by Bruce | July 18, 2014 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
We’re just back from a week in London—coincidentally smack in the middle of the UK firms’ earnings-release season—and for reasons far more profound than that annual roll call of bragging rights, the level of preoccupation with the future in the great City...
by Bruce | July 7, 2014 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy
Lots of loose language has been tossed about lately on the topic of “disruption,” and it may be time for a bit of perspective. McKinsey, never late to a trend, published Strategic principles for competing in the digital age a few weeks ago, noting that...
by Bruce | June 24, 2014 | Articles, Finance, M&A, Strategy
Law firm merger talk seems more in the air than ever, with deals and rumors of deals abounding and redoubtable resources such as Altman Weil’s MergerLine reporting record levels of activity. We would like to believe we’re relatively impervious to being...
by Bruce | June 13, 2014 | Articles, Branding, Client Relationships, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
I call it the Hollow Middle, but Knowledge@Wharton prefers “Disappearing Middle.” Here’s what, writing in their pages, the CEO of the Cambridge Group, identified as “a growth strategy consulting firm that is part of Nielsen,” has to say...
by Bruce | June 9, 2014 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Recruiting, Strategy
For those of you who may have missed it, we refer you forthwith to Brian Dalton’s latest column on Above The Law, “Is There a Business Case for More Female BigLaw Partners?” Anyone with a scintilla of conscience can only look at the information...
by Bruce | June 3, 2014 | Articles, Business Models, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
Brief thoughts prompted by the release a few days ago of the AmLaw Second Hundred. These are firms ##101—200 in the AmLaw ranking, and by and large they’re regional shops based in secondary metropolitan areas, or small shops in primary cities, or specialists....