While the outcomes are far from clear, Legal Business asks how advisers and clients can best tackle Brexit ‘There are known knowns… There are known unknowns… but there are also unknown unknowns.’ Former US Secretary of State for Defence, Donald Rumsfeld, took a lot of flak when he famously uttered these words in …
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As the Hogan Lovells union matures, Matthew Field and Victoria Young assess the global challenger’s prospects As partners in a 2010 transatlantic marriage, the first few years of Hogan Lovells’ nuptials were not without issues. The proposition that a merger-of-equals between a major UK and a US law firm would fire growth and renew ambition …
‘When I initiated discussions on our culture at partners’ meetings, I could see the faces of many of my former partners light up, not for the reasons I hoped, but from the reflected glow of their BlackBerrys. They saw an excellent opportunity to catch up on more pressing issues, while I, to their minds, embarked …
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Cutting-edge legal tech is no longer an optional extra for law firms. In our latest round table with McCann FitzGerald, legal technologists debate the key barriers to success The last five years have seen the emergence of early adopters in the legal technology sphere, firms that have embraced innovation and adopted artificial intelligence (AI), data …
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Amid a turbulent market, the three-way union of Camerons, Nabarro and Olswang has forged a UK giant. Has Camerons picked up a bargain or will there be buyer’s remorse? September 1988. Twenty fresh-faced trainees are preparing for their first day at Nabarro Nathanson. Among the recruits are Iain Newman, Paul Stevens and Duncan Weston. Not …
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Five years since the turbulent union of Herbert Smith and Freehills, the global challenger has chosen Mark Rigotti as its sole chief executive. Is the culture clash over? Managing the delicate power balance between managing partner and senior partner is tricky at the best of times. But how do you address the cultural minefield as …
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‘The emphasis around our culture is no billy bollocks…’ Elliot Moss, director of business development ‘Mishcon is like being at uni but you get paid for it.’ Kevin Gold, managing partner ‘What does anyone want? Make decent money and hang around with their mates.’ Kasra Nouroozi, head of dispute resolution In 1994, a …
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Clyde & Co has been on a terrific run of growth in the last five years. With a new senior partner installed and his predecessor in the US, will the firm be able to maintain momentum? When Legal Business sat down with Clyde & Co’s new senior partner Simon Konsta in November, the firm’s notoriously …
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Legal Business teamed up with Scottish Development International for a progress report on US law firms in the City. Has recent political and economic turbulence thwarted their advance at all? While our 2016 Global London report – published before the Brexit vote on 23 June – identified the continuing rise of premium US advisers in …
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NRF chief executive Peter Martyr defied expectations to reinvent Norton Rose as a progressive global player over more than a decade. Three years on from its ambitious US tie-up, where is the firm going next? ‘You will have to talk to Peter, we are not authorised to speak,’ says one Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) partner. …
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