by Kevin Livingston | Featured Article, Latest News
Law firms and other businesses around the globe are voicing growing concern over the Russia-Ukraine crisis. In the short term, however, EU and U.S. sanctions are also creating work for lawyers on the ground. Although foreign firms have expressed trepidation about...
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London has long been known as a city where white men have largely run the show, although some say that changing. But is it in the legal market, which has seen dwindling female partnership numbers in recent years? To celebrate International Women’s Day, the Lord Mayor...
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The law firm SORAINEN has won the “Baltic Law Firm of the Year” award at the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) European Awards 2014, according to a firm statement. Reimo Hammerberg, regional head of the SORAINEN Banking & Finance Team, said, “during 2013...
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Law firm mergers have always been tricky and history has shown they often don’t work very well. But there is an uptick in merger activity with 88 firms merging in the United States last year, according to a study by legal consulting firm Altman Weill. The reason...
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Many say the answer is yes. Recent reports show that a growing number of law firms and general counsel clients are seeking alternative fee arrangements and many firms have dumped the practice altogether, leaving lawyers to say a shift away from the billable hour is...
