The Wall Street Journal posts: Slater & Gordon: The World’s First Publicly Traded Law Firm
Managing Partners and other members of law firm C suites had better look at Slater & Gordon’s prospectus – it’s a gold mine, (pun intended).
Have a look at how risks are described – the Wall Street Journal post quotes
The Wall Street Journal speaks – shall we listen?
“[William Durbin Jr.] regrets having focused too much on profits and “de-equitizing” partners (reducing their stake in the profit pool) in an effort to boost the bottom line, a strategy that has become popular in Big Law. ‘There’s a lot more that people bring to a
I am not willing to bet against Cravath Swaine & Moore, are you? In fact their strategic decision in creating an insolvency practice may be cause for additional respect rather than cheap shots.
The Wall Street Journal in a post called: The Horror! The Horror! Cravath Starts a Bankruptcy Practice is quite hard on Cravath
"Buyouts alone accounted for 277 transactions worth $121billion in Asia last year" according to The Financial Express China is most popular destination for new law firms
"The economic boom coaxed US firms such as Orrick, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Morgan & Finnegan LLP, and Thelen Reid &
According to The Wall Street Journal, "Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, on Friday said that 45 partners have been asked to leave or accept other positions there as part of a restructuring".
According to thier own web site, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP is among the largest law practices in the world, with
Does law firm success equal commitments + uncertainties + calibrated focus? (I didn’t say the formula would be simple.)
I hope top blogger Guy Kawasaki will not mind my using his entire question #7 from his post today featuring Michael Raynor, author of The Strategy Paradox.
Please take a moment to read it in its
Seth Godin explains this distinction simply with a post well worth reading: "The difference between strategy and tactics".
Punchline: My experience working with law firm leaders is that many are quickly seduced by discussions about tactics. Perhaps they are more familiar with tactics than strategy or simply enjoy debating tactics. The great firms
Lovells has more than 1600 lawyers in 26 offices worldwide and according to RollOnFriday "the firm has signed a deal with Cass Business School and from next month, lawyers who’ve been at the firm for around two years will take a two year business foundation course in the evenings. Once this is completed, they’ll spend
Dear friend, Sue Stapely, FIPR FRSA is thought to be the UK’s only practising solicitor providing comprehensive strategic communications counsel, with unrivaled experience, particularly working in the legal sector.
Read her July 20th article in UK’s Law Gazette:
When reputations are on the line
Here’s a tiny excerpt:
…we should also worry about the reputations
When you fire a client, you might want to be a little more diplomatic than the title of this post (or the posture of the fellow above) implies but, diplomatic or not, when it’s the right thing to do, DO IT! The primary purpose of marketing is to give you choices. Effective marketing allows
