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A Glimpse Into 2024's M&A Market

If the major funds are wheeling towards private credit, infrastructure and energy, then so are the largest law firms, writes The Global Lawyer.
4 minute read

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Some Things are More Important than Corporate Law

The Israel-Gaza conflict and threats to the rule of law in various countries are putting the importance of daily commercial legal practice into perspective, writes the Global Lawyer.
5 minute read

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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.
5 minute read

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In the Law Firm-Client Relationship, Law Firms Are Playing a Dangerous Game

Law firms are raising rates to protect and increase profits. Corporate legal departments are cutting costs and bringing more work in-house. Where does this leave the legal industry?
7 minute read

International Edition

Freshfields' Perilous Journey to the New World

With US partners now calling the shots, the longstanding UK legal institution faces a nervous wait for its American operation to start boosting firmwide profits writes the Global Lawyer.
5 minute read

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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.
6 minute read

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The Sound of Silence is Getting Louder: Sometimes Law Firms Just Have to Speak Out

In the aftermath of last week's brutal attacks on Israel by Hamas militants, it became clear that global law firms do not operate in a bubble. They must demonstrate that they hold a set of values and stand for something beyond revenue and profits. It's what the German philosopher Immanuel Kant called "following a moral imperative." Today we call it "doing the right thing."
8 minute read

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Why Quinn, CMS and Nishimura Offices Openings are More Than They Seem

Law firms' international expansion efforts are sometimes part of a bigger strategy that reveals how they are positioning themselves, writes the Global Lawyer.
6 minute read

International Edition

China Disappoints Again and Again. Big Law Is Hoping to Find Opportunity Elsewhere

Most law firms aren't abandoning Greater China—yet. But patience is wearing thin. If the Middle Kingdom fails to deliver, what will be Big Law's next kingdom?
8 minute read

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The Global 200's Secrets and What They Tell Us

The top of the table reveals few truths about the future of the Global 200—it's the middle and the bottom of the table you should pay more attention to, writes The Global Lawyer.
5 minute read

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