by Bruce | June 30, 2004 | Articles, Globalization
And, for the record, the Global 100 (most recent listing). This article also provides background to how some of the UK firms rank as highly as they do, and what’s behind their profitability strategies. In a word, "leverage." UK firms in the...
by Bruce | June 26, 2004 | Articles, Globalization
For a variety of reasons, most reflecting what the common wisdom would view as inexorable global trends, the once-sleepy arena of client conflicts is increasingly visible and problematic. In the UK, the Law Society (more or less analogous to the ABA) is...
by Bruce | June 23, 2004 | Articles, Globalization
Using client-conflicts ethics rules as a tactical offensive weapon may not be entirely new, but a high-profile case out of the UK that saw Slaughter & May oust Freshfields as the counsel of choice to Philip Green (attempting to take over Marks & Spencer) may...
by Bruce | June 5, 2004 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Technology strategy
I for one am surprised this hasn’t happened sooner, but outsourcing administrative and staff functions—if not yet paralegal and even attorney functions—just got a high-visibility boost from the entry of Hildebrandt consulting into the sector. ...
by Bruce | May 27, 2004 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Just Plain Interesting
I rarely if ever will use this blog for editorial purposes, but as a securities lawyer who chose that practice specialty primarily out of my (economist’s) immense respect for the United States’ capital markets—an area where we have a comparative...
by Bruce | May 3, 2004 | Articles, Globalization
Sarbanes-Oxley "lite" in the European Union? CFO Magazine has a nice discussion of the state of financial regulatory reform in Europe, especially in the wake of the Parmalat meltdown and scandal, which deeply implicated some of the key banks funding...
