by Bruce | November 13, 2013 | Articles, Business Models, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
The other week I had the chance to sit down with Ted Burke, outgoing chief executive and global managing partner of Freshfields. I’ve known Ted for years, consider him a friend, and with the announcement a month or so ago that he would be stepping down at...
by Bruce | October 25, 2013 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
The other week the redoubtable George Beaton launched what turned into as wide-ranging an online discussion as I can remember, under the title The rise and rise of the NewLaw business model, Since its publication, it has generated 65 comments over nearly three weeks...
by Bruce | October 13, 2013 | Articles, Business Models, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
Don’t worry; this is not going to be about what’s “trending on Twitter,” which I used to think was merely amusing but which I’m coming to believe is borderline evil. (Topic for another day, or on second thought, a topic for never.) No,...
by Bruce | August 30, 2013 | Articles, Business Models, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Recruiting
Sometimes large changes break across the landscape like summer afternoon thunderstorms, seemingly coming from nowhere and definitely getting everyone’s attention: And sometimes they steadily and stealthily accumulate over time, perhaps without anyone ever...
by Bruce | August 29, 2013 | About the Site, Articles, Finance, Globalization, Strategy
On Tuesday, September 24th I will be the keynote speaker at the Law Society of Scotland’s “Law in Scotland” conference in Glasgow. The Society was kind enough to interview me for a profile in their Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, and the...
by Bruce | August 26, 2013 | Articles, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
The three heavy hitters in the BigLaw metrics performance reporting world who draw their data directly from law firm general ledgers either as bankers (Citi and Wells Fargo) or as financial reporting applications (PeerMonitor) have just all come out with their latest...
