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Global Leaders in Law

Ludo Tema, Group Legal Counsel for Debswana Diamond Company, on Steps Needed to Create a Truly Diverse and Inclusive Legal Industry

Ludo Tema is Group Legal Counsel for Debswana Diamond Company, a post she has held since January 2010. Previously she has worked as Legal Counsel…
9 minute read

International Edition

Reed Smith Launches Global Racial Equality Task Force

The firm said it will also make a push towards improving the hiring, retention and promotion of Black and ethnic minorities at the firm.
3 minute read

International Edition

Bird & Bird Cites Brexit and COVID Uncertainties as Profits Drop

It is the first profit drop for the firm since 2014, while revenue growth slowed to 5%.
2 minute read

International Edition

Norton Rose Fulbright Elects US Partner as Next Chief Executive

Global litigation head Gerry Pecht will take over next year from London-based Peter Martyr, who has led the firm since 2002.
5 minute read

Law.com

'We Got Punched in the Face': Straight Talk from a Big Law Leader

McDermott Will & Emery chairman Ira Coleman tends to tell it like he sees it. Here's his take on the challenges—and opportunities—for large law firms coming out of the COVID-19 crisis.
1 minute read

International Edition

Former Freshfields Managing Partner Steps Down From Partnership

David Aitman was managing partner from 2013 to 2016.
2 minute read

Global Leaders in Law

Natasha Pramchand, Interim Group GC of Massmart, on the Importance of a Truly Diverse and Inclusive Legal Industry

Natasha Pramchand is Interim Group General Counsel of Massmart based in South Africa. Pramchand joined Masswarehouse in 2017 as the Divisional General Counsel…
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'The Game Is Different': How Can General Counsel Manage All This Change?

"I've had some very hard conversations with team members I basically inherited. Some made it. Some did not," said AccuWeather Inc. general counsel Jennifer Chung.
4 minute read

International Edition

Mishcon PEP Stays Above £1M As Revenues Climb 6%

Meanwhile fellow UK firm Stephenson Harwood has revealed stagnant results for the 2019-20 financial year.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

CEOs Wish Their General Counsels Were Better Business Partners

Only 55% of the more than 100 CEOs who participated in a recent BarkerGilmore survey said their chief lawyer acted as a strategic business partner and was considered a valued member of the company's leadership team.
3 minute read

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