| COVER STORY: The New Emperors Putting international firms in their place, Shanghai style |
In this month's issue Brace yourself, Jack Dee. In this issue there are some exclusive profiles of some extremely powerful men. We focus on analysing just how such potency is dispatched. Richard Granger, the UK's most notorious civil servant, became the bête noire of many a once-mighty private practice lawyer last year as he got tough on £6bn-worth of NHS outsourcing projects with a verve rarely seen in the public sector. One year on from the first deal struck, Legal Business went to see him in action, flanked as ever by two of the City's most successful, and now most feared, projects firms, DLA and Allen & Overy. As you'll see, Granger doesn't hold back. By way of contrast, a meeting with Clyde & Co's senior partner offers the chance to view another, equally effective, style of leadership at work. In terms of global adventure, Michael Payton has exerted more influence than even the Grangers of this world. He combines a phenomenal insurance expertise with the leadership of a firm that's racing towards the upper elite of the LB100. This man has seen it all. And for the complete managerial experience, we inspect Cleary Gottlieb's virtually leaderless progression. Consensual management alone starts to look dated as ever more aggressive rivals seek market share in Europe. Cleary is reacting to a whole continent in flux.
Tom Freeman | LEGAL BUSINESS APPOINTMENTS | PRITCHARD
Farewell to the winter of malcontents | NEWS
In the law firm merger stakes, it's two-nil to the Americans |  US FIRMS IN LONDON Freedom of the City
Exclusive: The 50 largest US firms in London, their top clients, and what the UK's largest corporates currently make of an increasingly convoluted City legal market. By Claire Smith |  MISCONDUCT AND RISK Internal affairs
Is one of your partners quietly working out an illegal exit strategy? Are discrimination claims threatening to eat away at your finances? Anthony Notaras talks to all those involved in the risky business of risk |  POLAND Warsaw packed
Cranes on the skyline, doubts on the streets: Chris Crowe went to Warsaw to meet the country's top lawyers as they prepare to join the EU. Don't expect fanfares: gritty realism abounds | COVER STORY Shanghai Five - Welcome to China
Uniquely and exclusively, Legal Business got together five of Shanghai's most powerful lawyers. James Lewis reports on a quintet in the international spotlight, who are all at Chinese firms and feeling bullishly independent |  NORTH WEST FOCUS Fit for the title
Manchester has the highest concentration of sports law experts in the country. As their profile develops, so the region will truly rival London. Sam Kenworthy plays off the experts in both centres of excellence | IT MANAGEMENT Faster, richer lawyers
Not all IT investment delivers an obvious or immediate return. But shrewd spending on certain key projects is vital to improve bottom-line financial performance, says Stephen Harper | | CORPORATE | | FINANCE | | REAL ESTATE | | LITIGATION | | TMT | | INTERNATIONAL | | BACK PAGE |
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