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Elected new Board of Directors of AODV231, Mara Chilosi confirmed as president
The AODV231 Shareholders' Meeting, held in Milan, elected the new Board of Directors for the next three years. Mara Chilosi confirmed as president and Andrea Milani as vice president. Treasurer: Silvio Necchi. The directors are Luca Antonetto, Umberto Caldarera, Ascensionato Raffaello Carnà, ...
TIL - 27 June 2023
Survey from ACC and Major, Lindsey & Africa Shows that Median Total Legal Spend Increased
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and Major, Lindsey & Africa (MLA) have today announced the release of their industry-leading annual legal benchmarking survey. The fourth report as a result of this partnership found that total legal spend for all companies increased from $2.4 million l...
TIL - 26 June 2023
Welsh law consolidation project continues as new environment legislation becomes an Act
It is the first piece of consolidated legislation to be produced as part of the Welsh Government’s programme to reform Welsh law and make it more accessible. The Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 brings together the main pieces of legislation relating to Wales’ historic environment, ...
TIL - 15 June 2023
Association of Corporate Counsel and Exterro Report Shows Legal Technology Is a “Must-Have” for In-House Legal Departments
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), in partnership with Exterro, the exclusive ACC Alliance Partner for e-discovery, data privacy and cybersecurity compliance, today released the "2023 Legal Technology Report for In-house Professionals." This innovative report provides key findings on legal ...
TIL - 14 June 2023
The most important weekly legal world news
There have been some really important issues during this week regarding the LGBT rights in some countries and, also, France has made a really drastic decision by banning short-domestic flights in order to prevent the negative aspects of the climate change.   South Korea   One of the mo...
TIL - 02 June 2023
The latest legal news from around the world
The legal system around the world is constantly changing its norms and legislation which not only affects to the native population as foreigners can suffer the benefits or the negative aspects of that specific country. England England has approved a new ID law that has denied the vote of more than...
TIL - 26 May 2023
How to deliver legal presentations in the correct way
The professionals of the legal sector need to deal during their workday with the task of communicating via presentations different aspects regarding their work. Moreover, they also have to succeed at transmitting in a clear and concise way a case in court and have good conversation skills with their...
TIL - 10 May 2023
Tips for lawyers to manage their time correctly
  The professionals from the legal sector are exposed to an extremely stressful workplace in which they suffer the consequences of having to work with tight deadlines, the creation of complex reports, meetings and trying to have the best perspectives on their client’s cases. These kinds...
TIL - 09 May 2023
How to gain clients as a law firm
Not every client is going to be attracted to every single firm from the legal sector as they have their own personal taste, and they want a special treatment on their cases. It is important to know what kind of firm someone has or works on to provide and have the best method to transmit their servic...
TIL - 08 May 2023
Lawyers should know when to decline a client
A question many students and workers from the legal sector, especially the ones with less experience, have is if they can decline a client from acquiring their services. The answer is an affirmative one as an attorney can refuse to defend someone’s case.   Even if it is extremely weird ...
TIL - 05 May 2023
Social media advice for lawyers to keep in mind
The most influential tool in the current world are the different social media that provokes a huge impact in the way the population perceives things and, also, leads their thoughts on a topic to a concrete direction. They have a lot of advantages such as giving the user the possibility to connect wi...
TIL - 04 May 2023
How to deal correctly with clients as a lawyer
Professionals of the legal sector have the obligation to communicate and establish formal relationships with their clients as they will be working on their problems, doubts or cases. As every single individual has its own personality and may feel insecure at the time they share their situation with ...
TIL - 03 May 2023
How to defend correctly a criminal as a lawyer
A question every lawyer has made themselves during their college years was how they should defend a person who is guilty from committing a crime in a proper way. Legal professionals are also afraid to defend someone who is pled blameable as they will have to confront in some cases the bad opinions o...
TIL - 28 April 2023
From Good to Great: Creating a Winning Business Development Culture in Law Firms
Developing a strong business development (BD) culture is crucial for law firms, as it ensures sustainable growth and strong client relationships. However, many law firms struggle to implement effective BD strategies due to lack of leadership focus, inadequate planning, and insufficient support. &nb...
Ben Paul - 27 April 2023
The importance of the diversity in the legal sector
Law firms has been a very masculine sector, particularly in management positions, which caused rejection among women and people from the LGBT community or other minorities. The lack of representation has also contributed to generate a sense of scariness in the legal profession but, as it is an actua...
TIL - 24 April 2023
The O shaped lawyer and its advantages
Change is inevitable in the legal sector as the profession tends to evolve in order to satisfy their clients needs and expectations. Even if it is impossible to not to happen, it is a difficult task that law firms need to cope with in order to continue with their business and the success that they h...
TIL - 21 April 2023
Strategies that legal tech can use to optimize hybrid workplaces
  The pandemic caused by the virus of the Covid-19 has affected the way all professional sectors operate. It has made, to some jobs, change their way of working and, specifically, has created a transition from the office to the house with the help of the new technologies. Many workplaces, incl...
TIL - 20 April 2023
How to write a legal brief?
The legal profession includes a lot of different tasks that needs to be learn in order to become a relevant personality in the sector and also build a personal brand. One of the simplest but that many lawyers continue to do wrong is the writing of legal briefs which are one of the most important pie...
TIL - 19 April 2023
Techniques for passing exams for Law students
The study of the law is a very complex activity that requires some skills such as a good memory, time and patience in order to become one of the best legal professionals in the sector. In addition, future lawyers will have to pass difficult exams that will include a lot of content and it is importan...
TIL - 18 April 2023
Why law firms need to use modern software?
Lawyers should always try to give the best of them during their cases and operations. The irruption of the standardized use of the technology in every professional sector has created a new challenge for the legal workers. In the current digital world, they should stay up to date with the latest adva...
TIL - 17 April 2023
Latin legal terms every lawyer should know
Every lawyer or professional of the legal sector has studied during their academic years a lot of Latin idioms in order to communicate in a correct and corporate way during the performance of their job. Some terms are difficult to comprehend and memorize and, over the time, many Latinisms will be fo...
TIL - 13 April 2023
How AI and human resources can work together in the legal sector
The artificial intelligence (AI) has come to stay in every aspect of life and as it has made a revolution in the professional sectors in so many ways, there is a need to be cautious and responsible with the use of this type of technology because the results they can provide may be biased or unfair. ...
TIL - 12 April 2023
Key factors that everyone should know about the legal sector
The legal profession involves some complex terminology that only people who have studied law will comprehend correctly. The thing is that people, regarding their job or educational level, should know at least some simple key factor in order to know what to do with the legal documents that everybody ...
TIL - 11 April 2023
Why business and law firms need legal support services?
In the actual world, due to the uncertainty of the socioeconomic situation, problems and difficulties can occur without prior notice. For that reason, every business and law firm need to have great support services in order to cope with this type of issues in a successful way.   In order to h...
TIL - 10 April 2023
Three principal types of dispute resolution in the legal sector
The dispute resolution, which is also known as the dispute settlement, is a way of achieving a solution of a conflict or dispute without having the necessity to go to court or require a judge or trial that will decide what will be the outcome.   Some professions don’t need to deal with ...
TIL - 05 April 2023
How to define the legal company’s personality
Every single business has missions to achieve and vision statements to accomplish. This are known as their values that provides to the company a personality or brand which will result in the principal idea that people are going to make about the legal firm. Moreover, this will also create a specific...
TIL - 04 April 2023
The power of oratory in the legal profession
Lawyers need to face in their career the challenge of doing well at public speaking which is an extremely difficult skill that is fundamental to practice in order to be successful at the profession. Moreover, the oratory is essential to discuss in the court with other legal colleagues, make proficie...
TIL - 03 April 2023
The keys to have the best law firm website design
Every professional sector needs to have presence in the online world. Nowadays, the virtual spaces are the ones to have priority among the choices of consulting services and products by potential customers. For that reason, it is important to have an intuitive and good design of the business website...
TIL - 31 March 2023
How legal firms can ensure their success
Legal firms face a lot of complex challenges that they need to deal in a correct way in order to not fail at their tasks and goals. The increasement of the competence, the new necessities that lawyers should cover and the essential of the legal sector to stay up to date in order to know all the chan...
TIL - 30 March 2023
In-house trends for lawyers to keep in mind in 2023
The pressure of the current socio-economic situation has affected all the professional sectors. Law firms need to do more with less resources as the financial uncertainty still continue. Lawyers will find a lot of difficult challenges during this year, but the circumstances for the in-house legal wo...
TIL - 29 March 2023
The matter of the humanization of the legal profession
The effects of the Covid -19 had in the population are still being suffered. It also provoked an acceleration of some socioeconomic factors that were taking small steps in the past such as the digital transformation, the technological advances and the social and political polarization. This aspects ...
TIL - 28 March 2023
How to operate a law firm in an economic downturn
Due to the effects of the pandemic of Covid-19 and the geopolitical consequences of the war in Ukraine, it has caused an economic downturn all around the world. Prices of every single product or service are rising and the rates of unemployment are increasing. The legal sector is ...
