High profile investments by sovereign wealth funds has generated discussion and courted controversy, but also significantly raised hopes within the global investment community, says Peter Martyr, Chief Executive of Norton Rose.
The key issue facing law firms’ continued success is their ability to attract and retain a new generation of lawyers, and those that are most likely to succeed will be those most willing to embrace
CSR is now a key measure of public companies’ emphasis on environmental, social and governance issues, and under-performance may impact on both a company’s reputation and value, say Emmanuel Drai and Olivier du Mottay
The goal of multinational development institutions may be praiseworthy but often the application of their policies leaves much to be desired, says Ricard Fornesa Ribó, President of La Caixa.
Recent reforms have opened the way for non-lawyer partners and external investment in UK-based law firms but they may not necessarily take advantage of all that is on offer, says Stephen Denyer, International Development Partner
The future stability of the Western financial markets may ultimately depend on adapting new approaches to renumeration, believes Peter Cornell of Terra Firma Capital Partners.
Research suggests that the illiquidity characterising the international finance markets looks set to impact deal structures for the foreseeable future, say Tomas Gärdfors and James Dunnett of Norton Rose's European banking practice
Spain’s private equity sector must adapt to the new world in which it finds itself or risk potential failure, says Mark Heappey, managing director of 3i in Madrid.
The failure of US law firms to become truly multicultural and international in their scope is an opportunity for other legal markets says Charna E. Sherman, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP.
The former Chief lawyer at Microsoft, William Newkom, who is the new President at the American Bar Association (ABA) believes that politicians should not interfere in the administration of justice.
