At least the competition lawyers have found a Brexit dividend
Given that we are apparently obliged to contemplate Brexit until the great trumpet sounds, let’s consider some of the consequences of the referendum that we’re seeing winding through the courts. There...
View ArticleWant some easy pickings in UK law? Insurance firms are juicy targets
Spare a thought for EC3. Clyde & Co and Kennedys may have expanded overseas, but you can’t buccaneer your way to domestic growth. One of the biggest questions facing insurance firms is how they can...
View ArticleAccess to justice: A little more talk, please, from the City. Your silence is...
Fair dealings under the rule of law, from which the commercial legal sector has derived immense riches, is under threat. The post Access to justice: A little more talk, please, from the City. Your...
View ArticleCity 50: Forget Project Fear, the UK legal pie keeps getting bigger
There are 21 US-headquartered firms in the City 50, our first-ever ranking of law firms by London revenue. That fact alone has caused some jitters among certain sections of the UK market. It shouldn’t....
View ArticleStep forward, litigators: you’re in the driving seat in the global elite
Litigation, the engine of the stratospheric domestic profits for US firms, is, ironically, the calling card for the UK’s elite law firms if they are ever to crack America, writes The Lawyer’s editor...
View ArticleIt’s not about the kit. In tech and innovation, firms need to learn to speak...
There will soon be a transfer market for law's tech celebrities, and the internal opportunities are attractive. The post It’s not about the kit. In tech and innovation, firms need to learn to speak...
View ArticleComment: Flexible working isn’t just for women – inclusion in law firms is...
Gender, gender, gender: how firms retain female talent is a board-level discussion point. The born-again evangelism among managing partners isn’t feigned, I grant you, but it’s pretty one-note, as if...
View ArticleNew dawn, new challenges for the Clifford Chance disputes team
The Clifford Chance litigation team has finally got something it can talk about that isn’t Excalibur. The post New dawn, new challenges for the Clifford Chance disputes team appeared first on The...
View ArticleFreshfields lockstep reform: Now it can finally hire the finance lawyers it...
If Freshfields doesn't pick off other magic circle lawyers, lockstep reform will be a waste The post Freshfields lockstep reform: Now it can finally hire the finance lawyers it needs appeared first on...
View ArticleWhat 30 years of The Lawyer tells us: feminist pressure worked
We can broadly divide the past 30 years of the UK legal sector into three phases: innocence and enthusiasm; expansion and over-reach; and chastened realism. The post What 30 years of The Lawyer tells...
View ArticleEuropean 100 2017: Firms still need the Euro vision
Loath as one is to shoehorn last June’s referendum vote into everything, the prospect of a hard Brexit is suddenly concentrating the minds of UK law firms. The post European 100 2017: Firms still need...
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