Interview with...
The managing partner of DLA Piper in Germany talks about his firm’s recent growth, the competition for talent, and looking out for the next big trend
Dr Parameswaran, you joined the firm almost a decade ago and have been managing partner for six years. In your opinion, what’s changed most within that time? Having started as a greenfield operation in Germany only 15 years ago without building on a legacy firm, we are now very well established in the German legal …
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The Legal 500 view
Barnaby Merrill reports on the Baltic nation’s stable legal market which, despite a downturn in M&A transactions, is reaping returns from increased dispute activity across the real estate, tax, and public sectors
Estonia has maintained its strong transactional environment despite concerns over an economic downturn, with the country’s favourable regulatory environment remaining attractive for foreign and domestic businesses. Estonia’s long-standing record of low taxes and favourable regulation, combined with the country’s innovative approaches to attracting investment, such as the nation’s e-residency scheme, has long seen the Baltic …
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William Farrington looks at the latest legal market developments from the Nordic’s largest nation
Senior partner departures, lateral team hires, boutique firm establishments – these are all gold dust for Legal 500 researchers seeking to determine which are the serious players in any given legal market. I have covered some countries – such as India, Malta, and Nigeria – where these changes are few and far between. On the …
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Diversity and inclusion
The Diversity Lab announcement regarding the Move the Needle Fund (‘MTN’) in September 2019 revealed the most ambitious, public, and collaborative effort by global law firms to achieve measurable diversity goals. The participating law firms have set aggressive five-year diversity goals and will publicly report on their progress and the actions they take to achieve …
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Editor's views
A focus on talent, employee engagement, and innovation are vital for the offshore world in 2020, argues Ogier’s global managing partner, Ed Mackereth
It is easy to talk a good game when it comes to putting people at the heart of what you do but, in a global market where uncertainty is rife and there are more known unknowns causing sleepless nights than ever before, one of the few things we can all be sure of (apart from …
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Law firm management
With consistent tier 1 status in The Legal 500 rankings within the areas of finance, REITs, and tax in the US guide, and banking, M&A, and projects in the Latin America guide, Helen Donegan, US editor (content) at The Legal 500, recently sat down with Evan Cohen to take a closer look at the strategy behind the growing success of Clifford Chance’s US team
When you’re asked to lead a region identified as the top strategic priority for one of the world’s largest globally integrated firms, you are faced with two distinct but intertwined challenges: supporting your firm’s global ambitions while also developing a domestic strategy that addresses the challenges unique to your local market. It’s no easy task. …
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Paralegals are not going away, so why not make use of them, argues Amanda Hamilton, CEO of the National Association of Licenced Paralegals
For a top legal firm, productivity and profitability are probably the two main concerns for the business. All the more reason to consider the value of paralegals and what they can do for you. Paralegals are emergent as the go-to profession for the assistance they can give to consumers, but the value that the paralegal …
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Interview with...
Candey’s managing partner talks about the culture of a disputes-only firm, the challenges and opportunities facing litigation boutiques, robot armies, and why it’s important for a leader to retain their humanity and humour
For readers who don’t know you or Candey well, please provide us with a brief history of you and your firm. Founded in 2009, we have grown into an international litigation boutique of 25 fee earners. We are a mix of solicitors and barristers undertaking large scale multi-million pound global and cross-border litigation with a …
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Interview with...
The managing partner of Gide Loyrette Nouel talks about the importance of collaborative partners, establishing an Innovation Commission, and investing in your top talent
How would you define your firm’s culture? Gide has always been a pioneer on the market: for instance, we were the first French firm to set up in Brussels in 1967. Agility is also part of our culture; we have always adapted to our client’s needs with our unique platform of diverse practices and specialties. …
Continue reading “Stéphane Puel: The ties that bind a partnership”
