http://www.mpmagazine.com/ The latest headlines and articles Managing Partner Magazine (c) 2008, Ark Group Ltd. All rights reserved. http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=8C73F6B9-DA2F-4187-8B98-19C204512C71 11 July 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=D2125593-83B0-4319-8E48-69F90F0E4EF1 10 July 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=1D6A7B27-3511-47CC-B2CE-9C410CF52CA9 ALMOST HALF of lawyers are insufficiently prepared for their firm experiencing a disaster scenario, according to new research. 04 September 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=53314513-F1FF-44FF-BE29-DEF1F21F7C81 Chief financial officer Arthur Ferry has further developed the business-planning process at the London office of global law firm Baker & McKenzie. 04 September 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=10D040E8-C328-4D9C-947C-C6414685B3BA After ‘Big Bang’, many, if not most, of the historic financial institutions in the City of London disappeared – replaced by the global giants that feature so prominently in today’s reports of turmoil in the financial markets. Will the Legal Services Act have a similar effect on the law firms of today? 04 September 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=52333BF3-E20E-426C-B25F-06752F9D340D A 10-point plan to becoming a more financially-successful firm. 04 September 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=494439B1-8511-4F6B-A447-39B3B43DB07C Irwin Mitchell achieved BS7799 certification, with business-focused policies and procedures, in 18 months. 30 August 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=DE719D71-5CF0-4EB5-83D7-B898DEA11913 A NUMBER of law firms and other organisations in the sector are developing a spreadsheet-based measurement tool to help firms calculate their carbon footprints and compare performance. 04 September 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=F4DACC00-FF38-4166-83B6-E1D3E64C5A7A PAUL, WEISS, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrisson LLP (Paul Weiss) has elected Brad S. Karp to succeed Alfred D. Youngwood as the chair of the firm. 04 September 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=7D43A79D-EF52-4AB9-8E2D-D2ED7F48C7CD KIRKPATRICK & LOCKHART Preston Gates Ellis LLP (K&L Gates) is holding talks with Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP (Kennedy Covington) about a possible merger. 04 September 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=29E50009-6E9B-4F84-A328-41BBE52B2B7E MAGIC-CIRCLE law firm Allen & Overy (A&O) has the most effective website among UK law firms, according to Intendance Research. 04 September 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=C37A1FA6-E2CD-42CF-8774-57C343997F0E INTERNATIONAL LAW firm DLA Piper has hired the fifth partner to join its corporate and finance group from Heller Ehrman LLP in two months. 04 September 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=8EAE1552-5CDD-4FBD-9C8F-86E4E48182CF HBJ GATELEY Wareing (HBJGW) has announced plans to merge with the London shipping and transport law firm Holmes Hardingham. 04 September 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=A3087140-CFEA-43F8-98B2-77385BD105E9 LAWYERS COULD be more likely to excel in some practice groups than others depending on their psychological make-up, according to a new survey. 04 September 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=2E06AFED-BD9E-482B-8A5F-AED888B00D20 INTERNATIONAL LAW firm Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has opened an office in the fashion capital of Milan. 04 September 2008