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 …
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 …
Continue reading “Going further to move the needle on diversity and inclusion”
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 …
Continue reading “Sweden’s ‘one-stop-shop’ versus the ‘best-of-breed’”
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 …
Continue reading “Estonia’s legal market – serene despite economic uncertainty”
Interview with...
Finnegan’s managing partner speaks with Helen Donegan, US editor (content), about taking on the role in July 2019, his plans and priorities, and what makes Finnegan stand out
Given your experience in having studied mechanical engineering and then working as a space engineer at NASA, why then did you decide to study law and pursue a legal career? Law was not a career track for me when I was an undergrad. I really did see myself working as an engineer and actually continuing …
Continue reading “Anand Sharma: We are distinctly different”
Practice management
With consistent tier 1 placement within The Legal 500 rankings, US editor (content), Helen Donegan takes a closer look at Kirkland & Ellis’ New York litigation team to find out what they attribute to this success, and what factors are involved in building a top tier litigation practice
Kirkland & Ellis benefits from a well-resourced and expert New York litigation team comprised of over 80 lawyers – including 25 partners and over 50 associates. These individuals are a key team within the overall figure of 700 Kirkland & Ellis litigators worldwide, and were described within The Legal 500’s 2019 US guide as being …
Continue reading “Building and sustaining a top tier litigation practice”
Interview with...
Good decisions are often not recognised as such due to poor understanding of why they are being made, says Cains’ managing director
How would you define Cains’ culture and how important is that culture to you? Although Cains is one of the longest established law firms on the Isle of Man, we are a modern and progressive firm and our culture, which I believe is unique and sets us apart from other Isle of Man law firms, …
Continue reading “Peter Clucas: When running a firm, expect the unexpected”
The client side
The Middle East business world moves into the 2020s with a number of tantalising possibilities as to how it will develop. Saudi Arabia has already set its stall out as a potentially disruptive force to the status quo, with a number of major economic and infrastructure projects planned – the vast King Abdullah Economic City …
Career development
As founder and senior partner at Al Tamimi & Company, the largest law firm in the Middle East, Essam Al Tamimi had played a prominent role in the Arabic-speaking legal scene for the past three decades. In 2016, he turned his attention to the lack of opportunities for younger lawyers emerging from the Arab League …
Continue reading “The future of Arab law: The Arab Lawyers Forum 2020 – London”