by Bruce | November 25, 2010 | About the Site, Articles
Although I’m not particularly religious, this, from Connecticut Governor Wilbur Cross’s 1936 Thanksgiving Proclamation to the citizens of that state (and thanks to The New York Times) is timeless wisdom:”Time out of mind,” he began, “at...
by Bruce | November 24, 2010 | Articles, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
By now we’ve all read about the Norton Rose/Ogilvy Renault/Deneys Reitz three-way combined business, putting together the UK, Canada, and South Africa. According to LegalWeek, “The combined business will rank as one of the world’s top 10 firms by...
by Bruce | November 24, 2010 | Articles, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
By now we’ve all read about the Norton Rose/Ogilvy Renault/Deneys Reitz three-way combined business, putting together the UK, Canada, and South Africa. According to LegalWeek, “The combined business will rank as one of the world’s top 10 firms by...
by Bruce | November 24, 2010 | Articles, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
By now we’ve all read about the Norton Rose/Ogilvy Renault/Deneys Reitz three-way combined business, putting together the UK, Canada, and South Africa. According to LegalWeek, “The combined business will rank as one of the world’s top 10 firms by...
by Bruce | November 14, 2010 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Strategy
As has been widely reported (for example, on law.com), Proskauer and SJ Berwin announced shortly before the weekend that they had called off their merger talks, which were originally disclosed over half a year ago. The predictably anodyne statement, issued jointly,...
by Bruce | November 12, 2010 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Practice Group Management
Does it strike you that there’s a lot of talk in the air lately about “happiness” in our profession? Just a few pointers recently: The American Lawyer writing last month about law schools “trying to close the gap between their...