TIL - 27 March 2023
How to deal with failure as a lawyer
The fear that failure evokes in every professional sector is something workers need to deal with because it can cause serious mental problems, such as anxiety, and even abandon the job the employee has worked a lot in order to reach that position. For that reasons, it is relevant to learn how to cop...
TIL - 24 March 2023
Seven tips that every lawyer going solo need to know
Many professionals of the legal sector prefer to focus their career in the solo practice. It is an extremely complex task due to the competition of the business and the difficulty of attracting new clients, but if it is made in the correct way, it will be an incredibly rewarding experience that will...
TIL - 23 March 2023
The best new legal business models
Law firms, for a long time, have follow a traditional business model which was based on the concept of selling time or as its commonly known, the billable hour. The irruption of the standardized use of the new technology and a tightening market have thrown into crisis the traditional methods of the ...
TIL - 22 March 2023
Belinda G. Schwarts, new Executive Chair of Herrick
The law firm Herrick, Feinstein LLP has announced that the professional, Belinda G. Schwartz, has been named Executive Chair of the office. In addition, Schwartz will lead the firm’s Executive Committee. Belinda has become one of the few women in the nation currently leading a major law firm ...
TIL - 21 March 2023
The seven C’s of an effective legal communication
Communication is a key factor in the legal profession. Lawyers need to know how to transmit in an effective way their goals or objectives to their clients in order to be successful. It is important to keep in mind the seven C’s that should be in every legal activity that involves the act of co...
TIL - 21 March 2023
How a law firm can attract new clients
Every single law firm need clients to exist. They are the main economic source of the office and, also, the ones who will bring an opportunity to the lawyers to show off their skills and talent in the cases or in the judge. Finding new customers is a complex task because it involves having to step o...
TIL - 17 March 2023
Legal marketing trends that every law firm needs to have
Marketing is an extremely important element in every single business or professional sector. Its main goal is to promote its product or service in a unique way in order to obtain and maintain clients. Legal marketing is more difficult than in other area because it has some disadvantages such as rest...
TIL - 16 March 2023
Would you prefer a robot or a person defend you in a court?
Could lawyers and professionals of the legal sector be replaced by a robot? This sounds futuristic, awkward and dystopian, but the use of artificial intelligence (AI) has been standardized among the legal community. What have been identified as the first legal robot is an application called DoNotPa...
TIL - 15 March 2023
Qualities that every good lawyer must have
Every profession needs a group of skills to be developed to be a great employee in your work field. As it has always been said practice makes the perfection so, following this advice, there are some qualities that every lawyer needs to work on if they want to achieve success. First of all, every pr...
TIL - 14 March 2023
The importance of the specialization in the legal profession
Today's market is full of great professionals from any field with extensive knowledge, languages ​​and, in many cases, overqualified for most positions. This also happens in the legal sector, so it is necessary for lawyers make a change in order to stand out from all the competition. The importa...
TIL - 13 March 2023
Five dangerous cyberattacks that threaten the legal sector
As the virtual world expands and the presence of the Internet takes over all areas of communication, so does malware. This new word means malicious software and its main mission is to infiltrate into any device without the user's prior knowledge. The legal sector has experienced ...
TIL - 10 March 2023
Bighand's latest report reveals pressure on prices
Bighand has produced a report that provides an accurate picture of the latest trends in legal pricing and budgeting and, has also revealed, that there is pressure on pricing in the legal sector. The report shows the growing issues facing law firms in the face of evolving client expectations for grea...
TIL - 08 March 2023
Neuromarketing helps law firms grow
Neuromarketing is the science that studies how the human brain responds to certain stimuli, such as messages, that are generated by advertising and marketing. This science is based on the idea that most consumer decisions are driven by the subconscious and emotions rather than by reason, i.e., they ...
TIL - 07 March 2023
Business feedback: a tool for law firm management
When people are affected by external stimuli, the human organism automatically generates a response known as feedback. This concept is also extrapolated beyond the functioning of the human body, specifically to the business sector when a company's employees receive a message about the work actions t...
TIL - 06 March 2023
Technology companies that are revolutionizing the legal system
The development of technology in the legal sector has grown a lot in recent years, so much so that it has transformed the legal system itself to make justice accessible to as many people as possible, although fortunately, robots and artificial intelligence cannot yet replace lawyers as advocates in ...
TIL - 03 March 2023
The key elements in the decoration of a law office
The way in which the offices of a law firm are decorated is very important because the distribution and placement of the elements in an office is the way to represent the company itself. Just as people's houses are decorated according to the taste of those who live in them, offices have to convey th...
TIL - 01 March 2023
How artificial intelligence can write your demand documents
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the most important revolution in technology since its invention. It is the attempt to imitate human intelligence through software, designing systems that act as humans would. But artificial intelligence should not be confused with computer programs because they are n...
TIL - 28 February 2023
All firms involved in the partnership between Eni and Snam for the gas pipelines between Algeria and Italy
  On 10 January, Snam completed its purchase of 49.9% of Eni’s, directly and indirectly held, stake in the companies that manage the two groups of gas pipelines connecting Algeria to Italy (the on-shore gas pipeline TTPC and the off-shore gas pipeline TMPC), for approximately EUR 405 mil...
TIL - 27 February 2023
Six tips for lawyers to separate work and personal life
Employment contracts stipulate the weekly working hours that lawyers have to work, however, this agreement is not always complied with and the professional ends up working more than necessary because he/she takes the tasks home. This fact has negative consequences for lawyers, who end up spending mo...
TIL - 24 February 2023
Retain human talent in your office
For law firms, and especially those with long-term clients and working on long-term projects, it is crucial to have lawyers who will put their full trust in the project over the years. Staff volatility is one of the worst travelling companions of a law firm. If the turnover of a company's human...
TIL - 23 February 2023
How lawyers have to deal with a job interview
One of the most complicated situations for people is the job search. Lawyers study for years to be able to practice, achieving a brilliant academic training, and there are even some who already have a professional career. However, there are more and more requirements that lawyers must meet if they w...
TIL - 23 February 2023
Reed Smith appoints three partners to drive global environmental sustainability plan
Global law firm Reed Smith announced the appointment of three partners to help drive progress toward the firm’s sustainability goals. Todd Maiden, Jennifer Smokelin and Elle Todd will serve as the firm’s first sustainability partners.   Todd Maiden is a member of our Environmental...
TIL - 22 February 2023
Factors that determine why clients choose a law firm
The legal profession has changed a lot in recent years, the disruption of new technologies in the legal sector, also known as LegalTech, has transformed the way lawyers work, and with it, offers of law firms have grown. But for a law firm to stand out in the market, it has to differentiate itself fr...
TIL - 21 February 2023
Best market practice for companies to disclose their social sustainability metrics
Clear reporting of an organisation’s social sustainability credentials is vital to ensuring that internal and external stakeholders can understand the impact - positive and negative - an organisation is having on the wider world.  However, the reporting landscape in relation to soci...
TIL - 20 February 2023
Nick Cooper, Clayton Utz’s new chief executive partner
Just two months after electing a new executive managing partner, national law firm Clayton Utz has made public that Nick Cooper will be filling the position for the incoming CEP. In mid-November last year , Lawyers Weekly revealed that the leadership of Clayton Utz would be a battle between CEP inc...
TIL - 17 February 2023
Keys to information leak management in a law firm
Cybersecurity is an essential element in the strategy of law firms. Sometimes there are problems in the firm's data systems because they are attacked, and clients' data privacy is violated. This has negative consequences, it highlights the lack of security of law firms and clients will lose confiden...
TIL - 16 February 2023
Advantages of having a community manager in the legal firm
Social media give a new vision of the world and they have changed the way we look at things. People show in them their daily routines, their leisure time, the food they eat, and even the opinions they have on certain issues. Consequently, social media help to form an idea of ​​what a person is l...
TIL - 15 February 2023
Leeds-Based Parklane Plowden grows family team with new barrister
Leeds and Newcastle-based Parklane Plowden Chambers has welcomed a new tenant to its 40-plus strong family team. Naomi Hartridge, who was called to the Bar in 2017, specialises in both public and private work in relation to family matters. She joins the set from Leeds-based Spire Barristers where s...
TIL - 14 February 2023
Digital tools for legal firms
Law firms work against the clock in order to deliver all the files before the deadline expire. Consequently, time is the key factor in your daily activities that involve legal, administrative and commercial issues. To face this challenge, the legal sector has implemented technological tools in the ...
TIL - 14 February 2023
The increasement of the work commitment of the lawyers in your legal firm
  Workers committed to the company are loyal workers who will want to continue providing their professional services in your law firm even when the company is not going through a good time. Working in the labour commitment not only consists of ensuring that the lawyers' talent is retained in ...
