Law Firm Leadership and Strategy - Page 22
Kirkland shortens equity partner track to reward best talent in record deal markets
Salaried partners given earlier chance to make coveted equity status in latest reflection of hyper-competitive market for talent
Hogan Lovells taps Watson Farley & Williams for corporate M&A team in Germany
Hires include WFW Frankfurt office head Torsten Rosenboom and fellow partner Christoph Naumann
All change at the top at Hausfeld as founder steps down
Women take UK and US managing partner roles as firm’s co-chairs step up to replace Michael Hausfeld
Baker McKenzie turns to Paris-based global projects head as it rebuilds Africa leadership team
Global firm appoints new Africa chief following controversy over leadership of Johannesburg arm
Slaughter and May raids Freshfields to secure first COO
Move completes modernisation of Magic Circle UK firm's management structure following election of first managing partner
Almost one-in-three UK law firms actively considering stock exchange listing, survey finds
Some 31% of firms eyeing potential share sale at some point in the next 12-18 months, according to Habour
IBA's annual law firm management conference goes virtual for 2021
Free-to-attend event supported by the IBA Law Firm Management Committee will take place on 3 December
McCann Fitzgerald becomes an LLP as it elects new managing partner
Irish firm latest of Big Seven to change legal status; Stephen Holst set to take over next April from Barry Devereux
Sidley introduces leadership-oriented career development track for associates
Chicago firm's new programme includes paid-for access to external MBA-level executive leadership training and opportunity to earn new enhanced job titles
Talent wars pose greatest risk to law firms' prospects but outlook remains 'bullish', survey finds
Leaders have definitively shifted their focus from cost cutting to standing out in a hypercompetitive market and using tech to build value
Allen & Overy flags energy consumption 'step change' as it chooses new London headquarters
Firm will move to Broadgate redevelopment in 2026/27 ending 20-year stint in nearby Spitalfields
Milbank moves into new London home after Covid-19 relocation delay
Wall Street firm takes larger space and brings employees under one roof after occupying two buildings
Pérez-Llorca moves London office from City to Mayfair to be nearer international fund clients
Three lawyers from firm's Spanish offices also set to join resident partner Álvaro Ramírez de Haro in new location
Perkins Coie relocates to Chicago's recently opened Bank of America Tower
Seattle firm takes up slightly smaller footprint in three storeys with focus on collaboration and employee wellbeing
Only 27% of Manhattan lawyers are back in the office, study finds
Numbers expected to surge to 61% in January, according to The Partnership of New York