by Bruce | October 8, 2010 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Strategy
Late last month, as faithful readers know, I spent a week in Sao Paulo, serving the cause of market research for Adam Smith, Esq. Why Sao Paulo and what do I mean by market research? Sao Paulo is the largest city proper in North or South America: Over 11-million...
by Bruce | September 16, 2010 | Articles, Finance, Practice Group Management
A quick reminder that on Tuesday, October 5 I’ll be facilitating a workshop here in New York at the AMA Executive Conference Center (1601 Broadway @ 48th Street, entrance on 48th between Broadway and Eighth) on What You Need to Know to Make Alternative Fee...
by Bruce | September 6, 2010 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Innovative Managing Partners, Leadership, Strategy
A couple of weeks ago the always perspicacious and often contrarian Alex Novarese of LegalWeek used the occasion of his regular column to opine “Not so demanding–clients aren’t pushing the legal industry forward.” This was swiftly followed by...
by Bruce | August 28, 2010 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, M&A, Strategy
Hogan/Lovells Sonnenschein/Dentons Squire Sanders/Hammonds Proskauer/Berwins Question: Which of these four does not resemble the others? While you’re thinking about that… As LegalWeek described the Hogan/Lovells deal at the time: Aside from its...
by Bruce | August 22, 2010 | About the Site, Articles, Finance, Practice Group Management
On Tuesday, October 5, I’ll be facilitating a workshop here in New York at the AMA Executive Conference Center (1601 Broadway @ 48th Street, entrance on 48th) on What You Need to Know to Make Alternative Fee Arrangements Work. Richard Wyatt, co-head of...
by Bruce | August 11, 2010 | Articles, Finance
Many people underestimate the contribution disease makes to the economy. In Britain, more than a million people are employed to diagnose and treat disease and care for the ill. Thousands of people build hospitals and surgeries, and many small and medium-size...