Global 100: Core stats Legal Business Ten fastest growing firms by revenue Ten fastest shrinking firms by revenue
Scotland: All our yesterdays Thomas Alan Change always creates opportunities,’ says Nick Scott, the new managing partner at Brodies, when asked about this year’s departure of…
Life during law: Amy Mahon Nathalie Tidman My dad is a Marxist. Imagine how he felt when I became a City solicitor and married a banker. He…
Global 100: The stories of the year Legal Business 2017 July Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer co-managing partner Chris Pugh stepped down less than halfway into his term, making him the…
Going places: focus on Michelin Legal Business Leading a global legal team is a complex role and many general counsel (GCs) could be forgiven for spending all…
Disruptive tech: Riding Schumpeter’s gale Anna Reynolds Storyteller. Ninja. Scrum Master. Brand Champion. Evangelist. The modern commercial world has created many new genres of work, but sometimes…
Global 100 Overview: They might be giants Nathalie Tidman It has been a dramatic year for the world’s top 100 law firms in three respects. Our prediction that the…
Global 100: Wrecking ball – Inside Kirkland & Ellis’ creative destruction Marco Cillario They said rapid growth is hard if you are already big. Last year it hiked revenue 19% from $2.65bn. They…
Global 100 ten-year view: Bad timing Mark McAteer In the last boom year in 2008 before the global financial crisis took its toll, the picture was rosy for…
Big deals – meet the GCs running the headline deals Hamish McNicol The global M&A market is booming. Bill Mordan, general counsel at FTSE 100 drug-maker Shire, would know. Shire’s board recently…
Global 100 Asia Focus: Long-term greedy Tom Baker The clichéd view of the Asia legal market is that it is a very difficult place for international firms to…
Global 100: Methodology and end notes Legal Business The firms that appear in the 2018 Global 100 are the largest 100 law firms in the world ranked by…
The global client debate: Across boundaries Alex Novarese Alex Novarese, Legal Business: How do people feel about the service from law firms? Simon White, Cognizant: There are a…
The New GC Toolkit: Hired help – bringing new skills to legal teams James Wood ‘A good general counsel (GC) should do three things,’ says National Grid’s Alison Kay: ‘Manage the legal requirements of the…
The New GC Toolkit: The innovation illusion James Wood ‘There’s a palpable sense of innovation in the legal industry,’ says Casey Flaherty, founder of legal technology consultancy Procertas. ‘But…
The New GC Toolkit: The discerning customer – smarter procurement James Wood In-house teams are using new techniques and recruiting specialists to take a more sophisticated approach to procuring legal services…
