Hugh A Simons

July 13, 2017 |

The challenges besetting Big Law are of its own making. The industry overshot the needs of its clients and overlooked the effect of growth on…

By Hugh A. Simons

13 minute read

July 12, 2017 | The American Lawyer

The dangerous path Big Law is headed down and what it has to do to change course.

By Hugh A. Simons

24 minute read

April 17, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Making M&A lateral hires pay off requires firm leaders to understand strategy fundamentals—such as elite law's two-sided market.

By Hugh A. Simons

27 minute read

April 03, 2017 | The American Lawyer

The merger of Arnold & Porter and Kaye Scholer and the pending deal between Norton Rose Fulbright and Chadbourne & Parke present some unique challenges, columnist Hugh A. Simons writes.

By Hugh A. Simons

60 minute read

March 27, 2017 | The American Lawyer

By Hugh A. Simons

1 minute read

March 10, 2017 | The American Lawyer

A case for why firms should increase their partner compensation spreads and how they can go about doing it.

By Hugh A. Simons

25 minute read

March 02, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Last year's associate salary increases could have a big impact on law firm profitability. Middle-tier firms may be especially vulnerable—unless they act quickly.

By Hugh A. Simons

22 minute read

February 03, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Half of lateral partner hires are failures. To be precise, 47 percent of laterals don't stay more than 5 full years.

By Hugh A. Simons

1 minute read

January 23, 2017 | The American Lawyer

This former Am Law 100 COO says law firms should pause before adopting a new trend reported by Am Law Daily last week of law firms hedging currency to battle fluctuations in exchange rates.

By Hugh A. Simons

4 minute read

January 01, 2017 | The American Lawyer

To boost profits, some large firms have cut equity partners and grown their nonequity ranks. They're misguided. Firms trying to boost profits per equity partner by increasing the ranks of nonequity partners should focus instead on growing revenue.

By Hugh A. Simons

25 minute read