TIL - 13 February 2023
Ten tips for lawyers to be more productive in Teams
  The organization of a team of workers is essential for the company to function properly. Lawyers in law firms make use of the Microsoft Teams application for internal communication thanks to the advantages it offers. But if you want to work effectively and productively with this digital too...
TIL - 10 February 2023
Monetize your law firm's information with Business Intelligence
The advent of new technologies has made law firms have the need to be constantly evolving because the legal market and client requests are becoming more and more demanding. For law firms to be profitable and have business success, they need to incorporate digital tools that help them to be more comp...
TIL - 09 February 2023
The organization of a law firm begins with the organization of its agenda
When a building is constructed, the first thing that must be done are the plans to be able to locate the spaces and have a structure. In law offices the same thing happens, but in this case you do not need a plan, but an agenda to organize the tasks to be performed and follow an order when executing...
TIL - 08 February 2023
Tips to optimize office management
  Law firms are not perfect, there are problems in their organization. These incidents can be avoided if in-house management techniques are applied to improve the productivity of the office. Using tips management for lawyers involves putting into action innovative methods with the objective o...
TIL - 07 February 2023
Five work limits that need to be present during the workday
A good work atmosphere is fundamental in order to achieve the well-being of their workers. There are diverse characteristics that allows the development of the professional activity in a healthy atmosphere, specifically, between the relationship of the worker with the company. The professional con...
TIL - 06 February 2023
Advice guide: how a lawyer should act in a videoconference
  New technologies have made possible new ways and means of communication. Other form of communication is that which takes place over the Internet, specifically, that which involves the transmission of audio and video: videoconferencing. These streaming meetings imply that those attending a m...
TIL - 03 February 2023
AI unleashes madness: $1 million for the lawyer who lets himself be replaced by a robot
Lawyer, would you accept in exchange for a significant financial offer to put on headphones in a Supreme Court trial and repeat exactly what a robot tells you to defend the interests of your client? Last Sunday, Joshua Browder, the CEO of DoNotPay, the world's most famous legal chatbot that claims ...
TIL - 12 January 2023
Crimes that bad lawyers may be tempted to commit in the exercise of their profession
Workers in the legal sector are the first ones who must comply with criminal and deontological rules, especially while they are practicing their profession, since they are the masters of the legal practice and the first ones who must set an example. When a law firm or one of its employees is involv...
TIL - 03 November 2022
Is there a growing coaching culture in your law firm or company?
Abstract    In a coaching culture, in addition to enjoying the benefits of being coached, the skills of coaching can enhance the effectiveness of lawyers, leaders and managers and improve working relationships in professional and corporate environments.  Coaching has transitioned, in...
Chris Hadfield - 26 April 2022
Earth Day 2022: time to invest on our planet
Today, April 22, is the International Day for Mother Earth, to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Ever since the conference of UNESCO in 1969 that took place in San Francisco, where peace activist John McConnell proposed the idea of honouring the Earth and the peace every year, and th...
Mariana González - 22 April 2022
Simmons & Simmons’ first global head of ESG
Simmons Simmons has just appointed its first global head of ESG; this Wednesday Sonali Siriwardena has joined the firm with the great responsibility of bringing together Simmons’ global ESG strategy.  “The opportunity to spearhead the external ESG strategy for Simmons is compelling...
TIL - 21 April 2022
Meet the Dead Lawyers Society
[Photo: Stas Yurchenko, Graty] Today we are moved to present a brand-new startup that is carrying out an amazing labour of recognition and visibility for the war against Russia. The initiative is a reference to the movie Dead Poets Society, conformed by over 8,000 Ukrainian lawyers that is constant...
Mariana González - 20 April 2022
A lawyers in recovery: Changing the narrative
--- Jessie Gomberg tells how she overcame her mental trauma and gives lawyer recovery advice Someone once told me to be very careful about disclosing that I am in recovery. The phrase he used was cute but ominous: “you can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube.” I’ve chew...
Jessie Gomberg - 19 April 2022
Expand your career with the ACC-King’s College London Mini-MBA program
Looking for a way to improve your skills, grow your knowledge and take your career to the next level? The 2022 ACC/King’s Business School Mini-MBA course for in-house lawyers will introduce participants to the essential business skills required to succeed in today's competitive corporate legal...
TIL - 18 April 2022
Why have 70% of women lawyers of color left or want to leave the legal profession?
--- According to a report by the American Bar Association (ABA), 70% of women lawyers of color in the United States have either quit or are considering quitting the legal profession  At the moment, 2% of the partners in the equity departments of large law firms are women lawyers of color. The...
TIL - 17 April 2022 United States of America
Knowledge Management, Geometry and Frieda Riley
--- This essay is the Preface to Jerry Lawson’s new book Knowledge Management for Lawyers: Building a Culture of Success, scheduled for publication in April 2022.     I first learned about the joy of efficiency from my high school Geometry teacher, Miss Freida Riley. On submitt...
Jerry Lawson - 15 April 2022
Life in the Law
--- UK lawyer support charity LawCare has just published research into lawyer wellbeing during the pandemic. It is detailed and thoroughly practical    On 28th September 2021 the UK legal mental health charity LawCare released findings of its research study ‘Life in the Law’...
Angus Lyon - 14 April 2022
How law firms can combat losing talent with strategies to sustainably retain staff
Across most industry sectors in the UK, staff and skills shortages have plagued businesses throughout the latter half of 2021 and early 2022, so it should be no surprise that the so-called ‘Great Resignation’ has not neglected the legal sector, where graduate starting salaries for lawyer...
Deborah Gray - 12 April 2022
How to launch a podcast for lawyers. The case of 'How I Lawyer'
--- Jonah Perlin answers some questions about his successful podcast for lawyers "How I Lawyer"   How you came up with the idea of the podcast ‘How I Lawyer’?  I teach Legal Practice at Georgetown Law (where I also went to law school). In that capacity I spend a lot of time...
Jonah Perlin - 11 April 2022
Quinn Emmanuel (and other law firms) acting on pro bono for Ukraine
On further legal procedures related to the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, latest news confirm that the US firm Quinn Emmanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has been appointed as counsel to the Ukrainian Mistry of Justice to bring proceedings against Russia, under the European Convention on Human Rights. First ...
Mariana González - 05 April 2022
Mayer Brown broadens European equity capital markets offer with partner hire in Germany
Mayer Brown Capital Markets, a leading debt and equity capital markets practice advising clients across the United States, Europe and Asia, today strengthened the breadth of its offering with the hiring of Dr. Susanne Lenz. Dr. Lenz is a capital markets practitioner qualified in Germany and New Yor...
TIL - 04 April 2022
Blakes elects its new Chair: Geoff Belsher
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), Canada’s top business law firm, has announced that Geoff Belsher has been elected the Firm’s next Chair by the Blakes partnership. Geoff’s term as Chair begins January 1, 2023. Geoff has built a pre-eminent cross-border M&A practice a...
TIL - 31 March 2022
The origins of the advocacy - The trial of Phryne
It is often said that prostitution is the oldest profession, but it turns out that the first references are to advocacy. In this article we will not only see a historical event, but also one of the possible origins of the legal profession. Phryné was famous in Ancient Greece for her beauty, ...
Mariana González - 31 March 2022
The State of the Legal Operations Role in Legal Departments
Legal operations is a business function or set of activities that focus on delivering legal services for the corporation in an efficient and effective manner. Dedicated legal operations staff focus on optimising how people, processes, and technology are deployed, leveraging data to inform decision-m...
Blake E. Garcia, PhD - 29 March 2022
BonelliErede and Zahaf & Partners launch an exclusive cooperation in Libya
The expansion BonelliErede embarked on into Africa and the Middle East back in 2016 has just reached a new milestone: a cooperation with Zahaf & Partners, a leading Libyan law firm with extensive experience assisting institutions and local and foreign companies. The cooperation will enable Bonel...
TIL - 29 March 2022
Never lower your price - do this instead
We’ve all been there - we’ve had a really good scoping conversation with our client or prospect, where we’ve uncovered the main terms of the matter, we’ve told the client or prospect that we can do the work and we know they like us because they’ve laughed at all of our ...
Scott Simmons - 25 March 2022
Day for the elimination of racial discrimination
Last Monday (21st March) is globally marked as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. This year the UN put focus on the theme “VOICES FOR ACTION AGAINST RACISM”, a simple message can be a powerful vehicle to encourage people everywhere to strengthen and conso...
Mariana González - 23 March 2022
Mindfulness, Meditation and the legal profession
--- Practical tips and an argument for, incorporating mindfulness and meditation into the daily practice of law—for both the individual, and the profession The practice of law—be it compliance, transactional or litigation oriented—is uniquely stressful. The demands of partners an...
Jeffrey H. Bunn - 22 March 2022
Top 8 Legal Tech Trends to Watch in 2021/22
Technology projects innovation to all of the industries and it is hard to resist. Hard and, also, unnecessary. You will hardly find a company that didn’t benefit from engaging technology into its daily operations. In law, tech touches almost every aspect of the legal processes lawyers undertak...
