Legal Business - September 2009 Issue 197

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The Business Mark McAteer reports on why reporting, or failing to report, financials is a PR minefield, plus market-leading analysis on the month’s top stories The National Chris Johnson reports on Burness’s exit from the LB100. Plus, Halliwells loses more partners, Capsticks eyes Northern expansion, and OC bolsters its litigation offering The Client Property market resuscitation provides the market’s top players with reasons to be cheerful The Client profile MTVNI’s Roger James on why high bills killed the law firm stars	Legal Business 100 The law firm model has proved itself relatively resilient. But unique economic conditions have caught many unprepared, writes Stephen J Doggett Read more... Appointments The ultimate partner moves and our special Job of the Month section Pritchard An expensive lesson for Freshfields The Forum Partners needed in the front line The Last Word Harbottle & Lewis’s Bob Mitchell shows he’s a good sport	LB Global 100: Part 2 Chris Johnson discovers that for the firms numbered 50-100 in our global round-up, it is not a question of if, or even when, consolidation will start – it has already begun Read more... Velvet revolution Bristol’s Burges Salmon has long made a virtue of the low-key approach. But Mark McAteer reports that significant structural changes have thrust the firm into the spotlight Read more... Back to the future On the back of an early recession, Irish law firms are trailblazers in banking crisis management. Maria Jackson reveals what their UK peers can expect to encounter Read more... Altered States Russian and CIS markets couldn’t escape the painful consequences of the global downturn. Julian Matteucci looks at how domestic and international law firms are redefining the market Read more...