forgotten my notes
I was recently asked to speak on a panel debate for Georgetown Law at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s City office to…
Paul Hastings: Paul Who?
Ronan O’Sullivan joined the small London operation of Paul Hastings as a senior associate seven years ago; now he’s running…
Trowers unveils new strategy as Adlington bows out
Trowers & Hamlins senior partner elect Jennie Gubbins has told LB that she is looking to raise the firm’s corporate…
It’s all in a name: why branding matters
Over the past few months CMS Cameron McKenna’s managing partner Duncan Weston has been on a charm offensive. Through lunches…
Making Headlines
General Pinochet, Nick Leeson and Ian Maxwell are all former clients. More recently, Rebekah Brooks and UBS rogue trader Kweku…
Out of the shadows
Michael Greville is the leader of Watson, Farley & Williams, an under-the-radar UK mid-market firm that has been going through…
Cards on the table
Wragge & Co’s decision to launch in Paris sees its notoriously prudent partnership taking a rare gamble. Legal Business reveals…