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Access your pdf edition of LB magazine – issue 322
Nov 5, 2024 · Access the full range of Legal Business financial reports, including The LB100 and Global 100 – comprehensive coverage of the largest law firms in the world by revenue.. Disputes hub. Head to the LB Disputes hub for focused Disputes coverage, including news, events, analysis, comment and the latest Disputes Yearbook.
Last Word: Global vision - Legal Business
Nov 4, 2024 · ‘To use a mountain biking analogy: coasting downhill might be fun in the moment, but when you reach the bottom, you’re lower than where you started. Climbing uphill is a grind, but it’s what gets you further.’ Ira Coleman, McDermott As part of our Global 100 survey, top lawyers share their thoughts on the global market Craning …
Laws of attraction – how elite firms are ramping up their talent ...
Nov 4, 2024 · ‘There’s a bunch of defensive mechanisms firms are using to shore up their stars – they could be lost to Paul Weiss or some other big firm if they don’t do something,’ says one US partner of the fierce war for talent at the very top of the legal market. According to data from London legal recruitment consultancy Edwards Gibson, 2023 saw the highest number of lateral partner moves ...
Breaking down silos: family law in the UK in 2024 and beyond
Mar 5, 2024 · As familial relationships become increasingly complex, the law governing these relationships does too. With the idea of the family unit extending to include unmarried, cohabiting couples and nontraditional routes to parenthood, the law surrounding and protecting all families is shifting to reflect this. Unmarried couples were declared the fastest growing family type in the UK in 2019, with the ...
Rating the lawyers – what the data tells us about Clifford Chance
Nov 4, 2024 · How do your clients rate the service they receive from your firm? Every year, we ask hundreds of thousands of clients to score firms on metrics such as lawyer quality, billing, communication and expertise, as part of the Legal 500 research. As well as providing insight on each firm, this means we can also benchmark firms against each other. Lawyers and team quality - how does CC score ...
Life After Law - Roger Barron - Legal Business
Nov 4, 2024 · After studying law at Oxford, where I was also a choral scholar, I joined Linklaters. As a trainee, I did a seat in Hong Kong, then six months in Moscow and two years in Singapore as an associate. When I made partner, National Grid was one of my most significant clients, stemming from my time in Singapore; I handled most of their significant deals. I built a practice acting for FTSE 100 and ...
Herbert Smith Freehills set for $2bn transatlantic merger with …
Nov 11, 2024 · Since the A&O Shearman merger went live in May, there has been no shortage of market speculation about which transatlantic duo would be next to tie the knot. However, few had predicted Monday's (11 November) news that Herbert Smith Freehills is set to combine with New York's Kramer Levin, a deal which will create a new $2bn, 2,700-lawyer firm.
Just how global is the Global 100? LB looks beyond revenue to …
Nov 4, 2024 · Access the full range of Legal Business financial reports, including The LB100 and Global 100 – comprehensive coverage of the largest law firms in the world by revenue.. Disputes hub. Head to the LB Disputes hub for focused Disputes coverage, including news, events, analysis, comment and the latest Disputes Yearbook.
Bird & Bird: The Client’s View - Legal Business
Oct 14, 2024 · Bird & Bird Lawyers and Team Quality 79.96 Quality of partners 82.45 Quality of associates 75.52 Partner availability and engagement 82.28 All scores are global and /100. What do clients really think about the service they receive from law firms? At Legal 500, we hear from hundreds of thousands of clients every year, rating firms on key metrics such as lawyer quality and availability, billing ...