Interview with...
Ferrere’s managing partner in Ecuador talks about the firm’s switch to a lock-step model, the importance of culture and treating you partners as your bosses
How would you define your firm’s culture? How important is firm culture to you? Culture is of the utmost important to me. Culture is more important than work climate or work environment – they are also important but less so than culture. Culture is what bring us together, what connect us, what make us grow, …
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Bowmans’ managing partner talks competition in the South African market, embracing technology, providing talent with top-end work, and why he still undertakes client-facing work
How would you define your firm’s culture and how important is firm culture to you? As an integrated African firm, our culture is driven by a need to operate as one team across all of our offices – and often in countries that we do not have a presence in – to engage seamlessly with …
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Interview with...
Hardwicke chief executive Amanda Illing talks to John van der Luit-Drummond about the challenges facing the modern Bar, staying relevant, and inspiring the next generation of leaders
‘Many years ago, when I first started out in chambers, a male colleague said to me, “It’ll take you years to pick this up, darlin’”.’ Although patronising at the time, Hardwicke’s Amanda Illing now laughs at the memory. It might not rise to the worst example of sexism or misogyny in a clerks’ room, but …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
Markus Fellner considers the challenge in representing buyers in auction process, an increased use of W&I insurance, and why young lawyers should not focus too closely on the AI debate
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Austria and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? While the number of transactions has remained steady at a high level (approximately 180 transactions in the first half of 2018), the deal volume for the first half of 2018 has reached an all-time …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
Lawyers must learn to adapt to the differences between jurisdictions and to
work effectively with onshore counsel, suggest Matt Ebbs-Brewer and Gary Harris
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Bermuda and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? Bermuda’s legal market has been subject to a recent spate of growth with new participants entering the market. As attorneys with an existing practice, we have to continue to ensure that our clients receive …
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Diversity and Inclusion
Two thirds of UK adults feel they have nobody to talk to about their problems, a survey by mental health campaign Time to Change found earlier this year. More and more lawyers are now willing to come forward to ask for help, and law firms must be there to provide it, writes John van der Luit-Drummond
Two thirds of UK adults feel they have nobody to talk to about their problems, a survey by mental health campaign Time to Change found earlier this year. More than a third of 2,500 people said they could never find the right time to raise their problems with others; 28% said they could not find …
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Client journey
Yolanda Cartusciello, a partner at PP&C Consulting, explains the advantages of client journey mapping, both for in-house counsel and private practice lawyers.
I was recently corresponding with general counsel of a technology company who was bemoaning the lack of what he called ‘the basics’ from his law firms – understanding his company, the importance of the matter in the context of their situation, and how to best work with his team. I asked whether he provides feedback …
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