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When the facts change...
10/11/2008
With Keynesian ideas back in fashion amid the current binge of state intervention, I was reminded of one of the great man’s quotes recently upon hearing of a law firm that was struggling to acknowledge the pedestrian fact that it...The axe swings: half the top 50 will have cut by April
6/11/2008
It seemed a simple enough exercise. After several months not short of redundancy announcements, and firms now reaching the halfway point in their financial year, we wanted to get a comprehensive picture of the intentions of the UK top 50...Bakers' doyenne
30/10/2008
Several years ago, I attended an event in Paris at which Christine Lagarde, the then chairman of Baker & McKenzie, was also present. At one point a young French lawyer from a local firm approached her as if she was...Apocalypse, er, flat
27/10/2008
Can we now take a break from melodramatic press reports about plunging confidence on the back of 'renewed fears' about an economy that seems forever 'on the brink' of recession? At this point there should be no renewed fears, just...A global model (except Italy)
24/10/2008
Forget France’s much-touted cultural exceptionalism, in Europe the country that truly ignores the established rules of international legal practice is Italy. The roll call of firms that have seen major splits or walk-outs in Italy includes Clifford Chance, Allen &...British Legal Awards: First impressions count
20/10/2008
How can I put this delicately? There were some law firms that submitted entries to the British Legal Awards that didn’t exactly make much effort to the meet the criteria for the categories.This slapdash approach is hard to fathom, given...Where will the Investment Bankers go?
16/10/2008
I’m starting to wonder if Investment Banker has lost his job. That’s not some archetype, by the way, it’s legalweek.com’s popular lawyer-turned-banker-turned guerrilla poster/blogger, who has infuriated and entertained readers in equal measure (contrary to some readers’ beliefs, we haven’t...
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