Interviews and Profiles

‘ESG is a major topic for all our clients’: Baker & McKenzie’s Katia Boneva-Desmicht

Law firm executive discusses defending luxury brands and the rising importance of ESG legislation

‘Being trusted doesn’t actually mean anything unless you’re the most trusted’: trust building expert Stefan Grafe

Mext Consulting’s Stefan Grafe talks about how law firms can build greater client trust and win more business

‘The big opportunity with GenAI is the holy grail of all marketing: one-to-one client engagement at scale’

MyMai’s Michael Idinopulos discusses how law firms and business development teams can use AI to increase opportunity generation

Luxury Law’s summer reading suggestions

As the summer season winds down, members of our Luxury Law Alliance Advisory Board recommend some of their most recent reads

‘The market is dynamic and fragmented’ – Gadens’ CEO on its top tier ambitions

Mark Pistilli outlines the national Australian firm’s strategy ahead of its Canberra merger

Top legal trends in the luxury superyacht market in 2024

Foster Garvey lawyers Kevin Frisch and Erika Johnson discuss insights from the recent SuperYacht Law Summit and other trends affecting the luxury yacht market

‘Every day that I work with Ferretti, I say wow’: GC Niccoló Pallesi

Luxury yacht executive discusses his career path, ringing the bell at the Boursa Italiana, the value of respect and two great private client events

‘Doing the right thing isn’t just morally imperative; it’s become a competitive necessity’: Belmond GC Abbi Hunt

Luxury Law London Summit Chair talks about building community, the role of in-house luxury counsel, supporting women at work and her biggest luxury

‘If you want to stand out, be yourself and own it’: New York fashion designer Aysha Saeed

Aysha NY founder talks about emigrating to the US, design influences, the importance of personal style and building her own label

‘Couture is the perfect model for sustainability’: Atelier Tammam founder Lucy Tammam

Loeb & Loeb’s Melanie Howard and British designer Lucy Tammam discuss the complexities of navigating sustainability in today’s fashion industry

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Get to know the finalists for Woman of the Year at the Women and Diversity in Law Awards – part four

Ahead of the Women & Diversity in Law Awards in March, we profile the shortlisted contenders for the prestigious Woman of the Year Award

Get to know the finalists for Woman of the Year at the Women and Diversity in Law Awards – part three

Ahead of the Women & Diversity in Law Awards in March, we profile the shortlisted contenders for the prestigious Woman of the Year Award

Women & Diversity in Law Awards – the candidates in the running for Woman of the Year

Ahead of the Women & Diversity in Law Awards in March, we profile the shortlisted contenders for the prestigious Woman of the Year Award

Q&A: top 10 trends in cosmetics, beauty and fragrance

Bird & Bird’s Nicola Conway says sectors will show more resilience, with the global beauty industry achieving significant growth

Q&A: fashion law in review

Foley & Lardner partner Laura Ganoza reviews 2023 and previews the top 2024 cases, deals and trends

‘It is key that the legal function is an enabler rather than an inhibitor of ideas’: luxury executive Daniel Feith

Oracle Solicitors’ Tim Fongern talks with REAWAKE co-CEO Daniel Feith about the company’s move into second-hand luxury, sustainability concerns, the challenges of counterfeiting and plans for growth

The swift rise of a ‘wonderful role model’ to the UK Supreme Court

Dame Ingrid Simler has impeccable diversity credentials, writes Ben Rigby

Counterfeiting linked to abuse of people and economy

Eve Alexander, head of intelligence analysis at the UK’s Intellectual Property Office, examines the sweeping changes in the counterfeiting landscape over the last decade

'You can be an effective litigator in multiple different ways’: Allen & Overy’s Lisa Nguyen

West Coast IP partner on how clients increasingly recognise the value of looking more broadly for talent

IP offices can’t take their business for granted in a changing world, says INTA’s CEO

Etienne Sanz De Acedo discusses the future of IP offices, the damage wreaked by counterfeiting and piracy and how IP is not just for the big corporations

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