Last night, Lord Sumption, a Justice of the Supreme Court, was trending on Twitter. This, I think, was a first. The furore was linked to an interview given by Lord Sumption to the Evening Standard. The full interview can be found here. What drew particular ire from the Twitterati were the comments by Lord Sumption […]
Today’s issue is our last of the summer. Three, seemingly endless, weeks of scorching summer sun with nothing to do but soak up the rays as the Ashes stretch out ahead of us. Possibly.
In last year’s UK 200 we introduced a new ranking, the UK Market Register. This analysed the top 100 largest firms by their UK, as opposed to global, revenue. It included the UK operations of overseas-headquartered, primarily US-led, firms, at a stroke detailing the progress several of these had made in this market.
This is a Friday leadership column with a difference. Next week’s cover feature targets the trials and tribulations of running a law firm. For that we’ve quizzed some of the best-known names in the market on the toughest things being a managing or senior partner. Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co’s Quentin Poole; K&L Gates’ Peter […]
When The Lawyer was researching The Africa Elite, one of the questions we asked the continent’s top independent practices was which international firms they worked with or they would like to work with. The magic circle and Wall Street giants such as Latham and Sherman got plenty of respect, but what came out very clearly […]
An interesting paper put out recently by Laura Empson, professor at Cass Business School is doing the rounds. It focuses on the ambiguities of law firm leadership. The study, titled Who’s in Charge? Exploring Leadership Dynamics in Professional Service Firms, parses the various structures of formal and informal power at several top (anonymised) private practice […]
Welcome to The Hot 100 2013: as you’ll see, this year we’ve devoted a lot of space to our highly anticipated feature. But there’s more; in our extended treatment we have video interviews with no fewer than 80 of the participants in the Hot 100. This took three days of shooting – and a lot […]
Canadian lawyers have always itched to be on the world stage. The first sign of stardom was last summer, when BHP Billiton, advised by Slaughter and May and Blake Cassels & Graydon, launched a $39bn (£23.97bn) hostile bid for Saskatchewan-based PotashCorp, represented by Jones Day and Stikeman Elliot. More recently the mooted tie-up between Canada’s […]