Dentons chief: the old law firm model is simply colonial
International law firms still operate on an antiquated, colonial model that ignores the globalisation of the economy, says Dentons chair Joe Andrew.
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International law firms still operate on an antiquated, colonial model that ignores the globalisation of the economy, says Dentons chair Joe Andrew.
Dentons’ chairman Joe Andrew rebuts comments made by Greenberg Traurig’s Richard Rosenbaum over traditional law firm structures and vereins. An old adage in the law is if you have a good case, argue it, and if you don’t– change the subject. My opinion piece was about law firms that take a colonial attitude towards Africa […]
Greenberg Traurig executive chairman Richard Rosenbaum responds to Dentons’ Joe Andrew’s opinion piece published last week. The recent opinion piece strongly touting the verein model as the only obvious answer and disparaging other methods of global law firm growth as “colonial” brought to mind a saying I was taught early on in my career: “The […]
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) chief executive officer Mark Rigotti has announced internally that he will not seek to be reappointed next year, The Lawyer understands. The CEO is understood to have notified the firm’s leadership council that he won’t put himself forward for another term, meaning the firm will have to select a new leader […]
Interlaw chair Glenn Cunningham responds to an exchange between Dentons’ Joe Andrew and Greenberg Traurig’s Richard Rosenbaum on the issues of colonialism, vereins and traditional law firm structures.
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International law firms still operate on an antiquated, colonial model that ignores the globalisation of the economy, says Dentons chair Joe Andrew.
Dentons’ chairman Joe Andrew rebuts comments made by Greenberg Traurig’s Richard Rosenbaum over traditional law firm structures and vereins. An old adage in the law is if you have a good case, argue it, and if you don’t– change the subject. My opinion piece was about law firms that take a colonial attitude towards Africa […]
Greenberg Traurig executive chairman Richard Rosenbaum responds to Dentons’ Joe Andrew’s opinion piece published last week. The recent opinion piece strongly touting the verein model as the only obvious answer and disparaging other methods of global law firm growth as “colonial” brought to mind a saying I was taught early on in my career: “The […]
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) chief executive officer Mark Rigotti has announced internally that he will not seek to be reappointed next year, The Lawyer understands. The CEO is understood to have notified the firm’s leadership council that he won’t put himself forward for another term, meaning the firm will have to select a new leader […]
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