by Bruce | November 17, 2007 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Strategy
As we’ve known since October 19, Reed Smith reached agreement to merge with Richards Butler Hong Kong, nearly a year after completing its merger with Richards Butler (UK) in London. The agreement will add about $60-million in revenue and a little over 110...
by Bruce | November 9, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Twenty years and a few months ago (apologies for missing the actual anniversary), the merger of Clifford Turner and Coward Chance was announced, which changed the landscape of our industry forever. Not just in the City of London, but across the globe....
by Bruce | October 31, 2007 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
As some of you doubtless know, I’m a Stanford Law graduate and, both on general principles and more pointedly with undying gratitude for the rigorous and exciting analytic education it gave me, a loyal one. (Stanford could learn volumes from Princeton when...
by Bruce | October 22, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Marketing, Practice Group Management
This past Thursday morning at the offices of White & Case, I had the opportunity to participate in presenting the results of a survey of how professional service firms (primarily law firms) set strategy. Held under the auspices of the Managing...
by Bruce | October 16, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Marketing, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management
What do the stories "Qualcomm Meets a Stern Judge" and "Banking Giant Pioneers Adviser League Table" have in common? The first is about Southern District of California U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Major coming out swinging against lawyers involved...
by Bruce | October 12, 2007 | Articles, Finance, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Sustaining our firm’s culture is critically important. Professional development and mentoring are the only way to sustain our pipeline of talent. Knowledge transfer across generational divides (including institutional knowledge) is essential to our continued...
