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Partners at firms including Slaughters, Sidley, HSFK and CMS on the factors behind Hong Kong's rise to the top global market for IPOs
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The end of the law firm partnership? How NI reform lays bare structural flaws and opens the door to private equity
David Morley on why UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves' plans to hit LLP partners with national insurance contributions could be a reckoning for firms, exposing the structural flaws in a partnership model that serves short-termism and how the reform could open the door for private capital investment in law firms
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Life During Law: Natasha Luther-Jones
DLA Piper’s international head of sustainability and ESG on choosing the law over marrying rich and the perils of life on the road
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I certainly didn’t have a burning desire to be a lawyer from the age of five years old.
Life During Law – Simon Levine
“Running a law firm is a lot like running a mafia crew — without the killing.”
