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 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...
by Bruce | June 5, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, M&A, Strategy
Apropos the results of the readership survey, which found a high number of respondents worried about the seemingly relentless consolidation of the legal industry—apparently from both those participating in the consolidation and those wanting to be left...
by Bruce | June 4, 2005 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, M&A, Strategy
"Inimitable" is grossly over-used, but I’m at a loss for words after reading Aric Press’s latest column introducing the current issue of The American Lawyer and recognizing again what an iconoclastic thinker he is. (Disclosure: Aric,...
by Bruce | June 2, 2005 | About the Site, Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Knowledge Management, Leadership, M&A, Marketing, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Technology strategy
The long-awaited results (speaking for myself, at least) of the famous first-ever "Adam Smith, Esq." Reader Survey are now in, and I hasten to share them with you, dear reader, as audience participation was extremely strong, and gratifying. My...
by Bruce | May 31, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
"More Lawyers Flee Megafirms" is the intriguing headline from The National Law Journal, which sounds like an invitation to an article exploring the commonly-received-wisdom that the AmLaw 200 are consolidating–and debunking it. Guess again. The...
