by Bruce | December 31, 2007 | About the Site, Articles
May all your resolutions become resoundingly true.
by Bruce | December 31, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Innovative Managing Partners, Leadership, Strategy
"You’re too smart for your own good." How quickly we dismiss that snide accusation as revealing the ignorance and probably the intransigent know-nothingness of the accuser. But could there be a grain of truth in there? If you believe in the...
by Bruce | December 27, 2007 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
As many of you know, back in November I was in London for a week. Among other activities—many other activities—I was pleased to be invited to participate in a panel discussion hosted by Guy Beringer of Allen & Overy, who was on the panel,...
by Bruce | December 26, 2007 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Our text for today, Dear Reader, coming from The American Lawyer, is as follows: "There’s nothing like a fund-raiser at a private school in Manhattan to define your social station. Time was, lawyers were near the top of the heap. Investment bankers...
by Bruce | December 25, 2007 | About the Site, Articles
Rockefeller Center, New York, Christmas 2007
by Bruce | December 20, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
Why do law firms merge? The fact is, I wonder sometimes myself. More seriously, there is typically an array of stated and unstated reasons, among them: Growth for the sake of growth: Inadvisable. Size alone doesn’t guarantee anything particularly...