One-stop shopping is here but it’s not 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…
The finance view: Scaling up – GCs and finance partners get ready for the grind of ring-fencing reforms Legal Business Victoria Young assesses the approach to implementation of ring-fencing rules Though the deadline for full implementation is over two years…
The last word – Swoop to conquer Legal Business With the publication of our annual Global London report, leading figures at US law firms in the City weigh up…
‘Earth has not anything to show more fair’ Legal Business Cogence Search’s Mark Husband on London litigation. TripAdvisor has declared London the ‘number one destination on Earth’ for 2016, beating…
Comment: Stefan Stern – Just remember, GCs, Enron thought it was all perfectly legal Legal Business Earlier this year the 67th annual oil and gas conference was held by the Center for American and International Law…
Guest post: After the Panama Papers expect rhetoric to quiet the mob, not meaningful change Legal Business Two days in. Lots of column inches. But what will it all mean for the future? Some embarrassment, a scalp…
Guest post: Automation – the end of low-qualified lawyers? Legal Business Deloitte’s 2016 report [Developing legal talent: Stepping into the future law firm] has garnered some attention for suggesting a ‘tipping…
Comment: Shifting the Overton window – Panama Papers will change the consensus on tax (and boost corporate law firms) Legal Business The leak of 11.5 million documents from Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca has reheated a debate about tax and transparency…
Guest post: The Panama Papers – why it’s very possible the behaviour is criminal Legal Business In the coming days you will hear a lot about the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion.
Guest post: How to reduce head count without making new enemies Legal Business With the litigation market soft and the deal market at least momentarily out of breath, there may be more lawyers…
Comment: Time to move on – Savage argues legal education is falling behind the realities of the profession Legal Business Let’s get this in context right off the bat. The Training for Tomorrow proposals by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)…
Comment: Too many reasonable men? What ails law firm leadership Legal Business As two of the most highly regarded leaders in the Square Mile – David Morley at Allen & Overy (A&O)…
Guest post: How Boris Johnson is wrong on parliamentary sovereignty Legal Business Since I wrote about David Cameron’s ‘sovereignty plan’, it seems to have been forgotten. It’s clear the idea was aimed…
Comment: We must run just to stay in place – Macfarlanes’ head asks what it takes to be a partner in 2016 Legal Business I confess the analogy is not perfect, but reflecting on the bizarre and often contradictory pressures on partners in law…
Comment: Why it’s time for the Law Society’s levy to go Multiple Authors There is a reason that the slogan ‘No taxation without representation’ has echoed through history. The rally cry of the…
Comment: Merging BLP and Greenberg Traurig – unique, compelling, bloody difficult Alex Novarese In the age of the anodyne corporate law firm, you can at least say a marriage of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP)…
Too many reasonable men? What ails law firm leadership Legal Business As two of the most highly regarded leaders in the Square Mile – David Morley at Allen & Overy (A&O)…
BLP/Greenberg: unique, compelling, bloody difficult Alex Novarese In the age of the anodyne corporate law firm, you can at least say a marriage of Berwin Leighton Paisner…
From Chancery Lane to Waterloo – it’s time for the Law Society’s levy to go Multiple Authors There is a reason that the slogan ‘No taxation without representation’ has echoed through history. The rally cry of the…
It’s high time we moved on – why legal education fails the key test Legal Business Nigel Savage argues that legal education is falling further behind the realities of the industry Let’s get this in context…
