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=142DD9EA-59F9-4634-B00F-866B52545E4F Ignore the importance of cultural fit at your peril when merging firms. 14 December 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=10E0ECF2-AF23-4B75-BB83-F9E7327F6413 I think it’s fair to say that we ‘media types’ – flashy or otherwise – get a fair amount of stick for our endeavours. Indeed, where professional image is concerned, we may be less popular even than the lawyer types it is my constant pleasure to write about. 13 December 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=E8B1DA22-CAC5-4445-9339-5DDD9C7CB478 Launched as recently as 2003, Keystone Law employs over 65 ex-city solicitors, has an annual turnover of £5m and boasts year-on-year expansion of 60 per cent. The cornerstone of its rapid growth has been a commitment to cultural change. 14 December 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=0A298E8A-0A52-4E74-99D3-1C3E2CC8DCFA YALE LAW Women (YLW), a student body at Yale Law School, has named what it considers to be the ‘top ten family-friendly firms’. 14 December 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=8F68DDDB-EE3D-432C-A833-43EE3753251D MAGIC-CIRCLE law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has launched an arbitration practice in US capital Washington DC. 14 December 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=5E9F4983-22B0-43C9-9A97-E899B74B4C38 INTERNATIONAL LAW firm Bird & Bird has announced the opening of new offices in the capitals of Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and The Czech Republic. 14 December 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=44089612-B73A-4B94-ADA6-A6444C0DD93A TOP-10 UK law firm Irwin Mitchell is set to find a new managing partner with the announcement that present incumbent Howard Culley is to relinquish the top role in 2009. 14 December 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=8CA5FEA6-3224-4C03-8E0F-6FB242648105 CLIFFORD CHANCE, the world’s largest law firm by revenue, has followed in the footsteps of magic-circle rival Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer by publishing its first corporate social responsibility (CSR) report. 14 December 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=85E074D6-185F-4F5E-8FE6-002BAA491641 INTERNATIONAL LAW firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is entering the legal market in Germany via a merger with German firm Hölters & Elsing. 14 December 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=8D9D2589-385E-4AC3-A172-C1A2869C26E3 MAGIC-CIRCLE law firm Allen & Overy has opened for business in Munich. 14 November 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=75C94AF9-BFFF-4AA3-85E0-D981B4F3C749 REPRESENTATIVES OF 20 Indian law firms spent three days in the UK in September, learning about business opportunities and meeting their UK counterparts. 14 December 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=CF69402E-8D03-48C7-A26C-D98434081D85 OFFSHORE LAW firm Appleby has announced plans to open for business in two new jurisdictions – Switzerland and Dubai – in early 2009. 14 December 2008