by Bruce | March 28, 2017 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures
One of the things we do a lot of here—and seemingly more of in the past 24 months or so—is helping firms sort out, reform, amend, optimize, throw-away-and-start-fresh, their partnership compensation systems. And in every engagement of that sort, we try to keep two...
by Bruce | March 17, 2017 | Articles, Business Models, Compensation, Finance, Partnership Structures
This is a guest column by a very good friend of Adam Smith, Esq., Richard Rapp, who was President and CEO of NERA Economic Consulting for 18 years (1988-2005), during which time the firm grew to global scale. Richard now co-heads Veltro Advisors, a law firm...
by Bruce | March 15, 2017 | Articles
Customarily, albeit not religiously, we share with readers a “Letter From ________” when we return from a plausibly serious trip to another major metropolitan. Herewith our first from Bogota, Colombia. For orientation purposes, Bogota is a 5—6 hour flight...
by Bruce | March 6, 2017 | About the Site, Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization
Recently we had the pleasure to announce the arrival of Antonio Leal Holguin as a Director of Adam Smith, Esq., based primarily in Bogota, Colombia. La Republica published an interview with Antonio this morning; it’s one of, if not the, most widely read...
by Bruce | February 22, 2017 | About the Site, Articles, Book Reviews
It’s our great pleasure—you can take this to the bank, as they say—to let you know we have just published our latest book, Tomorrowland: Scenarios for law firms beyond the horizon. It’s the third book from Adam Smith, Esq., following Growth Is Dead: Now What? (2013)...
by Bruce | February 17, 2017 | About the Site, Articles, Publications
With great pleasure, we’d like to officially welcome Antonio Leal Holguin to the Adam Smith, Esq. team. Antonio is a Director of Adam Smith, Esq. based in Bogotá, Colombia. He’s a lawyer and law firm consultant with prior experience working in the...
