The UK’s Legal Services Board is overseeing a rapidly diversifying legal market intended to benefit the sector and widen access to justice for consumers, says Chris Kenny
The winds of creative destruction are blowing through the corporate legal market, says Mari Soko of Saïd Business School, Oxford University
Spanish businesses must look to new markets to target and attract new sources of finance, says Iñigo Gómez-Jordana, Managing Partner of Allen & Overy in Spain
The State Aid available to Europe’s banking sector during the crisis was always intended to be a temporary measure but sadly remains in place, says Joaquín Almunia
The creation of new types of legal services “business” in the UK means that management expertise may be the defining factor for success in the legal market, says Stephen Mayson
Companies need to do more than have a corporate compliance programme they need to demonstrate it exists and that it works in practice, says Tyco Ombudsman María Hernández
The remit of general counsel is expanding to encompass more than mere legal advice to emerge as a major strategic corporate role, says Milton C. Regan of Georgetown Law School
Policies to promote deeper integration of Europe’s banks should be part of the solution to its financial problems, says the IMF´s Antonio Borges
Lawyers have a vital role to play in uniting and unifying legal systems, facilitating business and overcoming artificial barriers to justice, says ABA President Stephen N Zack
Portugal’s request for outside financial assistance presents an ultimate test of the country’s law firms’ strategies, says Pedro Cardigos
