Guest post: Leadership in law in crises requires a human touch Guest Blog General counsel and other senior in-house lawyers should not be afraid to show their human side when leading their teams…
Leadership and development Legal Business Philip Price TP ICAP Team size: 120 Major legal advisers: Allen & Overy, Herbert Smith Freehills, K&L Gates, Linklaters,…
The totally scientific secrets of leadership – What I learnt from years of drinking with managing partners Alex Novarese The upheavals of 2020 have given me more time than normal to reflect on something that I’ve spent a good…
‘Future-proofing’: DAC lifts profit and revenue for sixth consecutive year as Pollitt secures second leadership term Thomas Alan DAC Beachcroft (DACB) has notched its sixth consecutive year of turnover and profit growth, the firm’s latest financial results show,…
Comment: We need to talk about George – It’s time the profession found its voice on race Alex Novarese If there is one topic on which the legal profession manages to be both verbose and yet perennially avoid substantive…
‘Stay home, save jobs’ – How the legal elite are charting a course through half-lockdown summer Alex Novarese Try driving across London or walking its crowded parks in sunny May and it becomes hard to remember that the…
Comment: Welcome back to the office? Re-thinking law’s real estate for the post-corona age Guest Blog If we can already make a few forecasts about some aspects of the post-coronavirus world, currently pole position among things…
Comment: Law firm leaders already know a lot about the post-Corona world but dare they take advantage? Guest Blog What we do not know about the surreal period we’re in thanks to the coronavirus pandemic would fill the proverbial…
Comment: Denial and a brutal end – Why cutting partners is still taboo Guest Blog The issue no law firm leader wants to address right now is whether partner ranks need to be thinned. Polite…
The slaughter of innocence – A&O’s former chief on the stark staffing choices facing crisis-hit law firms Guest Blog Law firms around the world are being forced to contemplate something a good many have never had to face before,…
Covid crystal ball – A&O’s former chief sets out the post-lockdown dynamic awaiting the legal elite Guest Blog No-one knows the robustness or timing of the economic restart, but many now predict a deep second quarter contraction followed…
Comment: Allen & Overy’s election delivered an all-star line-up but have the big issues been resolved? Alex Novarese Towards the end of 2019, Legal Business remarked that the issue at the heart of Allen & Overy (A&O)’s looming…
‘Brutal clarity on priorities’ – A&O’s former chief looks back to the banking crisis for lessons to aid law firm leaders now Guest Blog What lessons can we learn from the 2008/09 financial crisis to help law firm leaders manage the escalating disruption of the coronavirus…
Allen & Overy’s election delivered an all-star line-up but have the big issues been resolved? Alex Novarese Towards the end of 2019, Legal Business remarked that the issue at the heart of Allen & Overy (A&O)’s looming…
Comment: The 2010s marked an unsung crisis in law firm leadership Alex Novarese Astute readers will note that our cover feature on 2020 forecasts spends as much time casting its eye back on…
The Addleshaws Interview – The rebound guy Hamish McNicol Legal Business (LB): Looking at the finances of the firm over the past five years, you are one of the…
The 2010s marked an unsung crisis in law firm leadership Alex Novarese Astute readers will note that our cover feature on 2020 forecasts spends as much time casting its eye back on…
The vision thing – Sizing up the big issues set to shape law through the 2020s Thomas Alan The last decade emerged with the shockwaves of the banking crisis still making themselves felt on the profession. Having just…
Full disclosure – How to resolve the profession’s #MeToo problem Nathalie Tidman ‘If you’re a partner and in control of someone’s career, that is an unequal relationship. Repeated drunken flings are not…
Leadership pivots and partner exits highlight a period of flux for Clydes – what next for the insurance giant? Muna Abdi Muna Abdi assesses a period of upheaval for one of the UK’s most upwardly-mobile law firms Sudden moves in the…
