While world events may have caused a retrenchment from globalization over the past year, they have only made law firms with a global perspective all the more in demand.

Even as billable hours are receding, clients are increasingly desperate for guidance around changing international regulatory frameworks and their best path to global success. As law firms try to meet these needs, they themselves are facing an intense patchwork of geopolitical pressures that make operating in multiple jurisdictions a delicate balancing act.