The Lawyer European Awards was the first initiative of its kind to reward and celebrate excellence across the European legal market. The awards scheme attracts entries form over 120 independent law firms headquartered in Europe and global firm across the Continent.
The Lawyer’s two-day, VIP Summit brings together over 100 global, European and UK in-house general counsel and chief compliance officers to share best practice, trends and trouble-shooting tips across different sectors and geographies, focused on how lawyers can demonstrate value within increasingly risk conscious businesses.
The Lawyer Awards are the leading awards initiative within the legal calendar and are unquestionably the largest celebration of legal excellence in Europe. Bringing together over 1,200 private practice lawyers and senior corporate counsel, the Awards reward best practice and celebrate excellence across the whole industry.
Shaping up to be the Financial Sector’s must-attend event, this 1-day conference is the perfect opportunity for in-house lawyers and compliance professionals to share their challenges in implementing the latest regulatory change, to understand how companies and industries are affected in practice by the new regulation and to benchmark with 90 of their peers.
On 25 September 2018, The Lawyer and more than 120 managing partners, CEOs and top-level business services leaders will gather at the Business Leadership Summit to spend a day focusing on defining your law firm strategy in a tech driven future. Interested in joining your peers at the top table as the future of the market is decided?
The Lawyer’s In-house Counsel as Business Partner conference is an event where in-house lawyers can enhance their ability to meet the wider demands of their organisation, support their professional development needs and benchmark with their peers.
From keeping abreast of potential risks, to discussing prevention and compliance tactics as well as tackling the latest dispute resolution challenges, the event delivers an unrivalled platform for education and networking.
MarketInvoice head of legal and compliance Eoin O’Reilly talks to The Lawyer ahead of his session at the In-house Financial Services conference. What can be done to fortify the UK’s position as the global leader of fintech? I actually think we’re doing a lot of things right in the UK to create an environment where […]
In our latest 60 second interview, Brewin Dolphin head of legal Alissa Foale talks to The Lawyer about her function’s biggest challenges, necessary skills to successfully manage change and how she thinks financial services will transform in the coming years ahead of her session at this year’s In-house Financial Services conference. How do you think […]
Ahead of this year’s In-house Financial Services conference, The Lawyer talks to Simon Coles, general counsel at Capital on Tap, about the challenge of managing his time as sole counsel, how he collaborates with the wider business and what he’s most excited about in the fintech space. What are the greatest challenges facing your in-house function? […]
In our latest 60 second interview, LV= general counsel Chris Griffin talks to The Lawyer about his function’s contribution to delivering transformational change, their biggest ongoing challenge and the role his panel firms play in helping his team keep up with technological change ahead of his session at this year’s In-house Financial Services conference. What […]
Ahead of her session at this year’s In-house Financial Services conference, The Lawyer talks to Ruth Pearson, general counsel at LendInvest, about why it’s important for legal functions to be agile and how her team manages to keep apace with change while prioritising innovation. What is the role of the in-house function in delivering change projects? In-house […]
Following his involvement as one of the 30+ speakers at our recent Managing Risk and Litigation conference, Jenner & Block’s co-chair of international arbitration Charlie Lightfoot talks to The Lawyer about amends to the UK’s Arbitration Act, the most common drafting error of arbitration clauses and trends emerging in international arbitration. Some commentators have suggested […]
Creating a discernible and identifiable culture is no mean feat; creating one worthy of Law Firm of the Year is even harder. At a breakfast roundtable in the heart of the City, The Lawyer and Travelers spoke to those shortlisted for the top prize about how they cultivate, maintain and progress something so intangible. A […]
Today The Lawyer reveals the shortlist for The Lawyer Awards 2018, in association with Travelers, the legal industry’s biggest night of the year. This year, over 70 judges across private practice, in-house and the Bar debated entries from a record number of law firms and companies to narrow down the shortlist for the 28 categories. Our panel of judges […]
These are the main messages that came out of The Lawyer’s 2018 Managing Risk and Litigation conference (MRL) last month.
In our latest video interview, Jake McQuitty partner at Eversheds Sutherland talks to The Lawyer about the key issues organisations should focus on following a cyber-attack and best practice for communicating with regulators.
In this video interview with The Lawyer, Nina Bryant, director at FTI Consulting, discusses the benefits of GDPR and the difficulty of balancing the rights of individuals with the need for innovation.
Gowling WLG’s commercial head Michael Luckman speaks to The Lawyer at this month’s In-house Counsel as Business Partner conference, in association with EY.
In this video interview, EY partner and UK law leader for financial services, Matthew Kellett tells The Lawyer what he thinks is holding legal departments back from exploring new technologies, how the law department of the future will operate and the skills that will be valued most.
In this video interview with Ralph Baxter, a member of Intapp’s Board of Directors and former chairman and CEO of Orrick, we discuss the new market dynamics law firms are facing today and the obstacles they need overcome in order to succeed in today’s environment and beyond.
Join this webinar to learn how to effectively take inventory of and categorise the data you hold, and the steps you should take to limit your exposure to a breach.
Midlands law firm Wright Hassall, a multi-disciplinary practice representing businesses and individuals locally and nationally, has won The Lawyer Awards Regional Firm of the Year 2017 for its ambitious growth strategy and cultural goal to put the customer at the heart of everything it does. About Wright Hassall Wright Hassall is one of the largest law […]
London law firm Kemp Little has won The Lawyer Boutique Law Firm of the Year award for 2017.
With legal privilege a major discussion topic for 2017, The Lawyer spoke with HFW Partner Brian Perrott during our Managing Risk and Litigation conference to get his thoughts on whether in-house lawyers are still able to rely on privilege.
FTI Consulting’s European Information Governance Leader Sonia Cheng talks to The Lawyer about making the most of an information governance system while also sharing tips on how to get the funding and necessary board level attention for this.
EY head of law, UK&I Philip Goodstone talks to The Lawyer during the recent In-house Counsel as Business Partner conference about what innovation means and how to keep your team focused on innovation.
