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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.
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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.
Powered by Lexis Nexis, and featuring experts from the University of Law and Bird & Bird, this webcast explores the future of the legal profession. It looks at the developments currently taking place in the legal market, what those changes will mean for the future, and how students can develop the skills that will be […]
Is there still a social mobility problem in the UK legal profession? How can applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds get ahead? And what effect will the forthcoming to legal education and training have? Experts voice their opinion in our webcast
In this webcast, our expert panel discusses burning trainee concerns, such as: how to go about choosing your area of law, what support to expect from your law firm developing your business and commerce sense should you take a year out after an LPC? how not to feel intimidated by the unfamiliar work environment The panel […]
Powered by Lexis Nexis, and featuring experts from the University of Law and Herbert Smith Freehills, this webcast will help candidates make themselves employable in the eyes of law firms and barristers’ chambers, and land that first job in law. The content covers how to build a CV that can’t be ignored, personal presentation and […]
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 […]
