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Herding or Leading?

With multiple personalities and professionals to engage in a persuasive vision, law firm leadership can be a sharp learning curve for the new managing partner who gets the calling. By Julious P Smith, Jr, chairman of Williams Mullen.
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Editor's Letter: Playing to Strengths
Manju Manglani asks how far an ‘attractive’ personality is necessary to secure success as a managing partner.
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Masterclass: Driving Efficiency
Faced with increasing client pressure on pricing, how should law firms be using their KM resources to manage transaction profitability? By Harriet Creamer, director at Outer Circle, and Chris Stoakes, director of knowledge, research and learning at Hogan Lovells.
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Masterclass: Leveraging LinkedIn
A LinkedIn account can be a valuable tool for client development if carefully managed. By Nancy Roberts Linder of Nancy Roberts Linder Consulting.
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Roundtable: Secondments
How do law firms and in-house legal teams tackle secondments? Three experts share their insights with Editor Manju Manglani at a managing partner roundtable.
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Case Study: Cloud Covered
Scott Moncrieff, Harbour & Sinclair’s practice manager, Helen Jones, discusses the virtual firm’s experiences in moving to a software as a service solution.
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Payback Time
The UK Bribery Act threatens crippling penalties for companies that fail to prevent bribery by employees and agents, says Partner Raj Chada of Hodge Jones & Allen.
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Trends in Legal Spend
Corporate counsel may be increasing their legal spend in 2010, but they will also be closely managing costs. By Director Jo Summers at Acritas.
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Letter from America: Lateral Expansion (part 2)
Thomas Berman, the principal of Berman & Associates, reveals the common pitfalls of hiring laterals for branch offices.


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Letter from Asia: China - Battle for Talent
PRC law firms are gearing up to become internationally competitive, says Robert Sawhney, the managing director of SRC Associates.
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Comment: See Past the Hype
Michael Shaw, the managing partner of Cobbetts, says the UK legal sector is over-excited by the option of external investment
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Profile: Mark Dawkins
What does it take to be the managing partner of one of the largest law firms in the world? Mark Dawkins of Simmons & Simmons talks with Manju Manglani about his strategies and successes.
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Masterclass: Adding Real Value
What should law firms do to ensure their value-added services are competitive and support retention of key clients? Lance Sapsford, head of business development at Addleshaw Goddard, provides some pointers.
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Case Study: Recruiting for Diversity
Graduate Recruitment Manager Edward Walker of Pinsent Masons reveals how the firm’s focus on diversity in student work placements has resulted in solid organic growth.
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Transatlantic Privilege
With transatlantic law firms increasingly combining forces and communicating electronically with global clients, Thomas E Spahn, a partner at McGuireWoods, reveals how to navigate the maze of legal privilege stances in the US and Europe.
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CEE/SEE: Emerging Opportunities
The energy and infrastructure sectors are set to heat up in Central, Eastern and South-eastern Europe, reveal partners Andreas Schmid and Dubravka Gruji of Wolf Theiss.
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On the Money?
Andrew Cheung, director of compliance at Denton Wilde Sapte, asks whether international anti-money laundering efforts are actually producing results.

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Comment: Pricing Management
Law firms are not giving enough priority to pricing strategies, suggests Michael Roch, the CEO of Kerma Partners.
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Comment: Vaulting Ambition
Recruitment in the UK legal market is picking up, says William Cock, the director of First Counsel
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Comment: Leaving a Legacy
Beverly Weise, the president of Leadership Talent Solutions, suggests how to tackle the topic of retirement for senior partners.

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