Should the most senior lawyers within a business have a say in its strategic direction or should they stay out of the spotlight and stick to legal issues, asks Stephen Denyer
There is no doubting the scale of the crisis that we are facing, but law firms, like any other business, must remain optimistic, says Emilio Cuatrecasas
It is not enough for lawyers to merely adapt to the changes around them, they must effect change for the better, says Miquel Roca, President of Roca Junyent
The US Government has responded to the financial crisis with significantly increased supervision, regulation and enforcement, says Rodgin Cohen of Sullivan & Cromwell
Continental graduates may have superior technical legal knowledge than their Anglo-Saxon counterparts but their commercial know-how is vastly inferior, believes Jorge Bleck
The European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) recent Akzo Nobel decision is not a final setback but a new call for action in the battle for in-house privilege, says Werner Vanderhaeghe
A significant percentage of General Counsel want to be more influential within their businesses, but first they need to demonstrate how they add value and to design and adopt performance measurement criteria to demonstrate this
The divergent ethical principles and obligations imposed on lawyers confuses clients, limits cross-border practice, and restricts the ‘normal’ provision of legal services
Before being attractive to outside investors, UK law firms need to solve a number of key management challenges
The financial crisis has prompted differing responses by law firms, but if this means a return to a more “professional” approach it may be no bad thing, says Luis Riesgo of Jones Day in Madrid
