by Bruce | April 28, 2006 | Articles, Finance, Globalization
The AmLaw 100 for 2005 is out. Here are two different slices of the Top Quartile: By percentage growth in revenue 2005 vs. 2004 (I actually give you the top 27 since the first two are not meaningful): 2005 Rank 2004 Rank Firm 2005 Gross Revenue Change From 2004...
by Bruce | April 20, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Marketing, Strategy, Technology strategy
In the classic "The Innovator’s Dilemma," Clayton Christensen analyzed how companies at the top of their game, with brilliant and successful products, and focused on their core clients, could be undercut and eventually dethroned by small, pesky...
by Bruce | April 12, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
From a New York-based Latham & Watkins partner whom I consider a friend comes word for those of you who may have missed it that Clint Stevenson, the firm’s Managing Partner from 1967 through 1989, died on March 31, 2006 in Los Angeles, California at the age...
by Bruce | April 10, 2006 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
"Lawyers and innovation are not words that people automatically put together," is how the FT starts its announcement of the launch of a ranking of the most innovative law firms, and individual lawyers, co-sponsored by the accountancy BDO Stoy Hayward and...
by Bruce | April 7, 2006 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, M&A, Strategy
Globalization of the Legal Profession Indiana University School of Law/Bloomington Thursday, April 6, 2006: 8:30am—5:00 pm As noted, I attended this conference this past week, and I wanted to summarize a few of the highlights of the presentations. Chris McKenna...
by Bruce | April 5, 2006 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
Although the US press doesn’t seem to have picked up on it yet, Reed Smith is merging with London’s Richards Butler to create a 1300-lawyer firm with annual revenue projected to be $725-million. Richards Butler is a 75-year-old, top-30 City of London...
