Signs of intent – Freshfields shrugs off US caution to secure high-stakes West Coast launch Alex Novarese Observers of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have grown used to the City giant undercutting bold claims for its US strategy with…
Leadership in a crisis (or how to build the ship while sailing it) Guest Blog The Covid-19 crisis is creating a lot of learning and insight across the legal sector and the wider communities in…
Resetting associate comp – Better to bend than break but a rethink is still overdue Alex Novarese While it’s surprising in some regards that it took this long, Allen & Overy has done the UK legal market…
Kirkland vs Covid-19 – How the world’s largest law firm handles this crisis will define it… and the global elite Alex Novarese For journalists, ill winds usually bring a few benefits, not least that readers have greater interest in what we’re churning…
Comment: Letter from New York – Assessing the world’s top law hub now and after the crisis Guest Blog Regular readers are familiar with our custom of penning ‘Letters from…’ when we’ve spent time in a major city and…
Comment: A triumph of hope over experience – Lateral hiring needs an upgrade for the post-Covid era Guest Blog Law firm leaders are getting restless. They are beginning to look past Covid-19 to what comes next. Even if finances…
Comment: We need to talk about George – It’s time the profession found its voice on race Alex Novarese If there is one topic on which the legal profession manages to be both verbose and yet perennially avoid substantive…
Comment: Falling stock – DWF’s predictable woes will hang over the listed legal sector for years Alex Novarese It’s fair to say that Legal Business has long been sceptical of the prospects for listed UK law firms, and…
Comment: After their lost decade, the current crisis should see the Magic Circle back on world-beating form Alex Novarese Sometimes a shock looks certain to leave life forever changed only for things to carry on much as normal. Sometimes,…
‘Stay home, save jobs’ – How the legal elite are charting a course through half-lockdown summer Alex Novarese Try driving across London or walking its crowded parks in sunny May and it becomes hard to remember that the…
Comment: Welcome back to the office? Re-thinking law’s real estate for the post-corona age Guest Blog If we can already make a few forecasts about some aspects of the post-coronavirus world, currently pole position among things…
Comment: Law firm leaders already know a lot about the post-Corona world but dare they take advantage? Guest Blog What we do not know about the surreal period we’re in thanks to the coronavirus pandemic would fill the proverbial…
Comment: Denial and a brutal end – Why cutting partners is still taboo Guest Blog The issue no law firm leader wants to address right now is whether partner ranks need to be thinned. Polite…
Comment: Gauging the profession’s Covid-19 response – Turns out five years of spouting values wasn’t just puff Alex Novarese Casting my mind back to the ancient history of mid-March when I penned my first piece assessing the impact that the…
Crisis management briefings Guest Blog Firms give their view on crisis management in the current pandemic.
Sponsored crisis management focus: A View From Cyprus – Carrying on in the face of the Covid-19 crisis in Cyprus Guest Blog Stavros Pavlou | Senior & Managing Partner Stella Strati | Partner-Corporate, Tax, Private Client The Covid-19 crisis is first and…
The slaughter of innocence – A&O’s former chief on the stark staffing choices facing crisis-hit law firms Guest Blog Law firms around the world are being forced to contemplate something a good many have never had to face before,…
Disputes Yearbook – online pdf Legal Business While much of the country works from home we are providing an additional online option for you to access your…
Covid crystal ball – A&O’s former chief sets out the post-lockdown dynamic awaiting the legal elite Guest Blog No-one knows the robustness or timing of the economic restart, but many now predict a deep second quarter contraction followed…
Comment: Allen & Overy’s election delivered an all-star line-up but have the big issues been resolved? Alex Novarese Towards the end of 2019, Legal Business remarked that the issue at the heart of Allen & Overy (A&O)’s looming…
