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=18D81DF0-ECD8-4934-8634-07E62D0C7B8C INTERNATIONAL LAW firm Nixon Peabody International has teamed up with a 25-lawyer firm in the French capital Paris. 11 November 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=ECD3E9CE-65F6-461E-806C-B94DC51A24B5 INTERNATIONAL LAW firm association Lex Mundi has launched a guide advising firms on how best to deliver a successful pro bono framework. 11 November 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=EA2F15DA-384B-49FD-AE7B-9854F1B7F906 One of the most striking things about watching the global financial drama unravel over the past few months has been the sheer acceleration of events – rather like a film script. Indeed, I wouldn’t be surprised if someone, somewhere, is already working on that film. 11 November 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=47134107-2817-4A2A-A9F7-D5596C550B35 By Nwabueze Nwokolo LLB, council member for minority ethnic concerns, and chair of the Law Society Group Equality and Diversity Committee. 11 November 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=005922BC-7AE4-480F-BE4C-518840286C91 US law firm Adams and Reese joined forces with key client ConocoPhillips and pro bono network Appleseed, to offer much-needed legal advice to low-income families in Louisiana. The mission was reinforced after the devastation wreaked by hurricane Katrina in 2005. 11 November 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=03FA81B2-633D-424A-9FC1-FBE2C551C0E1 As economic uncertainty continues to rattle business and political leaders alike, the issue of employees’ salaries, and how to maximise their return, is likely to become a major management concern. At law firms, which are fundamentally people businesses, this inevitably includes the performance bonus. 11 November 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=381882B6-56A3-4F14-8C30-BB7352C50857 INTERNATIONAL LAW firm Bryan Cave LLP is to merge with Atlanta-based Powell Goldstein, effective 1 January 2009. 11 November 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=9E53C957-804C-463C-B749-82D187C15741 UK LAW firm Addleshaw Goddard has sponsored a detailed internal enquiry into the state of work/life balance and flexible working opportunities in the legal sector. 11 November 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=4A24B2D4-73A2-48F2-978C-7F9241EE8519 INTERNATIONAL LAW firm Baker & McKenzie is in the process of applying for the relevant business licenses to open an office in Abu Dhabi. 11 November 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=43B47122-92E6-4BF3-9DE5-68193F00BB19 THREE CORPORATE partners have joined the London office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP from the collapsed law firm Heller Ehrman. 11 November 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=0A818331-7AA5-4257-AE65-6721C4C52FF7 THE LAW Society has commissioned a review into the current regulatory structure for UK law firms. 11 November 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=95EB6529-ADE9-42A7-8018-12D3BF12DE25 EQUITY PARTNERS at international law firm Eversheds are having their quarterly profit distributions deferred in a bid to improve overall cash management. 11 November 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=78530C03-0E54-492E-9EDD-24454D2972B5 BARLOW LYDE & GILBERT LLP (BLG) has named David Jabbari as the firm’s first chief operating officer. 11 November 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=6D09F983-9550-4172-8EBB-F83F0CCAC694 By Andrew Hedley, director, Hedley Consulting 11 November 2008