How your people use their voice mail may seem at first both trivial and unimportant. BZZZZZZZZZZ WRONG!!!
The reason you open you wallet wide for a Ritz Carlton is because of the experience. Do you think it’s a coincidence that you are greeted by name at the front desk? (Did you see the secret
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
Thank you to Law.com and to Bruce MacEwen’s Adam Smith Esquire for referencing our Edge International Most-Admired Law Firm Leaders
We have released a survey in which top law firm managing partners identify their most admired peers.
Over 60 law firm managing partners responded to the Edge survey, which asked them to identify which law
"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
As a Managing Partner (or other member of the senior management of your firm), it is extremely important that you look beyond the incestuous offerings from inside the legal profession. Internal thinking sometimes has us gazing at our own navels. If you want a glimpse of the outside world but in a way that is
So, how many stars does your firm have?
Not sure?
You had better pay a visit to my friend and colleague Robert Millard at The Adventure of Strategy, and in particular, his post: Banks Use Star Rating to Force Law Firms to Compete
My view: The future does not care whether you like it or
