by Bruce | March 12, 2010 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Strategy
Not every day do we get what appears to be good news on the much bruited-about topic of the US’s global competitiveness. But courtesy of today’s FT we have just that, in New York ties with London for finance crown. A consultancy with the...
by Bruce | March 8, 2010 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Strategy
This weekend I received by courier from the UK the just-released report The Next Wave: Globalization After the Crisis, published by Jomati Consultants LLP, the London-based affiliate of Adam Smith, Esq.  If you don’t know Jomati, you should:  Based in the...
by Bruce | February 23, 2010 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
Earnings Season is now in full throat, and we’re beginning to see a remarkably consistent pattern emerge: Revenues essentially flat to down 10% Profits flat to slightly down-but PPP flat or even up a bit I generalize, of course. But here is some of the evidence...
by Bruce | February 19, 2010 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
The Law Society of England & Wales recently published Nick Jarrett-Kerr’s Strategy for Law Firms: After the Legal Services Act, and Nick was kind enough to send me a copy for my perusal. (Disclosure: I’ve known Nick for years, although we have never...
by Bruce | February 5, 2010 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Fourteen years ago, Greenberg Traurig wasn’t in the AmLaw 100, and today it’s #10. Their CEO during this entire period–until he stepped down lastweek–was Cesar Alvarez, now age 62. When he became CEO of the firm, it was a “small but...
by Bruce | January 28, 2010 | Articles, Finance, Globalization
The final agenda for the “Business of Law” program, this coming Monday, February 1st, at LegalTech/New York has just been released. Please take a look here, and sign up here. Hope to see you there!