A different focus – Round Table Legal Business The fourth Legal Business/Marsh round table brought together a group of risk managers to discuss the changing regulatory landscape and…
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…
Moving Targets – Risk Management Survey: Part 1 Mark McAteer 2011 was always going to be a turbulent year, but the arrival of several new challenges has put risk teams…
Sum of all Fears – Risk Management Survey Part 2 Mark McAteer Despite the perceived threats brought about by regulatory changes and law firm collapses in 2010, our survey shows that the…
City Limits – Risk Management Survey Part 3 Mark McAteer With risk management teams struggling to cope with cost and time pressures, the move to outcomes-focused regulation is stretching resources…
Moving the Goalposts – Risk Management Survey Part 4 Mark McAteer Discussion over scrapping the single professional indemnity insurance renewal date and consigning the assigned risks pool to history has reignited.…
Kop Kings – Liverpool FC Mark McAteer From the fields of Anfield Road to the offices on Bunhill Row, the takeover of Liverpool Football Club was played…
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…
Under review Emma Sadowski Over the past decade panels have defined the relationship between law firms and the major banks. But as the nature…
Two’s company Mark McAteer After getting Beachcroft fit for the modern age, senior partner Simon Hodson and managing partner Paul Murray will run the…
In the soup Emma Sadowski Historically, the largest law firms have had a patchy relationship with the profession’s regulators. Can the Solicitors Regulation Authority build…
System failure Mark McAteer The Advocates General of the European Court of Justice have argued that more work needs to be done before a…
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…
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…
