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Paul Hodkinson
Paul Hodkinson is the Editor-In-Chief of Law.com International. Before joining the company in late 2018, he was the Deputy Editor and Comment Editor of Financial News, part of Dow Jones. He has also held roles as Acting Editor of Financial News and Editor of Private Equity News and has written for The Wall Street Journal as well as numerous private equity publications in the U.S. It is his second stint at Legal Week, after he worked at the publication between 2002 and 2008. [email protected]
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July 30, 2023
Who Will Stand Up for the Little Guy?
Litigation funding, so often under attack, is on the ropes in some regions, but it is dangerous to assume the industry works well without it, writes the Global Lawyer.
By Paul Hodkinson
6 minute read
July 20, 2023
SRA's 'Bureaucratic Ineptitude' Stifles Industry Growth, Burford CEO Says
Christopher Bogart says it is a 'tragedy' that the UK legal regulator has caused the country to miss the opportunities of market liberalization reforms.
By Paul Hodkinson
4 minute read
July 14, 2023
UK Law Firm Revenues are Up But Profits are Down. Why?
A look at the reasons why this phenomenon is occurring in the early financial results suggests a rapidly rising challenge in balancing the books, The London Lawyer argues.
By Paul Hodkinson | Krishnan Nair
4 minute read
July 9, 2023
Law Firms Should Halt Their Generative AI Investments. Here's Why
Firms should be wary of spending money in an inflated investment market for AI when there is a more urgent matter at hand, writes The Global Lawyer.
By Paul Hodkinson
5 minute read
June 22, 2023
Permira GC Pick Shines Light On Clifford Chance's Alumni, But the Future Belongs to US Law Firms
Despite an ex-CC lawyer rising to GC at a major PE firm, the new generation of in-house leaders are set to be from U.S. firms, argues the London Lawyer.
By Paul Hodkinson
4 minute read
June 18, 2023 | North America
The Hidden Reason Behind Big Law's Layoffs
It is too easy to blame all the job cuts on market conditions, there is something else going on and it is more worrying for juniors, writes the Global Lawyer.
By Paul Hodkinson
5 minute read
June 6, 2023
Despite the Effort, Structural Blockers, Not Ennui, Stall Law Firm Diversity Efforts
The more law firm leaders I encounter, the more I believe the main problem is the built-in structural issue that causes relatively diversified annual junior intakes to experience alarming dropout rates further down the line.
By Paul Hodkinson
4 minute read
May 28, 2023
A&O-Shearman Combo is Just the First Domino in the Merger Rally
The pressure on the likes of Ashurst, Clifford Chance, O'Melveny, Pillsbury and others to also do a deal has suddenly intensified, writes the Global Lawyer.
By Paul Hodkinson
6 minute read
May 22, 2023
A&O Shearman Needs 75% Partnership Approval to Get Merger Done
The firms' leaders insist they are confident of getting the required partner support at a vote to take place this summer.
By Jack Womack | Paul Hodkinson
2 minute read
May 22, 2023
A&O Shearman's Big Gamble
The transatlantic merger announcement was slick, but a lot still needs to be worked out, including that pesky little issue of getting the partners to vote it through.
By Paul Hodkinson
5 minute read
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