Mariia Synytska - 18 March 2022
Simmons & Simmons renews managing partner for two more years
Simmons & Simmons has announced recently that managing partner Jeremy Hoyland will have his term extended by two years. This will mean that his tenure as managing partner now ends in April 2025. Jeremy has been managing partner at the firm since 2011 and is currently serving his third term in t...
TIL - 18 March 2022
how to listen to your client in a difficult moment
Advocacy is one of those professions where you really need to be able to multitask… at university no one will prepare you to play a psychologist, empathize with your client or tell them what they need to hear. We are social beings and outside of the labor relations we cannot avoid establishin...
Mariana González - 17 March 2022
Dentons hires new partner for Banking & Finance in the UK
Dentons has recruited Simon Prendergast as a partner in the firm's UK Banking and Finance Division. One of the leading asset based lending and receivables financing lawyers in the UK, ranked as a leading individual in both Legal 500 and Chambers, Simon joins the London office from Addleshaw Goddard ...
TIL - 16 March 2022
Cleary Gottlieb hires two top lawyers in Brussels and New York
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced this Tuesday that competition/antitrust lawyer Isabel Rooms will join the firm as a partner in the Brussels office, and tax lawyer Matthew (Matt) Brigham will join the firm as counsel in the New York office. “We are delighted to welcome Isabe...
TIL - 15 March 2022
What Plato would say to a 21st century lawyer
Plato, perhaps one of the most famous philosophers in history, lived in the IV century before Christ, in the Athenian polis of Ancient Greece, a society eternally admired for its political model that organized itself in the closest way to (the purest) democracy, that has ever existed. Although they ...
Mariana González - 15 March 2022
5 Critical Tips to Creating Healthy Business Development Habits
I wish someone would explain to me why developing good habits isn’t taught in grade school or at any level in education. Wouldn’t this fix some of the systemic issues we have with underperforming kids (like I used to be)?   One of the best quotes I’ve read in years is by...
Steve Fretzin - 14 March 2022
Permanent Pausing Procrastination: Why You Procrastinate and How to Stop
“I work better under pressure.”  “I need a deadline to do my best work.” Who has said that to themselves?  I hate to break it to you, but it isn’t true. Here’s what actually happens when you procrastinate.  The brain is designed to seek pleasure...
Jennifer Deal - 12 March 2022
Setting the agenda: four things on the minds of the legal community in 2022
With fragmented vaccine roll-outs and new coronavirus variants emerging, 2021 was far from “back to normal” for the business world at large. Throughout the year, the legal world continued to work and handle complex cases remotely, providing quality counsel to clients against a ...
Duncan Weston - 10 March 2022
IWD 2022: Women in Law
On the 8th of March every year, the whole world supports the work of women and their undoubted presence and relevance in all markets. The legal sector is no stranger to this reality, and more and more women are deciding to dedicate themselves to the legal profession with the aim of honouring this pr...
TIL - 08 March 2022
The women in law by the numbers
In view of today's date March 8th, International Women's Day, we take the opportunity to review, the transparency and recognition of figures. Because at the end of the day, feminism as a social strife becomes a question of numbers, a question of representation. We find ourselves before a society th...
Mariana González - 08 March 2022
Emma Burnett (CMS): "CMS Breach Assistant is practical tool for navigating a data breach"
1. What is the purpose of CMS Breach Assistant? For most businesses, the question is not if they will experience a data breach, but when it will happen. When businesses face a data breach or a suspected data breach involving personal data, they need clear guidance on what to do and they need it qui...
Emma Burnett - 07 March 2022
Nelson Mullins adds nine lawyers, opens Cleveland office
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has added nine attorneys to the firm’s national litigation practice, with eight opening a new office in Cleveland and one joining the firm’s Los Angeles office. The group, which includes six partners and three associates, is joining from Tucker ...
TIL - 07 March 2022
Hogan Lovells strengthens its M&A and Private Equity departments. Meet its new partner
Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that Adrienne Ellman has joined the firm’s Corporate & Finance practice group as a partner in its Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and Private Equity practices, based in New York. Recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” by The Legal 500 in M&am...
TIL - 02 March 2022
Interview with Claire Rason: How to improve your firm's sales?
--- Marketing can be a great ally when it comes to improving your law firm's sales The Impact Lawyers publishes an interview with Claire Rason, regarding the Essential Guide: Keys to increase your law firm’s sales. Claire is legal coach, law firm marketing and business development expert, an...
Claire Rason - 24 February 2022
Business development for lawyers? Read Steve Fretzin's latest book
Steve Fretzin, writer, business development specialist and editor of the Be that lawyer podcast, publishes on amazon his book "Legal Business Development Isn't Rocket Science". You can purchase it here. "While this book may not handle every single possible scenario you may run across, I do have my ...
TIL - 23 February 2022
The First Sale You Make
The first sale you make is to yourself. The first client you bring on is you. People often come to us feeling shy, self-conscious, awkward about promoting themselves at conferences, LinkedIn. They feel like they’re being too pushy to ask for the sale. There is no trick or hack to get past t...
Dhawal Tank - 19 February 2022
How a professional website helps law firms earn more money, attract clients and increase trust
--- Lawyers and partners of the law companies are aware that the key factors when choosing a company to work with are competence, prominence, reputation, past projects, and, certainly, its professionals   The personal brand of each particular lawyer is also substantial and formed by elements...
Nikita Smotrov - 18 February 2022
Burges Salmon’s Digital Academy Boosts Tech Skills
Independent UK law firm Burges Salmon has just been crowned the RollOnFriday ‘Best Law Firm to Work at 2022’ That in itself is a great achievement and is reflected in their dedication to improving the skills of their people. The firm has always recognised the importance of keeping peop...
Joanne Humber, Chloe Parfitt - 17 February 2022
Latham & Watkins hires a leading New York-based partner
Latham & Watkins announced recently that Stephanie Teicher has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Banking and Private Equity Finance Practices, and as a member of the Finance Department. Teicher represents private equity firms, portfolio companies, corporate borrowers, s...
TIL - 16 February 2022
Metaverse Law – A Whole New Concept for All Of Us
It is quite recent that we were introduced a whole new world, hashtag Metaverse. It feels like a Black Mirror episode, and yes, it is happening. Online world of only 2 dimensions is converting into to 3 dimensions. For now, it is anticipated that each user will spend about 1 to 2 hours weekly at the...
Tuğçe Avcısert - 16 February 2022
MIA is launched: the first AI solution capable of detecting legal breaches to avoid fines and penalties for businesses
- Automatically analyses company information and detects legal gaps. - It automates and accelerates legal diagnoses allowing lawyers to focus on adding value. - It has entailed 5 years of research with the Complutense University and more than €2 million of investment. - This Spanish solution...
TIL - 15 February 2022
The Identity Economy for Lawyers
We no longer live in (just) a service economy. We live in an identity economy. Are you prepared for it? One lesson we keep coming back to with the hundreds of conversations we have is this: people buy on emotion, then justify with logic. People don’t just want great service from you. They w...
Dhawal Tank - 12 February 2022
Book: The governance of the legal function in organizations: legal operations, innovation and digitalization
In the last five years [1], the in-house Legal function has been immersed in a process of unprecedented growth and consolidation that entails in practice a really deep transformation [2]. The degree of acceleration and depth of changes in the social, cultural, economic and political framework that ...
Miguel González Inés, Lola Conde, Ana Buitrago - 11 February 2022
Jones Day consolidates its Global Disputes Practice with Courtney Lotfi
Jones Day announced today that Courtney Lotfi has joined the Firm as Of Counsel in its Global Disputes Practice. She is based in Frankfurt. Ms. Lotfi is a seasoned international arbitration counsel with extensive experience in the energy, construction and industrial engineering, life sciences, auto...
TIL - 10 February 2022
Hogan Lovells signs promising New York partner
Hogan Lovells has strengthened its Corporate & Finance department in New York with the addition of Parikshit Dasgupta, the third partner to join the team in the US so far this year.  The department posted strong numbers last year, according to managing partner James Doyle:  "Our Corp...
TIL - 08 February 2022
Six key factors that determine a law firm's marketing budget
One of the most frequently asked questions partners ask themselves when they decide to grow is: How much should a law firm invest in marketing? How much should a law firm invest in marketing? The answer, as so often, is: "it depends". The legal profession is a very heterogeneous industry, to whic...
Lidia Zommer - 07 February 2022
ACC 2022 CLO Survey: Discover key points on legal sector
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) 2022 Chief Legal Officers Survey (CLO Survey), in partnership with Exterro, the exclusive ACC Alliance Partner for E-Discovery, Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Compliance, provides new insights into the growing scope of CLO responsibilities as an integral bu...
TIL - 07 February 2022
Three ways that teaching yoga has helped me become a better lawyer
I am an associate general counsel in McKinsey’s Hong Kong office, managing litigation and investigations across Asia—and I’m also a part-time yoga teacher.     I’m currently in the middle of advanced yoga-teacher training, which is a 300-hour course split into ...
