Law Firm Leadership and Strategy - Page 23
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
Kennedys hires former government adviser to lead data transformation drive
Antonio Acuña, honoured for 'services to transparency and open data', joins in new role as head of data strategy
Bird & Bird unveils CEO David Kerr’s successor as marathon 26-year term draws to a close
Commercial law specialist Christian Bartsch to take over in April; firm underlines care taken over succession planning
Barnes & Thornburg elects veteran litigator as next managing partner
Andrew Detherage to succeed Robert Grand in late 2022
Steptoe & Johnson elects litigation partner and general counsel as first woman chair
Gwendolyn Prothro Renigar, who also serves as vice chair, will succeed Philip West in January
White & Case raises UK newly qualified salaries to £140k as pay war rages in London
New York firm is the latest of a string of US players battling it out to attract and retain talent in hypercompetitive London market
Davis Polk lands tax partner from Cleary Gottlieb in New York
Corey Goodman is the latest lawyer to join the Wall Street firm since it scrapped its pure lockstep system last year
US law firm leasing activity rebounds to highest level since onset of pandemic
Long-term leases and relocations have fuelled a resurgence in leasing activity in Q3, new report shows
Fieldfisher announces successor to long-standing managing partner Chissick
Robert Shooter to begin next May following end of Michael Chissick’s decade in the role
Longtime Paul Hastings chairman to step down after two decades in the role
Seth Zachary will be succeeded by New York-based leveraged finance partner Frank Lopez in October 2022