As client issues become increasingly complex, working collaboratively to provide solutions is critical. But Professor Laura Empson and David Morley ask: can leaders maintain a collaborative culture in the world of remote working? Client issues tend to be sprawling and ...
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Feed SubscriptionGuest comment: the global/local leadership conundrum
Leading a professional firm with offices spread across multiple countries always creates a tension between global and local priorities. Professor Laura Empson and David Morley argue that what feels like a leadership challenge, is actually a deeper and very human struggle. ...
Read More »Guest comment: Whatever happened to the heroes?
Traditional leadership models suggest people hanker for a hero in time of crisis. That’s an unfamiliar and uncomfortable role for law firm leaders say Professor Laura Empson and David Morley What do people look for in their leaders when crisis ...
Read More »Sponsored briefing: Taking a holistic view of a US law partner’s income to secure property
How does Investec assess foreign currency income and assets when examining affordability? This is a question we get asked frequently, because not all lenders have the ability to look at complex income streams such as foreign currency or lumpy profit ...
Read More »‘Let’s tear up the rule book’ – Boies chief sets out her stall for a radical rethink of the elite law firm model
If law firms are to survive and thrive, they must dramatically modernise the way they work and serve their clients; they must become more adaptable, flexible and collaborative if they are to prosper. While clients have accelerated and evolved in ...
Read More »Build Back Better: Two things associates need to know (and neither is ‘how to code’)
The other day we were presenting a webinar on ‘The Lawyer of the Future’ to a firm’s summer associate class, now in the midst of their remote June and July programme, and the question came up, ‘What do associates need ...
Read More »Guest comment: An argument for outside investment in law firms for the post-Covid era
More than a decade after the 2008 global financial crisis, the world finds itself gripped by a pandemic and the resulting economic turmoil. As we saw in 2008, law firms won’t escape the impact of the recession, particularly as clients ...
Read More »Leadership in a crisis (or how to build the ship while sailing it)
The Covid-19 crisis is creating a lot of learning and insight across the legal sector and the wider communities in which we work and live. Much of this revolves around actions that organisations and their leaders are taking to navigate ...
Read More »Comment: Letter from New York – Assessing the world’s top law hub now and after the crisis
Regular readers are familiar with our custom of penning ‘Letters from…’ when we’ve spent time in a major city and want to offer some observations and commentary on that legal market. We’re not travelling. That can mean only one thing: ...
Read More »Comment: A triumph of hope over experience – Lateral hiring needs an upgrade for the post-Covid era
Law firm leaders are getting restless. They are beginning to look past Covid-19 to what comes next. Even if finances remain a concern, there are fewer ‘unknown unknowns’. The process for getting people back to the office is mapped out. ...
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