Fiona Callanan-Thorsby - 06 February 2022
In focus: AGM Abogados' expansion into Latin America
At the end of November, AGM Abogados decided to open up to the Latin American market. This innovative Latam desk is led by Julio Menchaca Vite and Julio Rocafull Rodríguez, both members of the M&A team of AGM Abogados. Julio Menchaca, of Mexican origin, is a lawyer admitted to practice in...
Julio Menchaca Vite, Julio Rocafull Rodríguez - 03 February 2022
Mermoz has the key to its antitrust and competition teams: Fourgoux and Djavadi
Jean-Louis Fourgoux and Leyla Djavadi along with their team join Mermoz to build the firm’s antitrust & competition practice. With a strong transactional focus and recognised know-how in private equity in the mid-market segment, Mermoz consolidates its offering with an experienced and repu...
Mermoz Avocats - 03 February 2022
How companies combat unfair competition actions
The frenetic pace at which the Spanish business fabric has to face the constant changes that the labour market itself brings with it represents an opportunity for many companies, but sometimes also a threat. The ever-increasing specialised competition between companies is just one of the challenges ...
TIL - 02 February 2022
Microsoft 365 and WFH Considerations: An Interview with Sarah Sims-Thompson
Millions of employees globally are now working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since many have not done so before, they are facing challenges in managing their workflows and coordinating and collaborating with their peers. Corporate legal teams are now faced with the challenge of fulfilling ...
BlueStar - 02 February 2022
In the spotlight: Reed Smith's pro-bono department
- The firm accounted for 27,300 hours in pro-bono services in 2021 - Charity counselling time increased by 24%. --- Pro-bono services are increasingly being taken into account by law firms. Firm culture matters and Reed Smith is clear about that.  The UK-based global firm has just revealed ...
TIL - 02 February 2022
Lunar New Year: 11 original law firm greetings post
The lunar new year begins today, a holiday that lasts about two weeks and is celebrated in East Asia and Southeast Asia. The animal representing the year 2022 is the tiger, replacing the ox, which was last year's animal.  As usual, law firms and companies with international projection have wan...
TIL - 01 February 2022
Lupl: the perfect legaltech for Singaporean lawyers
The legaltech company Lupl has reached an agreement with the Singapore Ministry of Justice to develop a platform that allows different lawyers in Singapore to collaborate.  The result of this agreement is the Legal Technology Platform (LPT) and can be used by lawyers and law firms to improve d...
TIL - 31 January 2022
Legalpioneer.org: A platform with over 4,900 pioneers in the legal sector. Why join this platform?
We could attract more talent to help build better technology than in the last decade. And we hope these pioneers start on Legalpioneer.org. --- TLDR: Despite a decade with thousands of companies with billions in capital, we failed to bring meaningful change to the process of law. No matter the rea...
Raymond Blijd - 28 January 2022
New global chair of Transportation Industry Group at Reed Smith
- Reed Smith’s transportation practice covers the full spectrum of legal needs for transportation companies --- Reed Smith has announced the appointment of asset finance partner Richard Hakes as the new chair of its global Transportation Industry Group.   Hakes, who is based in Lo...
TIL - 27 January 2022
Meeting Lawyers: The legaltech that offers legal certainty with only a click
- "The legal sector is taking giant steps in the right direction" - "In a few years it will be unthinkable to imagine the sector without the digital alliance" --- Meeting Lawyers was launched in May 2021 as we realized several things: 1) a large majority of people with legal problems would like t...
Claudia Pierre - 27 January 2022
Promising new US Co-Head of Investigations at Norton Rose Fullbright
Norton Rose Fulbright announces the appointment of Sandeep Savla as co-head of the U.S. Regulatory, Investigations, Securities and Compliance practice.  Savla, a partner in the New York office, will share leadership with Washington partner Kevin Harnisch. Savla's practice focuses on civil and...
TIL - 26 January 2022
Three additions to strengthen Eversheds London and the Middle East
Eversheds Sutherland strengthens its London and Dubai offices. In an encouraging move for the firm, two former Dentons partners, Martin Mankabady and Adriana Cotter, and a former Baker McKenzie partner, Steven Henderson, join the firm.  In particular, Mankabady served as global chair of Denton...
TIL - 25 January 2022
The Promised Land of Industry 4.0: five key trends for an 'actionable' digital transformation in 2022
In October 2015, John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems, stated: "At least 40% of all companies will die in the next 10 years, if they don't figure out how to change their entire company to adapt to new technologies." --- Five years have passed since John Chambers spoke in such absolute terms about t...
Marta de Zavala - 25 January 2022
WE LEAD programme selects a great lawyer: Sarah Cummings Stewart
The Dallas Bar Association's Women Empowered to Lead in the Legal Profession (WE LEAD) programme has accepted Reed Smith partner Sarah Cummings Steward into its programme. Through this programme, Stewart will participate in a year-long curriculum and will enhance her leadership skills, as well as o...
TIL - 24 January 2022
3 small changes you can make to improve your workday
Start your day with positivity Take a minute to list out three things you are grateful for—that could be as simple as a great night’s sleep or the latte you had. You can do this while you drink said latte or when you first get to your desk Gratitude is strongly and consistently associa...
TIL - 22 January 2022
How diversity, equity, and inclusion promote business innovation
Innovation in business is powered by unique perspectives and new ideas. At the forefront of innovation is diversity, equity, and inclusión. Having diverse perspectives from teammates who come from different backgrounds ensures that your team approaches a problem from multiple angles and this ...
Gema Gago - 21 January 2022
Global Competencies for leaders a Sure Winner
Over the years I have worked with high performers and high potential leaders to take them to the next levels of their leadership. I however must admit that the COVID 19 epidemic came with so many unexpected dimensions to it and caught several leaders ill prepared. It exacerbated the business terrain...
Brian Maphosa - 21 January 2022
Brown Rudnick reinvents its global Tech practice - 8 signings for excitement
Brown Rudnick has announced the reinforcement of its Tech department with the addition of five new partners and three associates. It is a move that demonstrates the firm's commitment to talent. The partners are David Sorin, Scott Smedresman, Jared Sorin, Joseph Ferino and Matthew Uretsky; and the as...
TIL - 20 January 2022
David Kidman: the magic formula for Simmons' litigation team
Simmons & Simmons has strengthened its litigation department with the addition of David Kidman, who will join the firm's London office on 28 March.  Kidman brings a wealth of litigation experience from his previous role at DWF, where he has worked for the past six years. The head of Simmo...
TIL - 19 January 2022
Norton Rose Fulbright completes new EMA Banking & Finance team
Norton Rose Fulbright has expanded its Banking & Finance department with the signing of Madhavi Gosavi as head of the Banking & Finance team for Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA), as well as recently adding four new members to that committee.  Gosavi joined the firm on 1 January 2022...
TIL - 19 January 2022
Promising signing for Orrick's Tech team: Anna Humphrey
Orrick has announced the signing of a technology talent within the legal sector: Anna Humphrey. This new addition will join the firm's London office team, bringing to eleven the number of new recruits the firm has made to work in the British capital.  Humphrey will thus become part of an Orric...
TIL - 18 January 2022
BCLP moves office in Paris
Previously spread over two sites, BCLP is bringing its teams together in a single location. Lawyers and staff will benefit from a qualitative and collaborative environment adapted to contemporary working methods. “This move is a real boost for the firm. It allows us not only to consolidate ou...
TIL - 17 January 2022
Time to open the black box - making measurement routine
‘Coaching will remain a black box unless the behavior change and the ensuing benefits, including those to the bottom line, are tracked.’ (Whitmore, 2017) Coaching has had a hugely positive impact on individuals and organizations during the last decade. In the right context, it is a powe...
Jay Connolly - 17 January 2022
10 signs of a toxic work environment (and how to address it)
1. TURNOVER The most obvious symptom of a toxic work environment is turnover. It’s conventional wisdom that “people don’t leave their job, they leave their boss,” and toxic bosses create toxic environments that drive people away. Of course, it’s better to catch problem...
TIL - 16 January 2022
5 ways to help remote employees find connection
It wasn’t that long ago that companies were making plans for their 2022 return to the office. Then, omicron hit, and many of those plans were bumped again, continuing the remote or hybrid workplace norm for many. managers can help struggling remote employees. Here are five ways to start: &nbs...
Gema Gago - 15 January 2022
Mélanie Riofrio: "Ten years ago, it was difficult to mention more than three well known female arbitrators"
1. What is the reason that prompted you to start a career in international arbitration? From a very young age I always liked to reconcile conflicting positions; listen to the arguments of each party and take decisions that were the most consistent with justice and reasonableness. Coming from a mult...
Mélanie Riofrio - 14 January 2022
Waiting for Permission
Have you been waiting for permission? The permission to send that email to a prospective client. Or host an event. Or claim that your brand is about that new practice area that excites you. Most people wait forever. They imagine stories in their head. “What if they think I’m a pest?&r...
