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Shaking hands in Dubai
3/07/2008
You don’t have to go to Dubai to appreciate the dynamism of the place. You can get a sense of that by talking to senior UK business lawyers, who are falling over themselves to get a piece of the action.But...Global 100: Cloning the big four
4/07/2008
“We did better in the first half… strong growth in emerging markets… challenging times… we’re not profiteering, honest” – OK, the last bit is subtext and not the official line, but there’s something eerily familiar about the message coming out...US firms in London – time to forget Sonnenschein
14/07/2008
Being in its own way such a tight community, a few isolated episodes can have an impact for a very long time within the global-yet-narrow confines of the commercial legal profession. As such, the experiences of just two US law...Welcome to legalweek.com 2.5
18/07/2008
Regular visitors to legalweek.com will have noticed a change to its look and feel. Eighteen months since the ambitious relaunch of legalweek.com as the online meeting place for business lawyers, we have given the site a thorough makeover by finessing...Can BVC providers seriously damage your health?
21/07/2008
The latest update in the prolonged and somewhat agonised debate over access to the Bar looks more likely to reignite discussion than resolve the matter.That update comes in the form of BSB proposals, issued on Friday (18 July), which revolve...Herbies’ finance push: poor start, improving middle…
25/07/2008
Hopes, it has to be said, weren’t high when Herbert Smith starting making noises about building a serious finance practice three years back. The investment needed is considerable, the competition now well established, and you could argue the firm had...Ranking pro bono II: 'We think it works, we still don’t want to do it'
28/07/2008
Recently Legal Week noted the contradictory attitude towards pro bono within a profession that increasingly looks to project its not-for-profit activities and yet shies away from the obvious step of ranking law firms’ individual pro bono commitments. An upcoming Big Question...
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