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International Edition | Commentary
From A&O Shearman to India: What We'll Still Be Talking About in Five Years' Time
By Paul Hodkinson | December 10, 2023
The last 12 months have given the industry law firm collapses, splits, ransomware attacks and scandals, but the year will be remembered for other things, writes the Global Lawyer.
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International Edition | Commentary
The Ripple Effects Flowing Through the Global Legal Industry
By Lisa Shuchman | December 3, 2023
By definition, a ripple effect occurs when a disturbance occurs in a system and moves outward to shake up an increasingly larger part of that system. And so it is in the legal industry—whether it be caused by salary wars, cybersecurity risks, artificial intelligence or geopolitics, writes The Global Lawyer.
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A Glimpse Into 2024's M&A Market
By Krishnan Nair | November 26, 2023
If the major funds are wheeling towards private credit, infrastructure and energy, then so are the largest law firms, writes The Global Lawyer.
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International Edition | Commentary
Some Things are More Important than Corporate Law
By Paul Hodkinson | November 19, 2023
The Israel-Gaza conflict and threats to the rule of law in various countries are putting the importance of daily commercial legal practice into perspective, writes the Global Lawyer.
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Like Cash, the Days of Holding Client Data Are Numbered
By Krishnan Nair | November 12, 2023
Cyber attacks on A&O and Kirkland, as well as changing regulations, may engender an age in which large firms no longer hold client data, writes The Global Lawyer.
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International Edition | Commentary
In the Law Firm-Client Relationship, Law Firms Are Playing a Dangerous Game
By Lisa Shuchman | November 5, 2023
Law firms are raising rates to protect and increase profits. Corporate legal departments are cutting costs and bringing more work in-house. Where does this leave the legal industry?
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International Edition | Commentary
Freshfields' Perilous Journey to the New World
By Paul Hodkinson | October 29, 2023
With US partners now calling the shots, the longstanding UK legal institution faces a nervous wait for its American operation to start boosting firmwide profits writes the Global Lawyer.
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Dentons Should Be Applauded, Not Pilloried, for Changing its Israel-Gaza Response
By Krishnan Nair | October 22, 2023
Law firms erring as Dentons had is vanishingly rare. But, given the wave of global discord that the Israel-Gaza war has caused, I think they can be forgiven, writes The Global Lawyer.
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International Edition | Commentary
The Sound of Silence is Getting Louder: Sometimes Law Firms Just Have to Speak Out
By Lisa Shuchman | October 16, 2023
In the aftermath of last week's brutal attacks on Israel by Hamas militants, it became clear that global law firms do not operate in a bubble. They must demonstrate that they hold a set of values and stand for something beyond revenue and profits. It's what the German philosopher Immanuel Kant called "following a moral imperative." Today we call it "doing the right thing."
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International Edition | Commentary
Why Quinn, CMS and Nishimura Offices Openings are More Than They Seem
By Paul Hodkinson | October 8, 2023
Law firms' international expansion efforts are sometimes part of a bigger strategy that reveals how they are positioning themselves, writes the Global Lawyer.
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