Dhawal Tank - 13 January 2022
Shoosmiths explores outside the UK - opens Brussels office
Law firm Shoosmiths has opened an office in Brussels and recruited experienced lawyer Kiran Desai to meet growing client demand for European Union competition, regulatory and trade law advice. Dual-qualified in Belgium and in England and Wales, Kiran was previously the EU competition law leader at ...
TIL - 11 January 2022
Mermoz opens its doors: 25 lawyers and a broad range of expertise for mid-market players
A new player in the legal market, Mermoz is an independent law firm offering a wide range of business law services. With a strong transactional focus and recognised know-how in private equity in the mid-market segment, Mermoz is also a human adventure bringing together 8 partners, 16 associates and ...
Mermoz Avocats - 10 January 2022
A Partner From Start
Meet John. He started working at a reputable mid-sized law firm in the United States three years ago and achieved a senior associate level. He is grinding out his hours, rarely experiencing anything resembling work-life balance. At the Firm where he is currently working, the average time to achieve ...
Marko Porobija - 07 January 2022
Are you a Hunter or a Farmer? Building Your Law Practice Can Happen Either Way
When I was coming up the ranks as a sales professional in my 20’s and 30’s, there were two factions that you fell into. One was as a hunter, hard charging after new business day after day. The other was as a farmer, who took care of the hunter’s new client after the sale was made. ...
Steve Fretzin - 06 January 2022
Capacity vs. Flow
How do you perceive time? Of course most of us look at time as a capacity problem. Fill the calendar, build a huge to-do list. Get it all done, tomorrow. Then the day ends, we’re tired and exhausted and wonder what happened. We feel like we’re falling behind and wonder why we aren&rsqu...
Dhawal Tank - 05 January 2022
The Start of Something New
Let’s face it. Building your book of business, and your career won’t happen overnight. It’s through a constrant drip of ideas, actions, and inspiration that things start to change. At first, it’s barely perceptible. Then, it becomes a roar. That’s what the Authentic L...
Dhawal Tank - 30 December 2021
Can the uberization of work reach the legal profession?
Brazil is considered a country of continental dimensions due to the size of its territory. There are about 212 million peoplespread over more than 8 million km². There are currently 1.2 million lawyers registered in the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB), so the ratio is 1 lawyer to 175 people. ...
Ana Julia Vaz Guimarães Sampaio - 30 December 2021
Can UK Law Firms Mandate Employee Vaccines?
--- With restrictions in the UK having eased and the population slowly returning to the workplace, us lawyers are often being asked questions about whether employers can mandate vaccines for employees   In the UK, some industries have started mandating employee vaccines, such as within the c...
Efrat Gordon - 27 December 2021
What to do in the case of a cyber-attack?
With the rise of technology tools and the habit of storing all business data in the cloud, lawyers are now a tempting target for cybercriminals.  In other words, lawyers have to protect themselves to avoid receiving a cyberattack. According to a note published by Diferencia Legal, and citing ...
TIL - 27 December 2021
Are you an honest leader?
--- Honesty is a quality that many lawyers neglect, but which improves the connection with teams An increasingly sought-after quality in leaders is that of honesty. In an increasingly globalised and interconnected world, honesty is a value that is appreciated, especially if you work or lead a team...
Utkarsh Gambhir - 26 December 2021
Merry Christmas! 15 original law firms Christmas greetings
Christmas is a special time to spend with family and loved ones. Law firms are congratulating the festive season on social media, posting touching videos full of hope. They send messages that motivate employees and clients to face the final stretch of the year and start the next one with greater mot...
TIL - 23 December 2021
Legal Tech Tools for Lawyers’ Productivity
Moving the work remotely is a challenge not only for companies but for individuals. Many people have to face self-organization that some might find difficult. Though there are positives to working from home, there are plenty of distractions that affect productivity. Once again, technology comes to a...
Mariia Synytska - 21 December 2021
Privilege Plus: Discover Ashurst's latest digital toolkit
With legal professional privilege being one of the most common sources of questions for litigators, law firm Ashurst has launched online digital tool "Privilege Plus". This tool will help clients efficiently determine whether a document is protected by English law legal privilege rules.  Priv...
TIL - 21 December 2021
Meet Charles Adams: Clifford Chance's next Global Managing Partner
Leading international law firm, Clifford Chance has recently announced that its partners have elected Charles Adams as the firm's next Global Managing Partner. Charles will commence his four year term on 1 May 2022, when he will succeed Matthew Layton. Charles has been Regional Managing Partner for...
TIL - 17 December 2021
Do you know the value of your services?
Before starting, have you had a chance to read my first article about what it takes to do effective business development? It starts with knowing your client. If you haven't, please do it. This is one of the first things I help my clients think about. If you have, then congratulations! Why? Because...
Dhawal Tank - 16 December 2021
BonelliErede makes up three partners
BonelliErede’s partners’ meeting on Saturday, 11 December approved the promotion to partner of Enrico Chieppa, Giorgio Frasca and Federica Munno, the former a senior counsel and the latter managing associates of the firm. Enrico Chieppa joined BonelliErede in 2005 and is based in Milan....
TIL - 16 December 2021
Is data monetisation relevant? Baker McKenzie thinks so
Large companies do not envisage a future without the use and monetisation of data. With the growing interest in data collection and the creation of strategies around it, countries have been imposing legislation in order to regulate the excessive and uncontrolled use of data. Baker McKenzie, aware o...
TIL - 15 December 2021
The Key to a Successful Career: Don’t do what you love, do what you love to do for others
There’s a maxim you may have heard before, “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” –or something to that effect. I guess this means I should be a professional ice cream eater or nap taker… Seriously though, I’ve bought into this concept...
Steve Fretzin - 14 December 2021
UX Design boosts website performance. Here's how you can do it in four easy steps
UX stands for User Experience. It is a key element to take into account when designing your law firm's website, as it focuses on delivering the best possible value to potential clients while boosting your business objectives.  At Elastic Heads, we know User Experience Design (UX) is vital to e...
Catalina Silvart - 09 December 2021
"Blockchain is a stakeholders focused solution"
1. Have you had the opportunity to implement Smart Contracts in a company? Or any blockchain empowered tools implemented in companies?  We co-created a Blockchain for supply chain use case platform with a US based tech giant.  Woven into the track & trace, eCommerce focused capabilit...
Pretty Kubyane - 09 December 2021
"Lawrina specializes in the legal innovations sector as we believe that it will make lawyers happier"
  1. Lawrina is a great law portal, how did this idea come about and what is the real purpose of this offering of information? Lawrina is a legal portal aimed to improve free access to U.S. law and build an innovative community around lawyers.  This idea came to us because our founders ...
Lawrina - 07 December 2021
How has legislation on sexual harassment at work evolved?
CMS has published an expert guide on sexual harassment at work and has done so by comparing different global legislations.  2020 is a unique year that has changed the way lawyers work, making it an ideal time to promote a culture that will eradicate negative behaviour among employees.  T...
Joe Goodman - 06 December 2021
When Marketing Meets Advocacy
--- It is no secret that law is changing and bringing new contours and that lawyers are adding other skills Globalization and the market demand more quality than just advocating. Knowing the legislation and doing a good job is a premise and not a differential. As a result, legal marketing has bec...
Ana Julia Vaz Guimarães Sampaio - 05 December 2021
Post matter debriefs – the top five do’s and don’ts!
--- Petersen presents the five most important do's and don'ts in the debrief meeting Any opportunity to engage with your client beyond the day-to-day interaction is a bonus. Inviting your client to participate in a post matter debrief is an invaluable way to seek their feedback of fee earners/your...
Elizabeth Petersen - 03 December 2021
Cracking The Legal Dress Code: Image Coaching Tips for Lawyers
--- Correct legal clothing has positive consequences: it creates a good rapport of trust, respect and success Words have power, whether they’re spoken or written, but did you know that research shows that words make up a mere 7% of all face-to-face communication? According to researcher Albe...
Solita Roberts - 30 November 2021
Why Human Capital? A (Brief) Overview
--- Learn the definition of Human Capital or HCM, and the implications it has for an organization For whatever reason, there appear to be few concepts in human experience more mystifying than that of Human Capital.  Is it “just” HR”? Is it HR-lite? Is it HR+? Is it Human Tra...
Maurice Ducoing - 29 November 2021
Why an internal podcast could benefit our law firm's culture?
--- Corporate culture is important and that is the reason why companies should publish a series of internal podcasts Many of us have calls with colleagues and bosses via Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and other online platforms, yet we sometimes wonder whether we really feel a sense of belongi...
William Brown - 28 November 2021
Before Looking for ‘New Opportunities’ Elsewhere, You Could be Standing on Your Acres of Diamonds?
--- Brian Maphosa tells how to give value to your services through various stories and experiences A true story is told of an African farmer who heard tales about other farmers who had made millions by discovering diamond mines. These tales so excited the farmer that he could hardly wait to sell h...
