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
Law firms like their clients are looking to new markets to balance declining or at best flat revenues at home. For some this means a greater focus on established markets, forging new alliances or even
Senior lawyers moves January- February 2011
A new pan-European IP firm has emerged out of Howrey just as the US firm enters into merger talks with another US-based firm, Winston & Strawn.
The Spanish legal arm of KPMG has announced that it is to absorb Madrid-based commercial boutique Castro Sueiro & Varela Abogados, with the integration of the firm’s 26 lawyers into KPMG’s office in the Spanish
Lawyers, marketing and communication departments all have a role to play in communicating knowledge to clients
Garrigues’ culture is very much more about the firm than the individual, say its leadership. It may have fewer stars than other firms its size, but it undoubtedly has a stronger institution.
Mozambique has recently undertaken a complete overhaul of its exchange control regime with the objective of promoting the free movement of goods, capital, services, and people.Last year it enacted a new Foreign Exchange Law
In the current business climate the continued rigid application of competition law rules can play a vital role in helping to encourage economic recovery
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
