A new Global 100 elite emerges as the old ones decline Alex Novarese In the summer of 2017 the world’s top law firms were looking at their next financial year with scant optimism…
BCLP: A slightly better sales pitch than expected Alex Novarese It would take a generous observer of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) to claim the once sure-footed outfit had managed anything…
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…
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…
A shock to the system as Freshfields heavyweight departs Alex Novarese Given that it has been so well telegraphed that the $10m lateral was coming to the Square Mile, the shock…
Ditching lockstep – better too late than never? Alex Novarese ‘Lockstep in its current form has to go. It’s just not working.’ Legal Business, June 2015 ‘The current incarnation of…
BLP’s US merger bid – a certain loss of confidence Alex Novarese If nothing else, it is safe to say Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP)’s not-very-convincing claim that management was not dead set…
What ails Freshfields? Time is running out for ‘The Last Champions’ Madeleine Farman The headline of the last lengthy piece Legal Business carried on Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer said it all: The Last Champions.…
