In this short video The Lawyer deputy editor Matt Byrne suggests that the traditional pecking order in law firms is under attack from the rise of senior legal business services staff, whose contribution to performance is becoming ever more valuable. The Lawyer UK 200: Business Services report is a key resource for firms seeking to understand whether […]
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.
Video interview at The Lawyer’s In-house Counsel as Business Partner conference with Michael Luckman, Partner & Head of Commercial, Employment, Pensions and Projects at Gowling WLG around the threats and opportunities for UK businesses trading internationally and what protectionism means for the GC.
Video interview with Bill Brooks, General Manager – Legal Sector at Globality Legal Services during the recent In-house Counsel as Business Partner conference, talking about what the top three criteria for hiring external law firms should be and discussing the situations when GCs are better off instructing smaller local firms.
On the 26 September 2017, The Lawyer and more than 120 senior and managing partners, CEOs and top-level business services leaders came together at the Business Leadership Summit to spend a day focusing on how to build the law firm of 2025.
Deputy editor Matt Byrne discusses this year’s UK 200 series, which looks back to the financial crisis and how this has influenced the winners and losers over the last 10 years.
Hosted by actor Rob Brydon, highlights of the night included Mishcon de Reya taking home the Law firm of the Year Award, while Dentons won International firm of the Year and Blackstone Chambers won Chambers of the year
The Lawyer’s deputy editor Matt Byrne explores the new themes and topics to be covered in this year’s jam-packed agenda for the upcoming Business Leadership Summit on 26th September.
The 2017 edition of The Lawyer’s flagship event the General Counsel Strategy Summit brought together 92 senior in-house lawyers to discuss not only the latest legal challenges their business might face, but also the internal and external business dynamics that could impact and influence their company.
FTI Consulting senior managing director Jake Frazier talks to The Lawyer during the recent Managing Risk and Litigation conference about setting up an information governance steering committee, and how to identify and gain control of ‘digital debris’.
Deputy Editor Matt Byrne discusses the UK 200 series, and the findings from our five reports.
Skarbek Associates executive consultant Sylvie Watts talks to The Lawyer at the recent Business Leadership Summit about the challenges that firms face when trying to engage partners and fee-earners in the implementation of strategy. Read the recent opinion piece by Skarbek Associates CEO Paul Heugh on how implementing a strategy can be a major challenge […]
EY partner Sanjay Bhandari talks to The Lawyer at the recent In-house Financial Services Conference about the tech that will transform the way in-house teams work, whether Brexit will make innovation more complicated and how to grapple with changing regulation. The Lawyer’s In-house Financial Services conference took place in London on 5 July. Find out […]
Why is collaboration important for any kind of law firm? Following an exclusive video interview with The Lawyer at The Global Collaboration Summit, we offer the highlights from the keynote session by Dentons global chairman Joe Andrew at the event. For more information about next year’s event, click here.
Dentons global chairman Joe Andrew was the keynote speaker at The Lawyer’s Global Collaboration Summit. For more information about next year’s event, click here. For more on Dentons, see this week’s cover story: Ghosts in the machine
JLL head of legal sector services Alexander Low discusses the main trends and reveals some of the key innovations he has seen in terms of law firms’ use of their real estate at The Lawyer’s Business Leadership Summit.
The Lawyer Business Leadership Summit speakers Adam Smith, Esq president Bruce MacEwen and Overture strategy director Mark Brandon talk about law firm strategies, the ‘tipping point’ in the legal market and what law firms are doing wrong. Innovation and law firm strategy were two of the topics at the top of the agenda for The Lawyer’s Business […]
Are you getting the most out of your real estate? This year’s UK 200 Real Estate Report reveals how you can turn what has become one of the most pressing operational issues to your advantage. In this exclusive video interview, Alexander Low of JLL, the report’s sponsor, discusses the main trends and reveals some of […]
As the US firm turns 40 in London, its strategy of expanding slowly is paying off It was a big week for Bingham McCutchen’s London office last week, and not all of it centred on the glamorous bash at Spencer House the firm hosted on Thursday to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its UK launch. […]
K&L Gates chairman and global managing partner Peter Kalis has renewed his attack on the Swiss Verein model of law firm growth, disputing whether there has been a growing “market acceptance” for the structure. In a video interview (scroll down to watch) to accompany this week’s cover story on K&L Gates’ decision to publish unprecedented […]
While predictive coding is only just gaining acceptance in the UK, it received court approval in the US in 2012, and has been reaching widespread adoption ever since, particularly on matters with large document populations. As with all new technologies, it is important that the people using this software have a broad understanding of how […]
Find out more about this year’s Hot 100 here.
Find out more about this year’s Hot 100 here.
Find out more about this year’s Hot 100 here.
Burness Paull & Williamsons chairman Philip Rodney (scroll down for video interview) had an epic 2012. Not only did he lead his legacy firm Burness to its third consecutive year of revenue growth, but he also brokered a deal that has changed the face of the Scottish legal landscape. Like its Edinburgh-headquartered rival Brodies, Burness, […]
For Shonagh MacVicar (scroll down for video), head of legal for Commonwealth Games organiser Glasgow 2014, 2012 was a watershed year. Not only did she and her team step up their work in preparation for the event, but the success of the London Olympics gave them a new energy to push ahead to 2014. “All […]
If ABS was the story of 2012, Russell Jones & Walker was one of the main protagonists, having announced its acquisition by listed Australian firm Slater & Gordon right at the start of the year. For UK general counsel Rebecca Bell (scroll down for video interview), who project-managed the transaction on the UK side, the […]
After a year chock-full of judicial review proceedings, what stood out most for Baker & McKenzie partner Tom Cassels (scroll down for video interview) was his ongoing role as adviser to the BBC Trust. Having acted for the trust since it was created in 2007, Bakers and Cassels were reappointed to its panel during a […]
In the wake of the credit crunch, corporate transactions have become a lot more complicated. But even in this context, the on-going Lloyds and Co-operative deal, in which Lloyds is selling many of its branches to the Co-op, sets something of a precedent. Key to the deal is Hilary Evenett (scroll down for video interview), […]
Inner Temple became a trailblazer on diversity issues at the bar when in March 2012 it launched the Pegasus Access Scheme. More than 50 chambers from across the Inns are now offering mini-pupillages through the social mobility scheme to candidates from underrepresented backgrounds. Playing a central role in Pegasus is chair of Inner Temple’s outreach […]
Commercially astute and exceptionally bright, 3 Verulam Buildings’ Michael Lazarus (scroll down for video interview) appeared in the groundbreaking case being pursued by Russian bank VTB Capital against Nutritek International. He led the battle right up to the Court of Appeal for defendants Marshall Capital Holdings, the only junior to do so. Lazarus loves solving […]
On the first day Sara Mansoori (scroll down for video interview) joined Matrix Chambers in April 2011, she had a conference with Mark Thomson of Atkins Thomson, who was about to file the first civil phone-hacking claim for Sienna Miller against the News of the World (NoW). Since that point, as Mansoori puts it: “It […]