by Bruce | March 29, 2007 | Articles, Globalization, Innovative Managing Partners, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Profiles of Individuals, Strategy
"A freezing rain was falling one March afternoon in Tarrytown, New York, and I was thinking about frogs." Does that sound like the proper introduction for an AmLaw 30 Firm Chair to use for an article with the theme, as he says farther on, that "I expect...
by Bruce | March 15, 2007 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Earlier, I wrote about the 12th annual "Law Firm Leaders Forum" held in San Francisco last week, which I was able to attend as a guest of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, whose Chairman & CEO, Ralph Baxter, has been a sponsor of the event from the...
by Bruce | March 9, 2007 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Whether or not your firm has a private equity practice, you’re surely familiar with its just this side of astonishing rise over the past half decade or so. And if you’re like me you’ve asked yourself, "Who are those guys?" What...
by Bruce | January 24, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Practice Group Management, Strategy
The coverage has been wall-to-wall, if not deafening, and two things we do not do here at "Adam Smith, Esq." (there are others, trust me) are (1) cover breaking news; and (2) tell you things that we know you already know. So I haven’t yet...
by Bruce | January 4, 2007 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Strategy
I got the news on my BlackBerry early this afternoon, but it’s all over the place now (WSJ, American Lawyer, Bloomberg [where yours truly is quoted]): The Dewey-Orrick merger is not to be. I’m sorry. I felt from the beginning it held great...
by Bruce | December 15, 2006 | Articles, M&A
It’s not every day one is quoted in The New York Times, and I will not feign false modesty. (The context was my 2¢’s on what the Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham/Preston Gates and Ellis merger may have to portend about regional...
