Guest post: US associate pay – welcome to the New Mediocre Legal Business ‘New York To $190!’ was the long-running headline Above The Law printed frequently in more innocent and/or palmier days, with…
Elite indies carve out role as the one-stop shop shuts in Europe Legal Business Much like British voters ahead of this month’s vote on EU membership, City law firms have been shaped in recent…
Not ‘looming’, the judiciary is already in crisis Legal Business If there was much to celebrate amid the continued rise of London as an international disputes centre at Legal Business‘…
The Legal 500 view on EMEA – more ways than ever to skin a cat Legal Business The shifting interests of international business are echoed in recent law firm moves across Europe, the Middle East and Africa…
The last word – Eurovision Legal Business To mark our inaugural Euro Elite report, management at leading independent firms give us their market views CO-OPERATION IS KEY…
Comment: Ashurst’s Ben Tidswell argues a volatile risk landscape is a call to arms for modern law firms Legal Business One of the many lasting consequences of the downturn has been a prolonged expansion of the globalised compliance framework. Increased…
Comment: As the Bar elite thrives, New Law wobbles – scratch some more predictions Legal Business It is a recurring theme in Legal Business commentary that the received wisdom and forecasting for the profession do not…
Comment: GCs have arrived and all there is to welcome them are platitudes Legal Business Two books of note have just been published by veteran lawyers – The Inside Counsel Revolution: Resolving the Partner-Guardian Tension…
Comment: Fieldfisher’s Chissick on why real change on diversity needs leadership in law Legal Business ‘Did you see the game at the weekend?’ is the type of question I am often asked at events. I…
Comment: The bottom line is, well, the bottom line – numbers always settle the score Legal Business At a recent drinks evening with a leading City law firm, Legal Business heard a familiar refrain from a veteran…
GCs have arrived and all we have to welcome them are platitudes Legal Business Two books of note have just been published by veteran lawyers – The Inside Counsel Revolution: Resolving the Partner-Guardian Tension…
The bottom line is, well, the bottom line – numbers always settle the score Legal Business At a recent drinks evening with a leading City law firm, Legal Business heard a familiar refrain from a veteran…
As the Bar elite thrives, New Law wobbles – scratch some more predictions Legal Business It is a recurring theme in Legal Business commentary that the received wisdom and forecasting for the profession do not…
We wanted diversity, we got box-ticking – real change on diversity needs leadership in law Legal Business Fieldfisher’s Michael Chissick says progress on gay inclusion masks a wider diversity failure in law ‘Did you see the game…
The last word – Charlie says Legal Business In response to an opinion piece from Gibson Dunn’s Charlie Geffen in our last issue, we ask management if firms…
Comment: GCs have scraped a seat at the table but too many are wasting the opportunity Legal Business Barclays, Volkswagen and Tesco are three massive businesses in three significant, sophisticated and important business sectors. Each one of these…
Comment: Why one-stop shopping isn’t doing what it was supposed to Legal Business Sometimes in business what you correctly forecast can prove as problematic as what you get wrong. Because even when you…
Guest post: A new report into HMRC’s investigation of tax fraud by the wealthy Legal Business Overnight the Public Accounts Committee published a timely report on ‘Tackling Tax Fraud’. It’s fairly short and you can read…
Comment: Picking up the New Law gauntlet – CC’s City head calls for a new approach to training the lawyers of the future Legal Business New entrants to the legal profession will be competing head on against Kim, the virtual assistant from Riverview Law, and…
Guest post: On David Cameron and inheritance tax Legal Business To avoid tax you have to do a thing which cuts your tax bill. Fail to do that thing and…
