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Legal Industry Disruptions and Unchartered Territory: The War in Ukraine, Asia Pacific Shifts and Return-to-Work Policies Ignored

This week's Global Lawyer highlights some of the forces the legal industry has had to negotiate, as well as some of the big stories of the past week.
9 minute read

International Edition

Winning Private Equity Work: a Cheat Sheet

There is more to building a buyout practice than making hires, writes Paul Hodkinson in this week's London Lawyer Briefing.
4 minute read

International Edition

Big Law's Regulators Aren't Cutting It

Ethical behavior across the top-tier of the legal industry is largely dependent on honest self-reporting, concerns about reputation and pressure from insurers.
5 minute read

International Edition

Will Chinese Law Firms Ever Be Trusted to Lead Foreign IPO Advice?

Despite the rise of Chinese firms on Hong Kong listings, none of the most active was lead legal counsel on any of their listing transactions, Asia Legal Briefing author Jessica Seah writes. That job went to Western firms.
5 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

How I Took Leave From and Returned to My Firm to Manage My Depression

Mike Kasdan shares his personal story of going through depression while working for law firms, which culminated in his taking a medical leave last year and then returning to his firm earlier this year. He shares his views on how we can change the legal industry for the better.
14 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

'Not the Type of Guy': We Need to Pay More Attention to the Mental Health of Old-School Men

Men of a certain era were often raised to 'tough things out' and 'shake it off,' and not necessarily express when something was bothering them, or look for help.
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

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