Paul Hodkinson
Paul Hodkinson is the Editor-In-Chief of Law.com International and of all ALM Global Coverage. Before joining the company in late 2018, he was the Deputy Editor and Comment Editor of Financial News, part of Dow Jones. He has also held roles as Acting Editor of Financial News and Editor of Private Equity News and has written for The Wall Street Journal as well as numerous private equity publications in the U.S. Before that he was a reporter covering the U.K. legal market. [email protected]
October 10, 2024 | International Edition
Buzzwords, Bad Wine & Broken Social Contract: The Rise of Boring Legal ConferencesImportant topics are shuffled off the agenda, speakers become noncommittal on stage, some agenda items become 40-minute infomercials.
By Terra Potter
5 minute read
October 10, 2024 | International Edition
World Mental Health Day: Prioritise Some Time For YouTwo Taylor Wessing trainees spoke with LawCare about the mental health challenges faced by junior lawyers and how the industry can better support those working within it.
By Curtis Anderson and Natalie Smith
5 minute read
October 08, 2024 | International Edition
Law Firm Mergers—Does Bigger Mean Smarter?Law firms need to rethink their strategy in the face of technological disruption.
By Robert Otty
4 minute read
October 07, 2024 | International Edition
Awash With Social Concerns: Why and Where the Law is ChangingRegulatory pressure on greenwashing is why a similar trend is emerging for social washing.
By Leonie Timmers and Rebecca Chin, Herbert Smith Freehills
5 minute read
October 07, 2024 | International Edition
'London and Brussels Have Quickly Become Accretive for the Firm': Paul Weiss Enters Top 10 UK M&A Advisers"It shows that if you hire the top talent... then the London legal market is a fantastic investment for law firms," says London co-head Neel Sachdev.
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | Paul Hodkinson
4 minute read
October 06, 2024 | International Edition
What About Wachtell? The Link Between Growth and ProfitsResearch shows a correlation between revenue growth and PEP growth, which has implications for smaller, high-quality firms, writes the Global Lawyer.
By Paul Hodkinson
5 minute read
October 02, 2024 | International Edition
The Law Firms Charging Up The Global 100—And Those Sliding DownSince 2020, the likes of Yingke, Ropes & Gray and Quinn Emanuel have risen quickly in the revenue rankings while firms including Weil Gotshal and Sullivan & Cromwell have fallen.
By Paul Hodkinson
6 minute read
September 20, 2024 | International Edition
Video: Editors Analyze The Global 200Topics included a debate about which law firms would make it into a 'global elite'.
By Law.com International
1 minute read
September 19, 2024 | International Edition
The Global 200 Rankings Explained: Sign Up for the WebinarThe one-hour session at 9am Eastern Time (2pm BST) Thursday 19 September will see the panelists discuss the trends of the last financial year and the implications for the future.
By ALM Staff
1 minute read
September 15, 2024 | International Edition
Latest Law Firm Office Closures Are Just the BeginningMoves by A&O Shearman and Hogan Lovells show Big Law's strategy has changed, with the relative importance of smaller markets diminishing, explains the Global Lawyer
By Paul Hodkinson
5 minute read
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