Growing weary of snake oil dressed as commentary Alex Novarese This may be an issue dominated by all things Millennial, but I am past that, so the column that follows…
The Last Word: Generation Next Legal Business As part of our partnership special, we asked young partners and managers alike for their take on the latest wave…
Deal view: Life after Hatchard – does Skadden hunger to take its peerless M&A team to the next level? Nathalie Tidman ‘Theirs is the biggest succession issue faced by any firm in the City,’ says one Magic Circle partner of Skadden,…
The New Normal is good news for litigators Alex Novarese Returning with our fourth annual Disputes Yearbook, by far the largest we have yet published, it is still a great…
The last word: New order Legal Business As part of our technology special, we canvass the experts and ask where the legal start-up market is headed Most…
Star power is core to your pitch – accept it Alex Novarese Within the same week, two Magic Circle firms stressed to Legal Business the same mantra after departures of big-name lawyers:…
A&O merger bid risky but US question can’t be delayed forever Alex Novarese ‘It is an odd couple. I wouldn’t have put them together,’ is one take from a London peer to the…
16 easy steps to making you a great managing partner Alex Novarese Recently a surprisingly popular column in Legal Business took a jaded view of the state of leadership in major law…
Disputes Eye: Witness statements – going loco with Acratopulo Tom Baker With the war to overhaul disclosure raging on, a new battleground already seems to be emerging. Leading the charge is…
Letter from… Latin America: Blood vs bureaucracy – market forces weigh on Latam counsel Tim Girven ‘In the blacksmith’s house, the knives are made of wood’ – a common saying in Central America, which encapsulates an…
The golden age of law firm leadership has passed… what now? Alex Novarese I used to say three things when asked for a view on the quality of leadership in the profession. Firstly,…
No-one cares about those corporate values Alex Novarese Attending a conference recently for general counsel was a reminder that for all the chasm that remains between clients and…
Brexit looms yet City law tilts further towards US leaders Alex Novarese Striking numbers abound in this year’s Global London table, if you are into that kind of thing. The three pace-setting…
The Last Word – Views from the market Legal Business To mark the launch of our 2018 Global London report, we ask senior figures at leading US firms in London…
Deal view: Cleary Gottlieb seeks to avoid City M&A anonymity in the age of US disruptors Nathalie Tidman The London contingent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has recently moved across the road into premises so new they…
Disputes Eye: Crime pays as white-collar hires dominate recruitment Tom Baker If you are a senior litigator looking for a lucrative move, it does not hurt to be a white-collar specialist.…
The last word: Deals or no deals Legal Business 2017 ended with surprising confidence in a rebounding market. Here we ask the City’s leading corporate players for their prognosis…
Deal view: Eversheds deal team – so much promise but so much steady Hamish McNicol Newcomers to London quickly learn the rules of the escalator: stand still on the right or keep moving on the…
Letter from… Milan: Living in style yet still playing the generation game Marco Cillario ‘All the top people in this country have grey hair,’ notes one Milan playmaker. It is a truth Italians know…
Disputes Eye: Enyo goes to ground – what next for the pioneering disputes shop? Tom Baker It has been the question raised over wine by many seasoned litigators for months now: what’s going on at Enyo…
