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Krishnan Nair

Krishnan Nair

Krishnan is Managing Editor of Law.com's international arm. A qualified solicitor, he has written for a number of information providers, including LexisNexis and an FT publication, joining ALM in May 2018. Email: [email protected]

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November 16, 2023 | International Edition

'It's Career-Ending': How Division Over Israel-Gaza Is Tearing Through Big Law

Interviews with Am Law 100 partners and messages seen by Law.com International reveal partners fearing for their careers for disagreeing with their leaders, the policing of social media activity, and lawyers from rival firms getting involved.

By Krishnan Nair

8 minute read

November 13, 2023 | International Edition

Sidley Fires Associate After She Speaks Out Against Law Firms' Letter on Israel-Gaza

The New York associate had written a widely-circulated article entitled 'Dear US Law Firms' about Israel's longstanding conflict with Palestine.

By Krishnan Nair

3 minute read

November 12, 2023 | International Edition

Like Cash, the Days of Holding Client Data Are Numbered

Cyber attacks on A&O and Kirkland, as well as changing regulations, may engender an age in which large firms no longer hold client data, writes The Global Lawyer.

By Krishnan Nair

5 minute read

November 03, 2023 | International Edition

Why Concealing PEP Isn't Always the Best Idea

A few firms have omitted PEP from their most recent financial results—there's really only one way the market will interpret this, writes The London Lawyer.

By Krishnan Nair

5 minute read

October 22, 2023 | International Edition

Dentons Should Be Applauded, Not Pilloried, for Changing its Israel-Gaza Response

Law firms erring as Dentons had is vanishingly rare. But, given the wave of global discord that the Israel-Gaza war has caused, I think they can be forgiven, writes The Global Lawyer.

By Krishnan Nair

6 minute read

October 19, 2023 | International Edition

How Tech Regulation is Developing in Europe: The EU Competition Director-General's View

The EU's Director-General of Competition, Olivier Guersent, talks about entering an era of new frameworks and new approaches for European digital policy.

By David Foster, Frontier Economics

4 minute read

October 18, 2023 | International Edition

Israel-Gaza: Lawyers Risk Becoming Agents of Misinformation

False narratives, AI-generated imagery and unverified materials have proliferated amid the carnage—lawyers should be helping cut through the untruths, not promoting them.

By Krishnan Nair

5 minute read

October 11, 2023 | International Edition

'It's Cut-Throat': What Elite Barristers Really Think About Their Instructing Solicitors

Law.com International spoke with silks and senior juniors at the major London commercial sets about the 'beauty pageant' of selection, getting 'screwed' on fees, and the evolving barrister-solicitor bond.

By Tom Parry

10 minute read

October 06, 2023 | International Edition

The Truth Behind Law's Puzzling Fascination with the Square Mile

Firms are flocking to the heart of the City of London, in a shift that seems to have been accepted as normal—but why, asks the London Lawyer.

By Krishnan Nair

4 minute read

October 03, 2023 | International Edition

Axiom Ince Seeks to Make Good on Clients' Missing £64M as Firm Shutters

Clients have also turned to the SRA's Compensation Fund, a hardship fund with several conditions attached to it.

By Krishnan Nair

3 minute read