Hugh Simons

Hugh Simons

August 03, 2017 | International Edition

Stop hiring, stop opening and stop playing where you can't win: the Big Law survival guide

Big law firms are doing little to mitigate key threats to their prosperity - and much to exacerbate them

By Hugh Simons

12 minute read

June 13, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Money Talks, Partners Walk: How the Pay Gap Between Elite US and UK Firms Became a Chasm

An underappreciated effect of the Great Recession is how it put on steroids the amounts by which elite US firms can outflank their UK counterparts on partner compensation.

By Hugh Simons

47 minute read

June 12, 2017 | International Edition

Money talks, partners walk: how the pay gap between elite US and UK firms became a chasm

The US elite comfortably outstrip top UK firms on profitability - what are the key factors behind this huge disparity?

By Hugh Simons

19 minute read

June 12, 2017 | International Edition

Money talks, partners walk: how the pay gap between elite US and UK firms became a chasm

The US elite comfortably outstrip top UK firms on profitability - what are the key factors behind this huge disparity?

By Hugh Simons

19 minute read

April 11, 2017 | International Edition

A peculiar alchemy: sizing up the prospects for two of 2017's biggest law firm mergers

Integrating merged firms is never easy. But leaders at Norton Rose Fulbright and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer face some unusual challenges

By Hugh Simons

8 minute read

April 11, 2017 | International Edition

A peculiar alchemy: sizing up the prospects for two of 2017's biggest law firm mergers

Integrating merged firms is never easy. But leaders at Norton Rose Fulbright and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer face some unusual challenges

By Hugh Simons

8 minute read