Legal Business - July/August 2009 Issue 196

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The Business Mark McAteer reports on why UK firms should thank their lucky stars that they’re not American, plus market-leading analysis on the month’s top stories The National Maria Jackson on Wragge & Co’s plans for expansion in the face of plummeting profits. Plus, HBJ Gateley Wareing makes hires in real estate, and property tax errors are leading to a rise in disputes The Client DLA Piper’s real estate team shifts its focus towards European clients The Client profile Christie’s Nick Deeming brings the gavel down on unwieldy panels	The LB Global 100: Part 1 The economy has forced clients to radically transform themselves. Stephen J Doggett analyses a very different legal landscape Read more... Appointments The ultimate partner moves and our special Job of the Month section Pritchard Clients turn up the heat on value The Forum Pros and cons of hybrid structures The Last Word Norton Rose’s Simon FT Cox on life in no man’s land	Only the lonely With mid-market firms’ profits falling steeply, Mark McAteer reports on why some should follow Speechly Bircham and Campbell Hooper’s example and find a suitable partner while they still can Read more... Renegade master Maria Jackson meets self-confessed ‘turbocharger’ Bijan Sedghi and wonders whether Wragge & Co will be better at taming the ambitious entrepreneur who was too hot for HBJ to hold Read more... Held to account As the economy slides further into recession, more cases of misappropriation of funds in law firms are being uncovered. Anastasia Hancock asks if the writing is on the wall for the traditional client account Read more... Building a new world With Portugal finally feeling the effects of the global downturn and international firms losing interest, Miguel Cortez finds out which of Portugal’s firms have sharpened their survival instincts Read more...