Latham, A&O Shearman and WBD take honours at Legal 500 UK ESG Awards

‘Law should be full of mavericks’ – Addleshaws’ Simon Kamstra on ego, a secret DJ career, and the right time to retire

After the sudden loss of two close friends, Addleshaw Goddard's former global head of disputes - an addict for high stakes arbitration - realised 'you can enjoy your job too much'

Sidley leader Yvette Ostolaza on role models, ambition and private investment in law

Firm management committee chair talks LB through a lifetime of firsts

‘I’m sure I made a ton of mistakes’ – McDermott’s Coleman on fresh thinking, leadership lessons and why scale matters

McDermott Will & Schulte chair Ira Coleman on his life during law, from leading the 'the little engine that could' Miami office to overseeing a $3bn merger

Life During Law: Natasha Luther-Jones

DLA Piper’s international head of sustainability and ESG on choosing the law over marrying rich and the perils of life on the road

Life During Law: Freshfields’ London head Mark Sansom

Freshfields' Mark Sansom on motorsports, email gaffes and competing on the global stage

Life During Law: Robbie McLaren

‘Debunk assumptions by doing surprising things’ – Paul Weiss’s Nicole Kar on succeeding in City law

Ahead of International Women's Day Nicole Kar, global co-chair of antitrust at Paul Weiss, discusses thriving in the deep end and why there is still more room at the top for women in law

Life During Law: Georgia Dawson

'The industry is evolving rapidly. Even before the pandemic you could see change coming through the profession.'

‘Full-service firms all say the same thing – but we’ve been opportunistic’ – John Quinn on AI, funding and suing banks

Quinn Emanuel founder John Quinn on starting his own firm, picking your adversaries, investment in law and how he almost joined the navy

Life During Law: Paul Dolman

I certainly didn't have a burning desire to be a lawyer from the age of five years old.

Life During Law: Sandra Paul

Kingsley Napley’s Sandra Paul on tackling racism, the age of criminal responsibility and AI

Life During Law: Nick Scott

‘We are not an outpost’ – Mayer Brown City head on the firm’s plans for London

London managing partner Dominic Griffiths talks strategy as the office crosses $250m

‘We want to be bigger, better, everywhere’ – John Quinn on why Quinn Emanuel isn’t slowing down

As Quinn Emanuel turns 40, its leader John Quinn talks to Legal Business about everything from the sectors driving its relentless growth, to reputation, talent wars, and the question of succession planning

‘We needed more flexibility’ – Georgia Dawson on reshaping Freshfields for the future

From partner pay reform to US expansion, AI and overhauling the firm's business services function, Freshfields senior partner Georgia Dawson has been busy. She spoke to LB about her first five years in the role

‘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

‘It’s always best to avoid death by a thousand cuts’ – what GCs think about the Brad Karp-Epstein firestorm

General counsel weigh in on Brad Karp's resignation as Paul Weiss chair and how they expect law firms to react when crisis hits

Inside Ropes & Gray’s calculated European PE expansion

After 15 years in London, the Boston firm has been building a presence on the continent with a series of high-profile hires from firms including Linklaters and Latham

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

Dentons CEO sets out plan to take the firm from ‘pre-teen’ to ‘young adult’

CEO Kate Barton on her ambitious strategy for the firm

‘Private credit are the new banks’: Proskauer’s A&O and Cahill hires on the US firm’s ambitious finance push

Proskauer has recently made waves in London with a quartet of big-name laterals from A&O and Cahill Gordon - part of an ambitious play to build a full-coverage finance practice in the City. LB spoke to the team to find out more

‘We see London as a gateway’: Katten City chief on the strategy shift that doubled UK revenues

Katten has doubled London revenues over the past five years - office managing partner Christopher Hitchins talked to Alex Ryan about turning the City base around

‘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