by Bruce | September 26, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Marketing
The Times (UK) reports, probably for its juiciness quotient, that data from an internal Clifford Chance CRM system at the Paris office inadvertently came to light, and included—quelle surprise!—insights into some key executives at major clients including...
by Bruce | September 22, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
A radical repudiation of a time-tested model or a long overdue dose of sanity? One imagines those are the reactions to Allen & Overy’s revealing that it’s considering a third career path for associates, neither "up" nor "out," but...
by Bruce | September 17, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
The Lawyer (UK) is one of those publications you ignore to your impoverishment: Somewhat like the role the Financial Times has vis-a-vis The Wall Street Journal, or The Economist vis-a-vis Business Week, The Lawyer provides a refreshing, candid, often cheeky,...
by Bruce | September 15, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Knowledge Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
Over at Exari, it’s a different Adam Smith. OK, I couldn’t resist, but this gives me an opportunity to briefly flag the importance of automating routine tasks which corporate counsel will increasingly resist paying for. Document assembly,...
by Bruce | September 13, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
With all the attention we pay to strategy, globalization, M&A and consolidation, practice group and knowledge management, and other issues in firm management on the more or less empyrean plane, it’s time for a word about associates. For starters, associates...
by Bruce | September 8, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, M&A, Strategy
The Lawyer is out with their annual "UK 100" (for 2005), and it shows that while the Magic Circle is pulling away ("going galactic," as they gaily put it), the interesting action is in what they newly dub the "Silver Circle," or the...