Heidi K Gardner is a Distinguished Scholar at Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession and is writing a book about the legal profession. True rainmakers don’t need to be convinced to collaborate: referring work to colleagues and developing a loyal team capable of extraordinary client service is the only way they can build […]
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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced that Edward Braham has been elected as its new senior partner. International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced that Edward Braham has been elected as its new senior partner. He will be part of a new global leadership team that will include Chris Pugh, Stephan Eilers
How does a lawyer pitch for a big client: explain how many things your firm can do, or pitch yourselves as a specialist? A recent interview the General Counsel at Schneider Electric, Peter Wexler, suggested pitching in a focused manner – such as focusing on a specific business development or a particular piece of litigation.
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The diversity issue among law firms is a vexed one, but also one that has some ready and fast fixes. Take the article written by Deborah L Rhode*, Professor of Law at Ernest W McFarland and author, she postulates that women and others should not be viewed by lawyers as ‘minorities’ but rather as ‘priorities’.
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Seven partners establish finance, corporate, regulatory, private equity and real estate practices Global law firm Reed Smith has today announced a significant investment in its European platform with the opening of an office in Frankfurt. The opening is in response to growing client demand in the German market and builds on the success of
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It may be anathema to suggest that a law firm actually recommends a competitor for a specific job, but that is exactly what one senior General Counsel says should be occurring much more frequently. Mark Chandler is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, and Chief Compliance Officer at Cisco Systems and he recommends
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A new survey on the way law firms are managed has been published, predicting dramatic shifts in the way law firms handle highly competitive markets over the next five years, as well as dealing with risk and regulation, financial pressure and changing client demands. The report from the accounting giant BDO took the views of
So what, exactly, is a ‘family friendly’ law firm? Do they really exist and, if so, how are they measured in terms of family ‘friendliness’? All important issues, considered by Vivia Chen at The Careerist when she wrote a little cynically perhaps that being a family friendly law firm probably means that there are great
Morrison & Foerster – LawFuel.com – – Morrison & Foerster is pleased to announce that bengoshi corporate partner Saori Nakamura has relocated to the firm’s Singapore office from Ito & Mitomi, registered associated offices of Morrison & Foerster in Japan. A member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group, Ms. Nakamura represents multinational corporations in a
Profits-per-partner is the golden metric that top law firms, or those aspiring to increase profits, place as their holy grail. So it should come as little surprise that the top law firms in the US keep low partner concentrations in order to preserve that vital metric. Law360s ranking of the top US law firms showed
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