Switzerland – On The Rise Legal Business While several leading Swiss law firms contemplate their new lives as corporations, LB finds out what a series of high-profile…
Round the Houses – Office Moves Legal Business From upwardly mobile US firms to national practices with ambitious City plans, we analyse the winners and losers of law…
Turkey – Bridging the Gap Legal Business As its economy booms Turkey has attracted the attention of the world’s legal market. Will Clifford Chance and DLA Piper’s…
Deals are back, but with a whimper, not a bang – Corporate round up Legal Business The corporate world may have recovered from its 2009 nadir but M&A, capital markets and private equity remained fragile in…
In the Spotlight – SJ Berwin Legal Business After very public merger talks with Proskauer Rose and a contentious managing partner election, SJ Berwin has been left to…
Litigation round table Legal Business Trends in international commercial litigation were to the fore in the second Legal Business round table in conjunction with McCann…
Worlds colliding Legal Business The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, dreaded by the offshore world, has now been agreed. LB finds out why the…
Going solo Legal Business Equity partners from a number of big Austrian firms have decided to go it alone, setting up boutiques over the…
Eine kleine Nachtmusik Legal Business With litigation from the banking crisis now starting to filter through in Austria, most commentators believe that disputes work will…
Italy 2.0 Legal Business The Italian legal market has modernised over the past decade as local firms have reacted to greater client demands and…
Management speak Legal Business In just under two years Simon Davies has restructured Linklaters’ partnership, cut lawyers and offices and ridden the financial crisis.…
Education, education, education Legal Business Law firms take their training very seriously. LB spent some time in the classroom to see how education has become…
The right track Legal Business Everything seems to conspire to prevent all but the most adventurous and patient of investors from entering Angola. A room…
Russian cases for Russian lawyers Legal Business Disputes from Russia and the CIS are an increasingly profitable area for Western firms, even for those without offices in…
Litigators of Russia – unite! Legal Business The Russian commercial justice system has suffered from image problems in the past, but recent court reforms and a boom…
Cracking up Legal Business As legal aid comes under the strain of budget cuts, pro bono work by commercial law firms is helping paper…
The New deal Legal Business The private equity dealmakers of the boom years have been shifted off the front pages. As the market shows signs…
Rest in pieces Legal Business Reckless ambition, inept management and greed: a case study in how not to run a law firm In February 2009,…
A breath of fresh air Legal Business Over the course of the past decade renewable energy has become a mainstream part of the energy sector. With investment…
Nerves of steel: Ireland Legal Business As little as five years ago, the consensus was that Ireland was a mature legal market. In a failed experiment,…
