Comment: The answer to law firms’ social ills is not another league table Alex Novarese Have we reached peak aspirational employer league table yet? From the perspective of the legal industry we certainly should have,…
Comment: A grinding year for the Global 100 as US leaders assert dominance Alex Novarese Casting an eye over the results for the world’s 100 largest law firms, 2016/17 has been the definition of grinding out…
Answer to law firms’ social ills is not another league table Legal Business Have we reached peak aspirational employer league table yet? From the perspective of the legal industry we certainly should have,…
Comment: The Big Four – they’d have done it by now if they cared Legal Business At the debate I recently attended on future of law-type stuff everything was proceeding to plan. Once the panel finished…
The Big Four – they’d have done it by now if they cared Alex Novarese At the debate I recently attended on future of law-type stuff everything was proceeding to plan. Once the panel finished…
Comment: The true capitalist case for a new work/life deal Legal Business It would be hypocritical for the legal media to complain about the lack of serious debate on work/life balance but…
Comment: New look Linklaters – cuddly inclusiveness proves oddly compelling Alex Novarese It has been a long, long time since one of London’s elite law firms has genuinely shifted direction. So the…
Comment: Quality of life – law can give it…and take it away Alex Novarese Legal Business‘ team and contacts have had to put up with me banging on about my intention to do an…
New look Linklaters – cuddly inclusiveness proves oddly compelling Alex Novarese It has been a long, long time since one of London’s elite law firms has genuinely shifted direction. So the…
The true capitalist case for a new work/life deal Legal Business It would be hypocritical for the legal media to complain about the lack of serious debate on work/life balance but…
Quality of life – law can give it… and take it away Alex Novarese Legal Business‘ team and contacts have had to put up with me banging on about my intention to do an…
Comment: Global London – Has the City reached the end of its curious post-Lehman boom? Legal Business Will this year’s Global London report chronicle the high watermark for the Square Mile as a global hub for foreign…
Comment: NRF’s New York merger – the trade-offs of federalism Alex Novarese Barely into 2017 and it has already been an eventful year for verein-based law firms, with King & Wood Mallesons…
Comment: Myths and monsters – how KWM got swallowed by its own culture Legal Business Hearing that Legal Business was gearing up for an in-depth look at the collapse of the European arm of King…
Myths and monsters – how KWM got swallowed by its own culture Alex Novarese Hearing that Legal Business was gearing up for an in-depth look at the collapse of the European arm of King…
NRF’s New York merger – the trade-offs of federalism Legal Business Barely into 2017 and it has already been an eventful year for verein-based law firms, with King & Wood Mallesons…
A buzzword with edge – Macfarlanes head reviews the most hyped professional services book for years Legal Business Collaboration within a law firm is as self-evidently a good thing as motherhood and apple pie. But then you might…
Comment: As KWM cracks, beware re-written history and schadenfreude Legal Business Happy New Year, profession. Barely have we gotten into 2017 and the inevitable has happened: the legacy SJ Berwin business…
Guest post: Rolls Royce Service – risk, compliance, and ethics – where were the lawyers? Legal Business Readers of Lawyer Watch will be familiar with my posts on the tensions inherent in a lawyers’ duties to their…
Guest post: Bring out the benchmarks – what the numbers reveal about the world’s biggest legal market Legal Business It’s review and prediction season in the law firm world, as various commentators and consultants issue their annual thunderclaps. I’ve…
