GC2B: Managing change in a high-pressure environment
How resilient are today’s lawyers and how can people still operate effectively when legal teams are being stretched in all directions? Members of our panel give their views
GC2B: Creating the perfect business karma for success
How can you reshape an in-house team in the image you want it to be? This was just one of the issues up for debate at The Lawyer’s latest roundtable with BCLP.
GC2B: Managing external and internal legal teams in a global world
At The Lawyer‘s recent General Counsel Strategy Summit, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BLCP) hosted a round table on the topic ‘managing external and internal legal teams in a global world’, talking about the shaping of legal resources to business objectives, structures and diversity. BCLP partners Jonathan Morris & Rémy Blain led nine senior in-house lawyers […]
GC2B event: The role of GC in managing business ethics and integrity
There is mounting evidence that ethical businesses have the edge, but doing the right thing isn’t always as simple as doing what is legal. How should GCs manage business ethics? The role of the GC has come of age over the last decade. While the issues sitting in your inbox are more diverse, complex and […]
In-house interview: MVF’s GC on expanding a platform for expansion
GC Tom Worner is overseeing key acquisitions and transforming the portfolio of MVF, a business focused on helping firms grow
GC2B: Managing change in a high-pressure environment
How resilient are today’s lawyers and how can people still operate effectively when legal teams are being stretched in all directions? Members of our panel give their views
GC2B: Creating the perfect business karma for success
How can you reshape an in-house team in the image you want it to be? This was just one of the issues up for debate at The Lawyer’s latest roundtable with BCLP.
GC2B: Managing external and internal legal teams in a global world
At The Lawyer‘s recent General Counsel Strategy Summit, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BLCP) hosted a round table on the topic ‘managing external and internal legal teams in a global world’, talking about the shaping of legal resources to business objectives, structures and diversity. BCLP partners Jonathan Morris & Rémy Blain led nine senior in-house lawyers […]
GC2B event: The role of GC in managing business ethics and integrity
There is mounting evidence that ethical businesses have the edge, but doing the right thing isn’t always as simple as doing what is legal. How should GCs manage business ethics? The role of the GC has come of age over the last decade. While the issues sitting in your inbox are more diverse, complex and […]
GC2B event: How to build a progressive in-house team
The turning of a new calendar year sees a fresh set of challenges on the horizon for busy GC teams.
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Bakers re-elects Chadwick for second term as London head
Baker McKenzie’s Alex Chadwick has secured the role of London managing partner for a second term. The reappointment follows a contested election, which saw Chadwick run against antitrust and competition partner Samantha Mobley. Earlier this year, Mobley took up a position on the management committee of Bakers’ London office, having previously headed the firm’s EU, […]
RPC scraps all-equity partnership structure in bid to win “fierce battle for talent”
RPC has ditched its all-equity partnership structure for a new framework that includes a slate of senior positions. Starting today, the UK firm will adopt a structure that includes five different levels of seniority. Those roles are: full equity partner; fixed-share equity partner; salaried partner; of counsel; and senior associate. RPC managing partner James Miller […]
Tax team returns to Fidal only months after KPMG exodus that rocked French legal market
Thirteen lawyers who left Fidal for KPMG are returning to the firm, 10 months after the accountancy giant poached 145 people in a huge team hire in Paris, The Lawyer understands. The team in question has decided to return to France’s largest law firm instead of joining the throng that defected to KPMG Legal. The […]
DWF swallows Australian firm in Asia-Pacific expansion bid
DWF has absorbed an Australian law firm to expand its Asia-Pacific presence, yet another acquisition in a global expansion effort that has seen openings to bolster its international network. The publicly-listed firm has opened its doors to a 16-strong team that includes eight lawyers from McDonald Johnson Lawyers, a legal outfit based in Newcastle, a city […]
BCLP picks McKinsey’s brains for post-merger strategic review
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) is seeking the help of an expert team from management consulting firm McKinsey & Co to assist the firm’s leadership in the first part of its post-merger strategic review. The review, which is led by co-chair Lisa Mayhew and newly-appointed co-chair Steven Baumer, follows BCLP’s first leadership elections since the […]
HSF debuts legal ops secondment scheme
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has started to offer secondments within its recently-created global legal operations function, as it seeks to create a formal programme around the opportunity. The secondment is open to lawyers wanting to help clients dealing with their operational issues by assisting in-house lawyers as they embark on transformation and automation projects. The […]