by Bruce | June 16, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures
Cue the applause, please: Albeit somewhat cryptic, this strongly suggests Clifford Chance is making a concerted effort to return to something much closer to its traditional lockstep partner compensation model. Called "actively managed"...
by Bruce | June 15, 2005 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, M&A, Strategy
While I’ve never been to a psychic or a tarot reader, or consulted my horoscope except when presented with the most utterly content-free tabloid, I’m about to make a prediction: Coudert Brothers is grooming itself for a merger by shedding its less...
by Bruce | June 12, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
Just why is that "doing" Knowledge Management at law firms seems so hard? Is KM itself simply an ineffable concept, meaning that virtually no two people agree on what it means? (And that, when they then try to go about it, the results are what...
by Bruce | June 10, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
I wrote a few days ago about "the cautionary tale of Coudert," but with more background emerging from Legal Week’s excellent coverage, some additional insight into the firm’s truly alarming predicament is possible. Let me preface all I’m...
by Bruce | June 9, 2005 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
Now that pretty much everyone has tossed in their 2 cents on Thomas Friedman’s new book, "The Earth is Flat," to the point where a few people are saying enough is enough, I’d like to try to introduce a measured dose of calm and clarity about...
by Bruce | June 7, 2005 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
The percentage of AmLaw 200 firms with an office in New York is? 65%, with, according to The American Lawyer, more wannabe immigrants to New York in the wings. New York has always been known for two superficially contradictory, but I devoutly believe...