Brian Maphosa - 26 November 2021
The importance of Artificial Intelligence in the Brazilian legal market
--- For the lawtechs and legaltechs ecosystem to have disruptive tools in Brazil, technology must be an ally for lawyers The use of Artificial Intelligence by lawtechs and legaltechs in the Brazilian market has grown a lot in recent years and there are many initiatives that aim to solve problems o...
Ana Julia Vaz Guimarães Sampaio - 25 November 2021
Law Firm Data Security Guide: How to Keep Your Law Firm Secure
--- Damian Alderson advises law firms to apply appropriate cybersecurity measures against cybercriminals to ensure data security Nowadays, many law firms operate in the online world so that they can create enough exposure for themselves and attract more clients. That being said, your clients entru...
Damian Alderson - 22 November 2021
Women in Law: Rising to the Challenges
--- The majority of women in the legal profession will tell you that when they graduated from law school, more than half of their graduating class was female. That is a change for the better from generations past. But, when looking at the senior ranks of law firms, the number of women who have ris...
Harriet Grant - 20 November 2021
BeSuccessful.Law - Successful Lawyering Course
Knowing the law is no longer enough for modern lawyers, especially those starting their own legal business. The world is changing rapidly, and you can either move with it or be left behind. You reading these lines means you prefer the first option. Riding the innovation tide is a challenge of its o...
Theodora Stoica - 15 November 2021
The lawyer's reputation
“The greater the position, the greater the person must be” (Baltasar Gracián) A lawyer's or law firm's reputation, that is, the perception of excellence or prestige generally held of them, is based on their integrity, behaviour or performance, and the way stakeholders recognize, ...
Francesc Domínguez - 12 November 2021
Dana Denis-Smith: "Women can embrace being the majority in the legal profession"
1. What encouraged you to create the 'First 100 Years' platform? I found it difficult to understand the context around women not advancing in the legal profession since I started working in law in 2005 – for some reason, progress was always at snail pace but no one was able to explain what wa...
Dana Denis-Smith - 11 November 2021
"The single most important skill of any negotiator in any negotiation was the ability to LISTEN"
We negotiate every day, in our personal and work lives. We do so to manage the expectations and obligations of each other and to ensure things get done in a manner, time, and place that suits both parties and at best inconveniences them the least.  In the brief space afforded me in these pages...
Nick Davies - 09 November 2021
Lawyer wellbeing in crisis
A new report just published by the International Bar Association, the global voice of the legal profession, highlights a crisis in lawyer mental wellbeing.  Now it's official and undeniable.  There is a mental health crisis in the legal profession worldwide. A few days ago on 26th Octob...
Angus Lyon - 03 November 2021
Decisions based on Data
Much has been said about Big Data and modern tools for extracting indicators, however a volume of data only makes sense if treated and if decisions are based on reliable statistics. In this hand, a few years ago most of the legal departments of companies and law firms began to play a more strategic...
Ana Julia Vaz Guimarães Sampaio - 02 November 2021
The multitasking lawyer: myth or reality?
--- The legal sector is increasingly demanding the presence of "multitasking" lawyers. Moreover, there is a demand for these tasks to be carried out as quickly and efficiently as possible Just as a professional who is able to perform several different tasks at the same time in the same day, t...
TIL - 01 November 2021
We need more full-stack lawyers
--- The success of a lawyer can be measured through the feedback of their clients when they can understand complex information in a simple way   There are a lot of touchpoints between working as a lawyer and a software developer.  Let's approach the subject from the perspective that la...
Aku Nikkola - 29 October 2021
"We need to be focused on the capabilities for the future"
It is unnecessary, but true, to note that a great deal has changed in the last decade. On all fronts how we live, interact and work continues to evolve, and certainly with bumps along the way that we try to learn from to enhance what we do next.  After ten years in a leadership role in one glo...
Jay Connolly - 27 October 2021
Mo Zain (LEx360) : "Lawyers fail to challenge what should be automated or completely resist the automation journey"
LEx360, a legal operations consulting firm, and Lawcadia, a legaltech company, recently signed an alliance with the aim of reducing risk and complexity in the work of legal departments. Technology is more present than ever in legal projects, and this transformation will benefit service providers. Th...
Mo Zain Ajaz - 25 October 2021
What is Privilege App? Learn about HSF's new in-house tool for in house lawyers
--- The Impact Lawyers interviews Alexander Oddy, partner at the Dispute Resolution practice of Herbert Smith Freehills regarding the launch of the new App focused on helping in-house lawyers   1. Why did HSF create the Privilege App? The idea to develop the web app was generated by positiv...
Alexander Oddy - 25 October 2021
How can lawyers get ready for greater anti-money laundering scrutiny?
--- Anti-money laundering requirements for law firms have been growing steadily over the past few years In this new landscape, regulatory technology – or RegTech – can play a key role in helping legal firm undertake client due diligence and meet their compliance obligations in a very c...
Claus Christensen - 20 October 2021
Building Business Relationships in a Virtual World
--- Initially this article examines the steps necessary to establish and build profitable business relationships, before going on to highlight the information missing and resultant disadvantages, when those relationships rely on virtual, rather than face-to-face communication. Finally, it then exam...
Nick Davies - 20 October 2021
What if the easiest way to reduce outside counsel costs is simple: Switching to cheaper firms?
--- This is part two of Nathan Cemenska’s series on legal pricing and law department spend. Read part one: Do large corporate legal departments get better rates? Not always. Most law department sourcing patterns probably reflect no holistic design. Nobody ever sat down and said, let’s ...
Nathan Cemenska - 19 October 2021
What working policy will firms adopt after the pandemic?
--- A McKinsey study reveals the uncertainty that companies and their workers have because they do not know what working policy they will adopt in the post-pandemic era   Firms are trying to adjust their remote work policy as outbreaks of the virus are gradually coming under control. While l...
Utkarsh Gambhir - 19 October 2021
Linklaters designates new Global Practice Head for TMT/IP. Discover Julia Schönbohm
Linklaters is committed to reinvigorating its TMT and IP practice with the appointment of Julia Schönbohm as its new global head. Since Schönbohm joined the firm as a partner in 2014, she has been involved in contentious and non-contentious proceedings. Able to practice law in Germany and...
Joe Goodman - 18 October 2021
Preserving trade secrets in international arbitration
With the growing importance of data and intangible assets, the adequate protection of a company’s trade secrets is now atop the list of priorities for many legal departments and corporate counsel alike. A trade secret is a piece of confidential information that holds commercial value and gives...
Claire Morel de Westgaver - 15 October 2021
Arizona Supreme Court boosts its legal technology through LegalZoom
LegalZoom has been approved by the Arizona Supreme Court for an Alternative Business Structure (“ABS”) license in the state. The approval positions LegalZoom, a leading online platform for legal and compliance solutions, to accelerate its efforts to democratize law by allowing for g...
TIL - 15 October 2021
Danielle Snell (Elit Lawyers): "You can achieve professional fulfillment beyond your wildest dreams"
Danielle Snell launched with her former colleague Robert McGirr a new law firm in Australia, having to face the pandemic at an early stage of her project. She launched Elit Lawyers by McGirr & Snell when she was 30 weeks pregnant and what started as a small dream promoted by two people, in a few...
Álvaro Navarro - 14 October 2021
Case study: how blockchain can make database use more dynamic
--- The Impact Lawyers interviews Mike DiPetrillo on the benefits that the use of blockchain technologies can bring to lawyers to make the use of databases more dynamic   1.      Have you had the opportunity to implement Smart Contracts in a company? Or any blockchain empowere...
Mike DiPetrillo - 13 October 2021
Factors for hiring new lawyers
--- When hiring new lawyers, some essential qualities must be taken into account: Commitment, Soft Skills, Diversity and Technological Adaptation There are countless law firms that, due to their size or organisational structure, do not have recruiting professionals, and these services are outsourc...
Adelie Cordier - 11 October 2021
Can Law Firms Require Their Employees to be Vaccinated?
Brief Answer The answer in Canada is generally yes, but with a few important caveats: i. Mandatory vaccination policies should be consistent with the employer law firm’s obligations to ensure occupational health and safety;  ii. Reasonable accommodations must be provided to employees i...
Maciej Lipinski - 07 October 2021
The legal area is constantly reinventing itself: Use of social media, Legal Design and Visual Law
--- Law does not necessarily need to be formal, complex, dense and restricted to a single way of working. There is a huge demand for ease, publicity and engagement   The imposition that digitalization brought to activities that were essentially analog and that did not depend on technolo...
Ana Julia Vaz Guimarães Sampaio - 06 October 2021
Why it is Now Important to Provide Resilience and Hope to Your Team
--- The author emphasises the importance of teams having hope in difficult situations Last week, as I was coaching one of my clients, his situation got me to reflect. He had reached that state of hopelessness with what is happening with the Covid 19 Pandemic. I then remembered a story I read a few...
