by Bruce | February 19, 2010 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
The Law Society of England & Wales recently published Nick Jarrett-Kerr’s Strategy for Law Firms: After the Legal Services Act, and Nick was kind enough to send me a copy for my perusal. (Disclosure: I’ve known Nick for years, although we have never...
by Bruce | June 9, 2009 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Doubtless over the weekend many of you read the NYT’s longish story, “A Study in Why Major Law Firms Are Shrinking.” Truth in labeling would have changed the headline to “A Profile of White & Case So Far This Year,” but perhaps that...
by Bruce | November 1, 2008 | About the Site, Articles, Globalization
Sometimes there’s no substitute for being there. This couuld be the introduction to a column about why technology, Web 2.0, and collaboration at a distance all add up to precisely zero threat to places like New York and London–making them, in fact, more...
by Bruce | October 28, 2008 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization
In the nearly five-year history of "Adam Smith, Esq.," you could have counted the number of guest columns on one finger. As of today, make that two. The following comes from E. Leigh Dance (see immediately below), who has a strong perspective on what...
by Bruce | October 22, 2008 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
We are surely living in times of manic-depressive equity and fixed-income markets ("We’ve made the future safe for Western financial institutions!" "No, we haven’t!). New York City itself can seem to be suffering from one gigantic case...