by Bruce | June 18, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Leadership, Marketing, Practice Group Management, Strategy
I’ve been friends with the folks at the London-based "Managing Partners’ Forum" for a couple of years, and tomorrow morning I’ll be speaking at their event, "Managing Clients Across Borders," here at Clifford Chance’s...
by Bruce | June 16, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Marking the 10th anniversary of the merger that created CMS Cameron McKenna, Managing Partner Dick Tyler has a piece in Legal Week reflecting on the past 10 years and the future. As he describes his goal for the article: "What has the profession as a whole...
by Bruce | June 13, 2007 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Bloomberg News ran a story yesterday headlined "Slater & Gordon Lifts Curtain on Global Law Firms Going Public," which features excerpts from interviews with seven people, including yours truly, offering their views on what the implications might...
by Bruce | May 26, 2007 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
As a manager, how do you balance the imperative of long-term strategic focus with the exigencies of day to day "incoming?" As a practitioner, how do you balance the demands of clients and deals with your well-intended resolutions to be a better...
by Bruce | May 23, 2007 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Strategy
As noted in the WSJ Law Blog, on law.com’s legal blog watch , and by my good friend Larry Ribstein, the Australian law firm Slater & Gordon, a personal injury specialist firm with 21 branches in the country and over 20,000 clients, became the first...
by Bruce | May 17, 2007 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
Dechert was #48 on the AmLaw 2001 and is #24 on the AmLaw 2006. Under the headline, "Dechert Cracks the Code for Am Law 100 Success," The American Lawyer tries to explain how the firm pulled it off. I wish the article were more successful...