Leadership and innovation – Profession, disrupt thyself? Legal Business The Innovator’s Dilemma has become arguably the most influential business book of the last 20 years and is often cited…
Leadership and innovation – The partnership dilemma Legal Business Demanding clients, advancing tech and a tough economy have ushered in intense pressure for law firms to change. Can law…
Linklaters names Stuart Bedford as London head of corporate Legal Business Linklaters has appointed its third London head of corporate this year, with Stuart Bedford stepping up to lead its City…
On Chancery Lane – Law Society appoints NHSLA head as successor to outgoing chief Sarah Downey In the days when in-house lawyers have gained increasing influence in law and business, the Law Society could be seen…
Guest post: The Age of Anxiety – In London, in New York, it’s still hard out there Legal Business We’re just back from a week in London – coincidentally smack in the middle of the UK firms’ earnings-release season…
Morrison & Foerster appoints Paul Friedman to newly-created European managing partner role Legal Business Paul Friedman has become Morrison & Foerster’s first managing partner for Europe, overseeing 26 partners and 43 associates across London, Berlin…
Comment: A self-deceiving return to business as usual Legal Business In 2010, Georgetown University, under the direction of Professor Milton Regan, held a conference of academics, practitioners and leading thinkers…
The Bar: 20 Essex Street announces new joint heads of chambers Sarah Downey Leading commercial litigation set 20 Essex Street has today (18 June) announced the appointment of Christopher Hancock QC and Duncan Matthews…
DISSENT: A self-deceiving return to business as usual Legal Business RSG’s Reena SenGupta argues an improving economic climate is leading top law firms to wrongly assume the ‘new’ normal is…
HSF shakes off post-merger politics in favour of sole global corporate head as Ferraro takes over Legal Business Setting aside the notoriously difficult post-merger politics of selecting one partner to run a core practice area, Herbert Smith Freehills…
The last word – the state of law firm leadership Legal Business With a spate of executive elections taking place recently, we ask the c-suite at leading City firms how management has…
Comment: ‘Geography seduced everyone’ – is emerging market bias blind-siding your firm? Alex Novarese There is a notion in business that is often useful, but rarely observed – the idea of signal and noise,…
Comment: Democracy and half measures are not delivering for Addleshaws Alex Novarese I wrote recently of the need, when commenting on the firms and individual lawyers we cover, to give the benefit…
‘Geography seduced everyone’ – is emerging market bias blind-siding your firm? Legal Business There is a notion in business that is often useful, but rarely observed – the idea of signal and noise,…
Virgin Media completes leadership reshuffle with new legal head as Weight Watchers unveils its new GC Legal Business Home entertainment company Virgin Media has completed an overhaul of its executive following its £15bn acquisition by Liberty Global in…
‘A good time to take over’: Stephenson Harwood appoints new head of corporate as H1 revenues up by 17% Legal Business With Stephenson Harwood’s chief executive Sharon White this month reappointed for a further three-year term, the high profile transactional lawyer has…
In-house: Virgin Media completes leadership reshuffle with new general counsel as Weight Watchers unveils its new GC Legal Business Home entertainment company Virgin Media has completed the overhaul of its executive following its £15bn acquisition by Liberty Global in…
Numbers game – Freshfields awards 15 partner promotions across Europe, Tokyo and New York Legal Business In the latest round of partnership promotions, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has made up 15 new partners to its ranks. While that…
Comment: American without tears – succession planning at the increasingly transatlantic DLA Piper Legal Business So the experiment ends as a qualified success. News of the early-timed succession planning at DLA Piper confirmed that well-regarded IP…
Comment: Paradigm shift vs recession – responding to a sceptical reader Legal Business We recently posted a comment piece addressing the issue of whether the forces impacting on the legal market represent a permanent…
