COVER STORY: Alien concepts

Slaughter and May wakes up to the new world of panels, pitches and price wars

COVER STORY: Darling buds

As Britain gets ready to vote, Blair's favourite lawyers face their critics

COVER STORY: Masters of your universe

RBS, Honda, Soros, and more... The exclusive Legal Business GC50 reveals Europe's most influential general counsel

COVER STORY: Dirty Business

A coup attempt fails. The notorious regime seeks retribution. A City lawyer advises its president. Penningtons partner Henry Page is bringing this controversial battle to Britain

COVER STORY: Revelations

Who stood out as one of LB's 50 finest rainmakers of 2004

COVER STORY: Get a grip

The 2004 Legal Business Assistant Survey exposes the frailties of a career in the law

COVER STORY: All eyes on LONDON

MacFarlanes' Robert Sutton on his firm's unique global vision

COVER STORY: The Hit

Britain's top law firms have a cash management battle on their hands

COVER STORY: Summer of Lovells

To take on the world, you must leave your comfort zone

COVER STORY: Mr Bling

Revealed: the amazing $30m package A&O created to lure its US rainmaker

COVER STORY: Who needs Ashurst

Fried Frank's Valerie Ford Jacob embarks on some hastily revised London plans

COVER STORY: The New Emperors

Putting international firms in their place, Shanghai style

COVER STORY: Doctors orders

Allen & Overy, DLA and the demands of a £6bn NHS outsourcing operation

COVER STORY: Heavy Duty

Exclusive: the top-five clients of the UK's largest firms and the pressure to keep them loyal

COVER STORY: The Gamble

Why the world's top law firms choose to risk so much in Russia

COVER STORY: Easy, TigerLess

The three distinct ways to attack the globe: meet the world's new legal elite