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Recruitment is key for law firms. They still suck at it
2/06/2008
Given that law firms spend large amounts of money on recruitment and are obsessed with attracting the best staff, one of the most consistently surprising things about their hiring is that they’re so bad at it.Once, when the lateral partner...Global 100: restructured Freshfields smashes into PEP elite
2/06/2008
Last year it was Linklaters that proved you could be big and global and among the most profitable firms in the world. This year it looks like Freshfields’ turn.The City giant announced its financials today, unveiling PEP of £1.435m - a...Complacent law firms get a helping Hand
9/06/2008
‘Law firms to sell shares’. It is the kind of headline we are currently seeing a lot of as the ‘legal Big Bang’ gets ever closer.In fact, it’s a headline I remember reading well over a decade go. What started...DLA Piper has reached the limits of style
13/06/2008
To be fair to DLA Piper, the global giant has said so many (sometimes contradictory) things about the nature of its global union and future intentions to tighten the union that you could argue - as the firm does -...There is a process for partner hiring. It just doesn’t work all that often
16/06/2008
A recent blog I penned on the shortcomings of senior recruitment at law firms sparked a few responses, largely from consultants that felt I was underestimating the sophistication of the market. Some readers also thought that I was highlighting an...In constructive defence of ‘nonsense and spin’
20/06/2008
It’s great to have a debate but the challenge when someone criticises your position, especially if you’re a journalist, is to respond constructively without being petty, defensive or just sounding like a big baby. That’s tricky but I’ll give it...To Russia with love
25/06/2008
Since it was founded in the early eighteenth century by the Russian tsar Peter the Great, St Petersburg has always had a distinctly international outlook. This week it will see an influx of international and local lawyers, who are in town...St Petersburg’s place in the sun
26/06/2008
There's a palpable sense of pride among the lawyers from Russia and other former Soviet republics now gathered at the third CIS Local Counsel Forum in St Petersburg. Not only has the region achieved remarkable economic growth but the Russian...Sympathy for Silk Street
27/06/2008
“It’s a disgrace” may not be the first words you’d associate with a commercial decision by a bank but the expression neatly sums up opinion across the Square Mile regarding JP Morgan’s decision to blacklist Linklaters thanks to its role...Will Heller secure the big deal?
27/06/2008
Is the Heller Ehrman saga about to reach a new chapter? For those unfamiliar with the Californian legal market, the substantial West Coast firm is widely tipped to be on the merger trail. This comes against a backdrop of several...CIS - staying independent, going international
30/06/2008
Today's first panel discussion of the CIS Local Counsel Forum featured a Who's Who of the independent Russian legal market, which now includes 16,500 firms and more than 1,000 law schools. ALRUD senior partner Vassily Rudomino highlighted the progress of...Russia and the rule of law – together at last
30/06/2008
At this gathering of independent firms from Russia and surrounding countries, Nick Eastwell, the head of Linklaters' new emerging markets practice, was on hand to make the case for international firms. In particular, he highlighted the UK firm's decision to...
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