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=5EC52FF9-2323-4A93-87A8-302A30A8C3B6 THE BRITISH Government has announced the first members of the newly-established UK regulatory authority, the Legal Services Board (LSB). 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=C90ACDBF-68F1-4398-A2CD-6ADCE6389F64 Jeffery Ng (JN), information director, and Phil Cousins (PC), HR director, talk to Managing Partner about Beachcroft’s drive for client focus, fight for talent, and future vision of where legal firms needs to pay attention to the technology that drives the industry. 29 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=E5BE0293-3363-4DE6-A475-FF7E01455DA9 TWO-THIRDS of smaller law firms remain confident of their firm’s prospects over the next six months despite the current economic climate, according to a recent survey conducted by Key Business Finance (KBF), the professional finance arm of Heritable Bank. 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=84DEB869-5176-4372-8BFA-F7B5851BE37F The website was one shop window law firm Withers decided it couldn’t afford to get wrong. 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=16FB390D-ABBD-4FCB-B6DE-BCEE40271A5B Clients are becoming more efficient and focused in terms of what they expect their law firms to deliver. As competition and automation increases in the profession, a new model of client service could soon be required. 02 November 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=FE66E157-F2AC-4AF4-93BF-A78C202E00CD The business case for social networking isn’t limited to employee engagement and boosting so-called ‘soft skills’. Web 2.0 media can increase efficiency through more effective knowledge sharing right across the firm. 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=DAF7D135-E0CC-4090-A979-0E49E5E44B11 Levels of trust in public institutions and corporations have never been lower, but trust is fundamental to any brand. How does this affect professional-services firms? 16 November 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=7DFC5719-A4CA-4270-9088-A1690EEFBFFA An enterprise relationship management (ERM) system has been key to a more proactive business-development strategy at Kilpatrick Stockton LLP. 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=E062166C-1C3D-41D8-8E78-B1B207D22A09 INTERNATIONAL LAW firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has chosen a new managing partner for the firm’s Wasington D.C. office. 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=A5B36256-374C-4C81-A02C-E35FB7657337 DORSEY & WHITNEY has boosted its litigation practice with the appointment of a former litigation partner from international law firm Eversheds. 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=DAA240EA-6515-406C-821A-34F6B226A7CC UK LAW firm asb law has announced the appointment of a new partner to its corporate finance team. 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=F71B768B-DB4B-4328-B1CF-534C1CD453F1 JONES, WALKER, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre L.L.P (Jones Walker) and Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom LLC (Miller Hamilton) have agreed a merger that extends both firms’ stature in the southern US legal market. 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=26CE1E7D-1009-43F0-A986-A1898FD655E4 INTERNATIONAL LAW firm Bryan Cave LLP is to expand its Chicago office with the appointment of five new lateral partners from the Chicago office of rival firm Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP. 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=53EBB4BA-B040-4FCD-9060-B5FA79244846 INTERNATIONAL LAW firm Baker & McKenzie has posted an 18 per cent rise in profits for the 2008 fiscal year, which it attributes to a strategic shift dating back to 2004. 27 October 2008 http://www.mpmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=401D6A20-814A-4A61-8E1E-77DC36CDBAE0 MAGIC-CIRCLE law firm Linklaters has boosted its US competition and anti-trust practice with the appointment of a new competition and antitrust partner in the firm’s New York office. 27 October 2008