International Arbitration Centre launches: the City finally gets the world-class disputes space it has been waiting for Alex Novarese For years, seasoned practitioners have bemoaned the lack of top-notch arbitration facilities in London, casting an envious eye at the…
Comment: Too much jam today for partners yet the future of law will need long-term investment Alex Novarese A little over five years ago Legal Business produced a cover feature dubbed ‘How to improve a law firm in…
Shameless plug alert: Unveiling the programme for Enterprise GC Alex Novarese Readers of a sensitive disposition in the face of journalists bigging up their own wares, please turn away, this piece…
It’ll take more than a float to make DWF the new DLA Alex Novarese Regular readers will have to forgive two columns in one issue on capitalising law firms but the day I write…
We have the technology – Re-engineering a law firm Alex Novarese Hamish McNicol, Legal Business: What are the changes people have made in their business in the last 18 months that…
Comment: The Legal Business view on the profession for you to cut out and keep Alex Novarese On occasion, we are asked to give our house view at partner conferences and the like. Undertaking one such gig…
Looking back on 2018 – The year in law through ten on-point pieces Alex Novarese As 2018 draws to a close, an editor’s thoughts naturally turn to digging out stuff we’ve already done when they…
City horizons: The Legal Business view on the profession for you to cut out and keep Alex Novarese On occasion, we are asked to give our house view at partner conferences and the like. Undertaking one such gig…
The Simmons interview: What to worry about Alex Novarese Legal Business: Simmons seems to have come out of a period of malaise. What have been the primary drivers for…
PRIME and the rise of the tick-box ‘solution’ Alex Novarese The sheepish evasion now emanating from the once-lauded social mobility project PRIME is an abject lesson in what ethically ails…
Comment: PRIME and the rise of law’s tick-box diversity ‘solution’ Alex Novarese The sheepish evasion now emanating from the once-lauded social mobility project PRIME is an abject lesson in what ethically ails…
Comment: We come not to bury the Magic Circle but to save it Alex Novarese A number of contacts have been telling me of late that Legal Business is gaining a reputation for being ultra-bearish on the…
Comment: The great distraction – The innovation bandwagon has hobbled law’s market forces Alex Novarese I used to believe the UK legal profession was more imaginative than it got credit for – now I find…
Comment: NDA mess shows age of just-about-OK legal ethics has passed Alex Novarese Once, not long ago, considerations of ethics were simple for law firms, if they bothered thinking about them at all.…
The technology debate: Ctrl+Alt+Delete Alex Novarese With alternative legal services arms at Global 100 law firms in full swing, and innovation and technology experts striving to…
We come not to bury the Magic Circle but to save it Alex Novarese A number of contacts have been telling me of late that Legal Business is gaining a reputation for being ultra-bearish…
Age of just-about-OK ethics has passed Alex Novarese Once, not long ago, considerations of ethics were simple for law firms, if they bothered thinking about them at all.…
The great distraction – The innovation bandwagon has hobbled market forces Alex Novarese I used to believe the UK legal profession was more imaginative than it got credit for – now I find…
The team in I: The GC Powerlist Summer Reception Alex Novarese Nailing the issue of what makes a high-performing in-house function, with the emphasis on operational sophistication, has become the Holy…
The Global 100 debate – Will stars or institutions define the law’s elite? Alex Novarese Alex Novarese, Legal Business: Ten years ahead, what will a global elite firm look like? Charlie Jacobs, Linklaters: I don’t…
