Georgina Stanley
Georgina Stanley is the editor of Legal Week. She joined the magazine in October 2005 and has since written news, analysis and commentary about a range of leading UK and international commercial law firms, as well as trends in the profession. Before joining Legal Week she worked at several business titles, starting her journalism career at Euromoney.
October 30, 2014 | Legal Week
What law firm managers do next – the number of firm leaders returning to fee-earning roles is growing fastNot too long ago, the career timeline of a law firm manager was fairly standard: qualify at firm, make partner, make practice/regional head, assume firmwide leadership position towards the latter stages of your legal career and retire from private practice six to 10 years later.
By Georgina Stanley
7 minute read
October 23, 2014 | Legal Week
BLP's blip – after a few troubled years, the firm needs strong leadership to get back on trackAs a general rule of thumb making mergers work and repositioning law firms are not particularly speedy processes.
By Georgina Stanley
5 minute read
October 23, 2014 | International Edition
BLP's blip – after a few troubled years, the firm needs strong leadership to get back on trackAs a general rule of thumb making mergers work and repositioning law firms are not particularly speedy processes.
By Georgina Stanley
3 minute read
October 16, 2014 | Legal Week
Diminishing returns – Australia's top firms face tough times as partner numbers continue to shrinkThat statistics can be manipulated in numerous ways is a given. But sometimes the message from the numbers is so clear it is impossible to misinterpret.
By Georgina Stanley
6 minute read
October 16, 2014 | International Edition
Diminishing returns – Australia's top firms face tough times as partner numbers continue to shrinkThat statistics can be manipulated in numerous ways is a given. But sometimes the message from the numbers is so clear it is impossible to misinterpret.
By Georgina Stanley
3 minute read
October 02, 2014 | International Edition
When you're 64 – UK life expectancy may be rising but the career of a partner is still pretty shortIt's been a very long time since UK law firms were viewed as cosy partnerships offering jobs for life on lockstep remuneration structures allowing earnings to go up in line with partners' ages.
By Georgina Stanley
3 minute read
October 02, 2014 | Legal Week
When you're 64 – UK life expectancy may be rising but the career of a partner is still pretty shortIt's been a very long time since UK law firms were viewed as cosy partnerships offering jobs for life on lockstep remuneration structures allowing earnings to go up in line with partners' ages.
By Georgina Stanley
11 minute read
September 25, 2014 | Legal Week
Training grounds – why law firms need to overhaul their training programmesBehind closed doors UK law firms should be gearing up for what could be a training revolution.
By Georgina Stanley
5 minute read
September 25, 2014 | International Edition
Training grounds – why law firms need to overhaul their training programmesBehind closed doors UK law firms should be gearing up for what could be a training revolution.
By Georgina Stanley
3 minute read
September 22, 2014 | International Edition
Merger, they wrote? Conflict of interest claim leads to combination confusionWhen is a combination not a merger? That's the question being asked of Norton Rose Fulbright as the firm for once attracts attention without adding a single partner to its sprawling empire.
By Georgina Stanley
3 minute read
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