GCs have arrived and all we have to welcome them are platitudes Legal Business Two books of note have just been published by veteran lawyers – The Inside Counsel Revolution: Resolving the Partner-Guardian Tension…
The bottom line is, well, the bottom line – numbers always settle the score Legal Business At a recent drinks evening with a leading City law firm, Legal Business heard a familiar refrain from a veteran…
As the Bar elite thrives, New Law wobbles – scratch some more predictions Legal Business It is a recurring theme in Legal Business commentary that the received wisdom and forecasting for the profession do not…
It’s a risky world out there… and a big chance for a new kind of lawyer Guest Blog Ashurst’s Ben Tidswell argues a volatile, globalising risk landscape is a call to arms for the modern law firm One…
We wanted diversity, we got box-ticking – real change on diversity needs leadership in law Legal Business Fieldfisher’s Michael Chissick says progress on gay inclusion masks a wider diversity failure in law ‘Did you see the game…
The last word – Charlie says Legal Business In response to an opinion piece from Gibson Dunn’s Charlie Geffen in our last issue, we ask management if firms…
One-stop shopping is here but it’s not doing what it was supposed to Legal Business Sometimes in business what you correctly forecast can prove as problematic as what you get wrong. Because even when you…
KWM – ultimately a question of confidence Legal Business These are tough times for the house that Stanley Berwin built, with exhibit A being recent news that King &…
The tiger that came to eat BLP’s culture for breakfast and other sorry tales Alex Novarese These are tough times for another house that Stanley Berwin built, with exhibit B being the acrimonious end of merger…
Are you selling judgement or process? Few modern law firms can excel at both Legal Business Charlie Geffen argues the legal market is segmenting between two diverging arenas A few years ago the general counsel of…
Keeping up with Ross and Kim – the work to do on shaping the legal stars of tomorrow Guest Blog CC’s David Bickerton says the profession is yet to master training the lawyers of the future New entrants to the…
The last word – Swoop to conquer Legal Business With the publication of our annual Global London report, leading figures at US law firms in the City weigh up…
Too many reasonable men? What ails law firm leadership Legal Business As two of the most highly regarded leaders in the Square Mile – David Morley at Allen & Overy (A&O)…
BLP/Greenberg: unique, compelling, bloody difficult Alex Novarese In the age of the anodyne corporate law firm, you can at least say a marriage of Berwin Leighton Paisner…
From Chancery Lane to Waterloo – it’s time for the Law Society’s levy to go Multiple Authors There is a reason that the slogan ‘No taxation without representation’ has echoed through history. The rally cry of the…
Here we must run, just to stay in place – what it takes to be a law firm partner in 2016 Legal Business Macfarlanes’ Charles Martin reflects on the paradoxes facing the modern partner I confess the analogy is not perfect, but reflecting…
It’s high time we moved on – why legal education fails the key test Legal Business Nigel Savage argues that legal education is falling further behind the realities of the industry Let’s get this in context…
The Last Word: Divide and conquer Legal Business We canvassed City partners and in-house counsel for their views on the Law Society and the state of representation in…
What did Brussels ever do for us? The lawyerly view on Brexit Legal Business Classicists holding to the maxim ‘first, do no harm’ will be looking in dismay at the debate on the UK…
To Gen X partners and Millennial associates… Legal Business Dear partner, We know there is a lot of talk about the new generation of associates, how entitled and short…
