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Is Africa still the next big thing for international law firms?

The rush by law firms into Africa has slowed in recent years, amid political and economic uncertainty - does the continent still hold the same appeal?
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Leadership in Transition: How Family Firms and Other Small Practices Manage Succession

Navigating law practice succession, while a fearsome death knell to attorneys, is tremendously gratifying to marketers. We get to start with something good and figure out how to make it great. Whether we're talking about family firms or a small firm of any sort, transitions are rife with complexities, sometimes with respect to expertise, but often due to a failure to plan early and well.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

From a GC: Build Better Client Relationships by Doing Basic Work for Free

Don't sweat the small stuff and you'll be well-situated to win the big stuff.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

A GC to Firms: It is NOT all Small Stuff

Don't sweat the Small Stuff and be well-situated to win the Big Stuff.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

Venable Completes Merger With New York's Fitzpatrick Cella

In a year that's been packed with law firm mergers, the deal between Venable and 100-lawyer Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto was one of the largest.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Baker McKenzie Taps DC Partner as North America Chair

Tax partner Duane Webber in Washington is one of three new regional chairs for the global firm after an unexpected leadership change late last month.
3 minute read

Law.com

A Foreshadowing of Big Law's Future: Intellectual Property's Turbulent Decade

The IP market's pricing crash and competitor churn offer an instructive tale
11 minute read

The American Lawyer

Pierce Bainbridge Adds More Big Law Recruits in New York, DC

Founder John Pierce claims his young firm has "cracked the code of building a law firm for the digital age.”
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Five Things I Learned About Legal Communications From Working in a Hardware Store

In this Law Firm Marketing column, Steven Andersen writes: Over the course of 25 years working in the media—most of that in the legal and professional services space—I've acquired a fair amount of specialized knowledge. But although it has never been listed on my resume, the most valuable skills I use were learned on a different sort of job, working in a hardware store in Minneapolis in the 1980s.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Baker McKenzie Keeps Calm, Carries On at DC Leadership Retreat

Big news about the firm's leader coincided with a big gathering of Baker & McKenzie partners in Washington this week.
6 minute read

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