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The Global Lawyer: The Am Law 100 is Here | Asia's Pre-Eminent Dealmaker | Russian 'Exits'

From the biggest firms to the greatest dealmakers—our coverage last week had it all.
4 minute read

International Edition

The Fight For the Right To Provide Advice

The Global Lawyer: The 'even pariahs have rights' argument assumes in it that lawyers themselves will follow the rules. But do they always follow the rules? Plus: The Final Straw for Hong Kong
6 minute read

International Edition

Is This the Legal Industry's Time for Renewal?

Spring seems to have finally arrived, and people of different faiths have all been observing celebrations of liberation and renewal. But this year, many around the world are unable to celebrate the sentiments the holidays symbolize. This week's Global Lawyer discusses how the legal industry is trying to ease some of the world's suffering—but still inflicts pain on itself.
7 minute read

International Edition

Big Law Firms Are Making Fortune 500 Revenues

The Global Lawyer: As law firms enter the realm of the world's largest companies, women are poised to lead.
4 minute read

International Edition

Is the Legal World Changing Course?

The Global Lawyer examines what it takes for the legal community to make a course correction and finds that it has the capacity to do and be so much more.
9 minute read

International Edition

It's Impossible For Law Firms to be Totally Apolitical

The Global Lawyer: As much as law firms try to remain apolitical, they can often find they are judged to have picked a side even by trying to stay out of the debate. They choose by not choosing.
7 minute read

International Edition

Ukraine Has Changed the World. Has It Also Changed Law Firms?

The global footprint of international law firms has gotten a bit smaller because of the war in Ukraine. Their focus on identity and purpose seems, for the moment, to have gotten a bit bigger. But has it?
11 minute read

International Edition

Goodbye, Russia

The Global Lawyer: The Moscow exodus we witnessed last week, though complex and messy, was necessary.
7 minute read

International Edition

Don't Be on the Wrong Side of History

The Global Lawyer: Big Law struggles with morals. But as the last week has shown, the days of firms sitting back and saying 'we are just doing our job' are long gone—a moral recalibration is afoot.
9 minute read

International Edition

Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine: Reflections on Lawyers Waking Up to War

Lawyers around the world have been watching the Russian invasion of Ukraine unfold in real time this past week. And the repercussions of the seizure of an independent state are being felt everywhere, including in the wood-paneled and glass offices of global law firms thousands of miles away.
9 minute read

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