Commentary

A China Practice by Any Other Name, Will It Be As Sweet?

By Jessica Seah

Simmons & Simmons has a Shanghai office with no partners. Instead, it has formed an alliance with Chinese firm YaoWang.... Read More

Law Firm Partners | News

Cleary Creates Nonequity Partner Tier, Calling For 'Innovation and Adaptation'

By Patrick Smith

"We are not doing it to create a different leverage model within the firm," said managing partner Michael Gerstenzang.... Read More

General Counsel and In House Counsel | Analysis

Are Law Firms Themselves to Blame When a Client Refuses to Pay?

By Louis Altmann

With law firms facing longer debtor days and having to take clients to court over unpaid bills, in-house counsel and... Read More

Career Development | Expert Opinion

Buzzwords, Bad Wine & Broken Social Contract: The Rise of Boring Legal Conferences

By Terra Potter

Important topics are shuffled off the agenda, speakers become noncommittal on stage, some agenda items become 40-minute... Read More

Law Firm Hiring | Analysis

Australian Firms Gear Up in Canberra to Win Government Work

By Christopher Niesche

The Australian government has become a steady and reliable source of work, lawyers say. Read More

Deals and Transactions | News

Osler, A&O Sherman Act for Chevron in Blockbuster $6.5 Billion Canadian Oilsands Divestiture

By Gail J. Cohen

Bennett Jones is representing Canadian Natural Resources, which cements its dominant position in Canada's energy market... Read More

Automation | News

A&O Shearman Hires Knowledge and Innovation Lead from Pérez-Llorca

By Alex D'Elia

Marisa Delgado was head of Pérez-Llorca's knowledge management department and helped oversee the adoption of... Read More

Civil Rights | News

Canadian Mining Company Settles Decadelong Lawsuits Over Human Rights Abuses at Former Guatemalan Mine

By Gail J. Cohen

Neither the company, Hudbay Minerals, nor lawyers for the13 Mayan plaintiffs would say what prompted the settlement... Read More