Georgina Stanley

November 01, 2012 | Legal Week

It doesn't happen often, but occasionally a management election at a major law firm gets people talking. Of course, nothing excites comment like the possibility of a factional leadership take-over, but the nature of partnership means that such regime change rarely happens in law.

By Georgina Stanley

6 minute read

November 01, 2012 | International Edition

It doesn't happen often, but occasionally a management election at a major law firm gets people talking. Of course, nothing excites comment like the possibility of a factional leadership take-over, but the nature of partnership means that such regime change rarely happens in law.

By Georgina Stanley

3 minute read

October 18, 2012 | International Edition

Consolidation in the legal market has helped the world's 100 largest law firms to cast aside the ongoing economic downturn to see combined revenues soar to a record high of $81.9bn (£50.7bn) over the last year.

By Georgina Stanley

3 minute read

October 18, 2012 | International Edition

At first glance the 2012 Global 100 rankings, which show revenues for the world's largest law firms rising to an all time high of $81.9bn (£50.8bn) during the last financial year, do much to prove the well-coined expression that, rain or shine, people (or at least major public companies) always need lawyers.

By Georgina Stanley

19 minute read

October 18, 2012 | Legal Week

Consolidation in the legal market has helped the world's 100 largest law firms to cast aside the ongoing economic downturn to see combined revenues soar to a record high of $81.9bn (£50.7bn) over the last year.

By Georgina Stanley

27 minute read

October 18, 2012 | Legal Week

At first glance the 2012 Global 100 rankings, which show revenues for the world's largest law firms rising to an all time high of $81.9bn (£50.8bn) during the last financial year, do much to prove the well-coined expression that, rain or shine, people (or at least major public companies) always need lawyers.

By Georgina Stanley

139 minute read

October 11, 2012 | International Edition

You don't really appreciate until you talk to Manhattan lawyers in their own habitat how Wall Street firms at times seem weighed down by history. In London, partners often struggle to remember as far back as the 1990s. But their counterparts in the bustling yet conservative Manhattan community still find their focus drawn to key moments in their firm's past.

By Georgina Stanley

3 minute read

October 11, 2012 | Legal Week

You don't really appreciate until you talk to Manhattan lawyers in their own habitat how Wall Street firms at times seem weighed down by history. In London, partners often struggle to remember as far back as the 1990s. But their counterparts in the bustling yet conservative Manhattan community still find their focus drawn to key moments in their firm's past.

By Georgina Stanley

11 minute read

September 27, 2012 | International Edition

Critics argue Nabarro needs shake-up to escape mid-tier inertia. Georgina Stanley and Pui-Guan Man report

By Georgina Stanley

5 minute read

September 20, 2012 | Legal Week

Given the continued economic uncertainty in global markets, that two law firms sitting in the crowded UK mid-tier like Osborne Clarke (OC) and Field Fisher Waterhouse are pursuing a tie-up – as emerged this week – is interesting but no shock.

By Georgina Stanley

6 minute read