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Charlotte calling: how America’s second-largest banking centre became Big Law’s next big thing
Charlotte, home to major financial institutions including Bank of America, has seen a surge of recent activity, with a flurry of firms opening offices – partners on the ground set out the city's attraction
Life During Law
Latham’s Oliver Felsenstein on The Godfather, client call car crashes and becoming a PE lawyer by accident
Germany private equity heavyweight Oliver Felsenstein reflects on decades of dealmaking, from dreams of becoming Don Corleone's consigliere to his retirement plans for a champagne bar
‘Law should be full of mavericks’ – Addleshaws’ Simon Kamstra on ego, a secret DJ career, and the right time to retire
After more than 30 years at Addleshaws, former global disputes head Simon Kamstra looks back on doing deals on Black Monday, his secret DJing sideline and building a career while keeping space for life outside the law
Sidley leader Yvette Ostolaza on role models, ambition and private investment in law
Firm management committee chair talks LB through a lifetime of firsts
Life During Law: Georgia Dawson
'The industry is evolving rapidly. Even before the pandemic you could see change coming through the profession.'
Life During Law – Simon Levine
"Running a law firm is a lot like running a mafia crew — without the killing."
A&O’s Wim Dejonghe on mergers, money and his plans for life after law
Ahead of the A&O Shearman merger, outgoing A&O senior partner Wim Dejonghe sat down with <em>LB</em> to discuss lessons from previous merger talks, his plans for the future and his views on the 'unhealthy' levels of money in law
Life During Law: Sandra Paul
Kingsley Napley’s Sandra Paul on tackling racism, the age of criminal responsibility and AI
Life During Law: Robbie McLaren
Life During Law: Richard Lever
The Goodwin PE partner on being inspired by <em>The Godfather</em> and loving disco
Life During Law: Freshfields’ London head Mark Sansom
Freshfields' Mark Sansom on motorsports, email gaffes and competing on the global stage
Life During Law: Karen Seward
Life During Law: Nick Vamos
Leadership
‘A mark of where we want to go’ – Latham sets out growth plan for new City HQ
Ahead of the firm's move to a new HQ, City chief Ed Barnett discusses lateral priorities and what's next for the $1bn London operation
Clifford Chance hikes PEP as firm aims to ‘unlock’ its brand in the US
Firm posts rising profits and revenue as it closes in on California launch
‘There will be winners and losers’ – CMS leaders pin their hopes on tech, scale and client relationships
Senior partner Charles Currier and managing partner Adrian Bell on why they're going deeper and wider for their clients
‘Fresh perspectives’ – Gibson Dunn’s new London co-heads set out City plans
Gibson Dunn's new London co-heads Rob Carr and Osma Hudda tell LB about their leadership plans
‘We don’t think about where we came from’ – Clifford Chance’s plan to crack the transatlantic buyout market
As CC targets the top end of the sponsor market in the US, its private equity heads tell LB why the firm doesn't need headline-grabbing power plays to set its practice apart
Addleshaws leader on corporate ambitions, key clients and why a US merger isn’t part of the £1bn 2030 strategy
Addleshaw Goddard managing partner Andrew Johnston talks about international expansion, sticking to the strategy and the firm's new London office
‘We’re not done’ – Hogan Lovells Cadwalader’s CEO on what comes after the biggest law firm merger in history
With the mega-merger now live, CEO Miguel Zaldivar talks about his ambitions for the new firm, why he doesn't care about PEP reporting, and leaving a leadership legacy for the next generation
Bakers’ outgoing London chief on why the firm is doubling down on transactions in the City
Bakers London managing partner Ed Poulton on the firm's corporate hiring spree in London and why the firm isn't skipping leg day when it comes to laterals
Goodwin COO: ‘I want to disrupt not just scale a law firm’
Mary O'Carroll on bringing California's 'move fast and break things' ethos to law
‘We need to remember how well we’ve been doing’ – new Eversheds chief Froud on leadership, tech and global goals
New global co-CEO talks strategy, integration and management after stepping into top post this week
Meet the female founders behind some of the UK’s top legal boutiques
Female law firm founders on building boutiques, creating an alternative culture and the scourge of mansplaining in the legal profession
‘You have to keep swinging’ – Paul Hastings leaders on building London and cracking the global elite
Paul Hastings leaders Frank Lopez and Sherrese Smith on running the firm like an asset manager and why they're front and centre of the firm's ambitious recruitment drive
