by Bruce | November 15, 2005 | About the Site, Articles, Globalization, M&A, Strategy
Bloomberg Radio interviewed me live early yesterday afternoon in connection with the release of the 2005 National Law Journal 250 rankings—and specifically about the reasons behind the 4.4% jump in headcount (the largest year over year increase since 2001). The...
by Bruce | November 12, 2005 | Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
I’ve written previously of my firm conviction that it’s people who make the times and not the times who make the people, and we’ve seen it in action again vis-a-vis the demise of Coudert. The two firms who pounced on the situation the fastest...
by Bruce | November 4, 2005 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
The AmLaw Global 100 is now out, and here they are. Quick initial impressions, with more considered analysis to follow: Next year it will definitely take $1-billion to make the top ten. For comparison, two publicly traded companies that have almost exactly...
by Bruce | November 1, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Strategy
It comes as news to no one that mergers have recently been changing the legal landscape. Tony Williams and I share the view that we are witnessing the transformation of the industry’s fundamental structure, into a form that may endure for decades going...
by Bruce | October 6, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
Mergers are here to stay. If you believe that (I do), then it’s worth a moment to explore how to do them right, and what can be learned from this who have gone before—most famously, perhaps, the 2000 tie-up of Clifford-Chance and Rogers & Wells. ...
by Bruce | September 8, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, M&A, Strategy
The Lawyer is out with their annual "UK 100" (for 2005), and it shows that while the Magic Circle is pulling away ("going galactic," as they gaily put it), the interesting action is in what they newly dub the "Silver Circle," or the...