by Bruce | June 9, 2010 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
Journalistic wisdom, or maybe it’s just engaging newsroom lore passed down, has it that one anecdote is a story but three anecdotes constitute a trend. If so, Dear Reader, we have a trend: Mayer Brown has been in secret merger talks with Simmons & Simmons as...
by Bruce | May 27, 2010 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Strategy
So what’s on everyone’s mind here? Actually, the same things that are on everyone’s minds in the US, although the Brits express it in their own unmistakable and uniquely articulate ways. Here are the key topics: The Hogan/Lovells,...
by Bruce | May 4, 2010 | Articles, Leadership, Strategy
qual-i-ty: L qualitas 1a: peculiar and essential character […] 2a: degree of excellence, caliber … 2b: degree of conformance to a standard (as of product or workmanship)… 4a: special or distinguishing attribute, characteristic. –Webster’s...
by Bruce | April 25, 2010 | Articles, Strategy
Wired recently named a new phenomenon the “good-enough revolution.” You can see it in the juxtaposition of the iPad and the Flip video camera. When Steve Jobs introduced the iPad (not unlike what he’s said with many other over-the-top Apple product...
by Bruce | April 21, 2010 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Strategy
“Indian law group names City leaders in call for action against foreign firms” read the headline in LegalWeek a few days ago. The (brief) article goes on to explain that a group called the Association of Indian Lawyers filed a petition for a writ...
by Bruce | April 8, 2010 | Articles, Finance, Practice Group Management, Profiles of Individuals, Strategy
Last week I had a chance to sit down with Howard Altarescu of Orrick, who I felt compelled to get to know better when he was the first, and still the only, person to know the answer to a question I like to pose, whenever I have the chance, to groups of lawyers...