As specialists thrive in law’s Darwinian age too many drift on Alex Novarese There are times in my career as a legal pundit where I’ve gone against trend to argue the unpopular view.…
The Global 100: The devil you know – The two visions for Freshfields Nathalie Tidman ‘Some of the management are dinosaurs. They don’t understand how important this is.’ So speaks one loyalist Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer…
The DAC Interview – Close to the rocks Hamish McNicol Legal Business (LB): You have both been in charge for nearly four years. What are some of the highlights? David…
Nice work – The LB100 debate finds law leaders in strangely upbeat mood Mark McAteer Mark McAteer, Legal Business: How are you feeling going into the next financial year? Nick Scott, Brodies: I am buoyed…
Watching the watchmen – inside the growing market for legal advisory work Anna Cole-Bailey It used to be that law firms were rather more comfortable doling out advice than receiving it, but in an…
Shameless plug alert: Unveiling the programme for Enterprise GC Alex Novarese Readers of a sensitive disposition in the face of journalists bigging up their own wares, please turn away, this piece…
The DLA interview: On this rock I build… Hamish McNicol Simon Levine (SL), co-chief executive, DLA Piper: I had a bit of fun and looked at the article you wrote…
Linklaters turns to Asia for new banking head as Bugg steps down after three years Marco Cillario Linklaters’ Hong Kong based finance partner Davide Mencacci has replaced Tony Bugg to become the firm’s first non-London based banking…
Comment: The Legal Business view on the profession for you to cut out and keep Alex Novarese On occasion, we are asked to give our house view at partner conferences and the like. Undertaking one such gig…
Looking back on 2018 – The year in law through ten on-point pieces Alex Novarese As 2018 draws to a close, an editor’s thoughts naturally turn to digging out stuff we’ve already done when they…
The Simmons interview: What to worry about Alex Novarese Legal Business: Simmons seems to have come out of a period of malaise. What have been the primary drivers for…
The CMS interview: Pains and gains Marco Cillario Marco Cillario caught up with CMS UK managing partner Stephen Millar to discuss the first year since the three-way union…
From monkey to organ grinder – assessing the modern in-house team Tom Baker Sabine Chalmers was concerned about coming back to the UK. Absent for more than two decades, most recently in the…
Shake it all about: in-house versus external advisers Tom Baker Alongside the oft-spouted rhetoric of ‘more for less’, in-house lawyers are more frequently bringing work in-house and trying to wean…
Legal ops of horrors Tom Baker Despite clear progression in the use of non-legal business professionals within in-house teams, general counsel (GCs) often still see ‘legal…
Assault on the alt: GCs on the new law providers Tom Baker For all the rampant spin around alternative legal suppliers, it is safe to say general counsel (GCs) have been less…
The MBA all-stars: training and development for GCs Tom Baker In-house legal teams have become more sophisticated over the last 20 years but, according to many general counsel (GCs), the…
Changing of the guard at Shakespeares and Shoosmiths with CEO appointments Thomas Alan Regional player Shakespeare Martineau and national firm Shoosmiths have both implemented change at the top with the appointments of new…
The Global 100 debate – Will stars or institutions define the law’s elite? Alex Novarese Alex Novarese, Legal Business: Ten years ahead, what will a global elite firm look like? Charlie Jacobs, Linklaters: I don’t…
No free lunch – Will law firm IPOs be the next big thing? Hamish McNicol For years it could, just about, be ignored. But no longer. The UK’s largest practices are being forced to consider…
