Legal Business

LB307 – issue menu

Access your print copy online – LB307

Global London 2022

Global London firms ride high on the private equity boom

The next generation of arbitration

Legal Business gathered the City’s brightest stars at the International Arbitration Centre to celebrate the next wave of disputes talent

‘Get the credit you deserve’ – top female partners on breaking biases and inspiring role models

As the world watches the battle rage in Ukraine, talking about gender inequality risks coming across as somewhat trite. But with women and children making up the overwhelming majority of the more than one million people displaced by the invasion so far, this year’s International Women’s Day has a pointed resonance.

Conflict prompts Moscow exodus for Global 100 firms as Ukraine crisis takes its toll

Charles Avery reports on the firms taking a stand as sanctions bite

Turkey focus: Chronology of a crisis

Taking a deep dive into the Turkish economy and its legal market, there is accord about one thing: practitioners are looking forward to a challenging but also dynamic future

Nordics focus: High-value and strong values

An M&A banner year, increasing regulation and the ESG agenda have converged to make the Nordics thrive

Leader: ESG – What is it good for?

What matters now is how the industry pulls together to effect sound governance and engender humanitarian aid.

Pritchard: Time for a reality check on salaries

That one of the chief concerns among law firm leaders in Legal Business’ annual Global London report is the retention of talent and the salaries required to do that in an ultra-competitive recruitment market is of course not ground-breaking news.

Life During Law: Diala Minott

‘As a woman I was told you canʼt be educated – you’ll get married off. Thatʼs when I decided I wanted to be a lawyer.’

The Client profile: easyJet

With the travel industry hit harder than most by the global pandemic, we meet easyJet’s redoubtable, award-winning team

The Last Word: Broad stripes and bright stars

With the launch of our 2022 Global London report, we ask the leaders at US law firms in the City to weigh up the challenges ahead