Brian Maphosa - 05 October 2021
The Future of AI in Legal Bill Review: Five questions with Wolters Kluwer’s Abhishek Mittal
--- Abhishek Mittal is the Vice President of Data Analytics and Operational Excellence for Wolters Kluwer’s Governance, Risk & Compliance or GRC Division He directs the company’s advanced analytics efforts, including the AI at the heart of its products and solutions. In the Q&A...
Abhishek Mittal - 04 October 2021
New tech and social order: a future-back reflection on the way forward
It was 1999 when David Bowie said with utmost confidence that “The potential of what the Internet is going to do to society, both good and bad, is unimaginable”. Back then, the internet was still at its early stages, yet Bowie’s prediction has proven incredibly accurate despite the...
Giorgia Vulcano - 04 October 2021
Essential Guide: How to manage lawyer's mental health?
Mental health is a relevant factor affecting the professional life of lawyers. A manager or director of a law firm has to know how to analyse the motivation and health of his or her colleagues. The mood of any employee can seriously affect his or her work performance, which may not affect individual...
TIL - 01 October 2021
How to combine law with musical talent: meet Mwasiti
When you picture a Newcastle based conveyancing lawyer, what image comes to mind? Powerful popstar diva may not be the first but in the case of burgeoning superstar Mwasiti it would be spot on! Seeing her in her day-to-day career you might not know it but the artist’s latest single Your Love l...
Utkarsh Gambhir - 01 October 2021
Choose the day you want to have a holiday: HSF's new policy
--- Herbert Smith Freehills launches a revolutionary policy in the legal sector, giving its employees a great deal of freedom to choose their holiday days   Can you imagine being able to choose between working on a public holiday and booking the day you choose not to work?  It's not a ...
Utkarsh Gambhir - 28 September 2021
Baker McKenzie focuses on AI
Baker McKenzie has announced the next step in its AI transformation, by appointing two Co-founders to lead its recently formed 11-strong team who will be charged with combining the firm's legal domain expertise with data science and machine learning. Brian Kuhn, former Elevate Vice-President, and Da...
TIL - 27 September 2021
Anja Ipp (Climate Change Counsel): "All firms should work to raise awareness of climate change"
--- The Impact Lawyers interviews Anja Ipp, co-founder of Climate Change Counsel, an innovative consultancy that raises awareness among lawyers about the importance of incorporating a climate perspective into their work   1. What is the main purpose of Climate Change Counsel? Climate Change...
Anja Ipp - 24 September 2021
How to launch a law firm in the midst of a pandemic. Interview with Tugce Avcısert (Avcısert)
1. Why did you decide to create this new legal project? After working in global organizations and top tier law firms for over 10 fruitful years, I have felt the courage to start a new chapter to provide legal services under my own roof, Avcısert Attorneys at Law. It was always my dream to run a ne...
Tuğçe Avcısert - 23 September 2021
Kanban Method: how to work in an agile, efficient way and satisfy your customer's needs (Part 2)
--- The second part of the original article Kanban Method: how to work in an agile, efficient way and meet your customer's needs is published   Applicability of the Kanban Method to the legal sector The Kanban Method has become exponentially popular thanks to its wide community of...
Lilian Mateu - 22 September 2021
Equality in the legal sector: HERoes Female Future Leaders awards Plaxedes Makura (HSF)
Law firms boast of policies that seek to promote diversity and equality. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) issues are becoming increasingly relevant in law firms and it is a proposal that boards of directors make on an annual basis.  On this occasion we highlight Plaxedes Makura, a lawye...
Joe Goodman - 21 September 2021
Lawyers and new client communication technologies: a difficult relationship or a game changer?
--- The technological revolution has forced lawyers to update their way of communicating from traditional to digital media to attract millennial clients   The legal market abounds in years-old legends that lawyers are less than eager to adopt new technologies in their work. First, they refus...
Natalia Mituniewicz - 16 September 2021
Laura Keily (Immediation): "Technology is also able to provide greater access to mediation and arbitration tools"
--- The Impact Lawyers interviews Laura Keily, founder and Managing Director of Immediation, an online dispute resolution platform that has recently collaborated on a project with the Northern Territory Local Courts (Australia) to improve access to justice for Northern Territory society   1....
Laura Keily - 16 September 2021
Kanban Method: how to work in an agile, efficient way and satisfy your customer's needs
--- The legal services industry is going through an accelerated and highly complex transformation from which there is no going back   The globalisation of all industries, the appearance of disruptive technologies and the digitalisation of knowledge services are but a few of the challenges th...
Lilian Mateu - 15 September 2021
Meet the new CMS Co-Head of International Arbitration: Sarah Vasani
--- CMS is positioned as a global reference in International Arbitration   Sarah Vasani, who has spent the past five years working in Addleshaw Goddard's dispute resolution department, has announced the start of her new career as Co-Head of the International Arbitration department at CMS Cam...
TIL - 15 September 2021
Jones Day strengthens Financial Markets department in New York: Dorothy Giobbe
--- Jones Day announced that Dorothy Giobbe has joined the Firm's Financial Markets Practice as of counsel in its New York Office   Ms. Giobbe joins after serving as Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel in the Emerging Technology Practice Group of a global financial services comp...
TIL - 14 September 2021
Interview to Lexub's co-founders: the lawyers' marketplace
--- The Impact Lawyers interviews Maizorig Janchivdorj, co-founder of Lexub and Zolo Mundur, co-founder and CEO of Lexub, a platform that serves as a marketplace for lawyers to publish self-drafted legal documents and sell them at an affordable price   1. What is the main objective of Lexub?...
Zolo Mundur, Maizorig Janchivdorj - 13 September 2021
New Initiative Seeks to Establish Best Practices for Document Competency
The recently released best practices guide Document Competency: What Every Legal Professional Should Know for Effective & Efficient Drafting in Word has been developed to shift the conversation from mere efficiency to effectiveness. Available as a free download from the LTC4 ...
Joanne Humber - 10 September 2021
DLA Piper creates a new role: Managing Director, Sustainability & Resilience. Discover who will hold this position
--- DLA Piper is committed to creating a new position: Managing Director, Sustainability & Resilience   The international law firm has appointed JP Douglas-Henry to this new and innovative position. Douglas-Henry was, for a number of years, the firm's International Group Head of Litigati...
Joe Goodman - 09 September 2021
Interview with Dana MacGrath following the launch of her new arbitration project
--- We interviewed Dana MacGrath, President of the ArbitralWomen platform, Council Member of the International Dispute Resolution Center AAA-ICDR, about the launch of her own solo arbitration project: MacGrath Arbitration. We spoke with her about technology in arbitration, entrepreneurship during t...
Álvaro Navarro - 08 September 2021
Clifford Chance renews the head of Client and Market Development
--- Law firms are constantly changing personnel in key positions. But few are as important these days as marketing and client relations   Clifford Chance has announced the new leadership of a key department for law firms: Client & Market Development.  Mike Kachel and Micol Scabbia ...
TIL - 08 September 2021
Baker McKenzie strengthens its Corporate/M&A practice in Germany. Meet its new lawyer
--- Germany is a country where Baker McKenzie has a considerable presence, especially in the Corporate and M&A sector   Baker McKenzie strengthens its Corporate/M&A department in its Munich office with the addition of Dr. Jakub Lorys, who currently works as a lawyer at Hengeler Muell...
Joe Goodman - 07 September 2021
LGBT+ Inclusion: embassy or advocate?
They can be summarised as follows: - When in Rome – the organisation adheres to the norms of the jurisdiction, creating exemptions to policies that prevent discrimination or equal treatment of LGBT+ people; - Embassy – the organisation implements protective policies and initi...
Matthew Clements - 03 September 2021
Interview with Annika Reynolds, founder of Green Law
Alvaro Navarro Sotillos, Editor in chief of The Impact Lawyers Magazine, had the pleasure to conduct a message interview with Annika Reynolds. Annika is the founder of GreenLaw, an ANU Law Reform and Social Project. She created GreenLaw because she was heavily involved in environmental advocacy but ...
Annika Reynolds - 03 September 2021 Australia
The importance of legal writing – contentious matters
--- Strong Legal writing skills are a must not only in Ukraine, but also worldwide The importance of legal writing for experts practicing law cannot be underestimated, especially in Ukraine.  In Ukraine, legal writing has historically never been included as a specifically designed course in ...
Olga Shenk - 02 September 2021
King & Wood Mallesons recruits key Asia lawyer from Herbert Smith Freehills
--- As Singapore continues to strengthen its position as a crucial business hub in the Asia-Pacific region, many international law firms are looking to increase their implementation and presence in the city   The latest significant development comes from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM): the ...
Joe Goodman - 01 September 2021
Why some law firms are closing their offices in Hong Kong: The Orrick case.
Orrick has announced major strategic changes in the Asia-Pacific region. After announcing the closure of its Hong Kong office, the firm has quickly followed up with another major announcement: the opening of a new office in Singapore. This reflects the firm's interest in maintaining its presence in...
Joe Goodman - 30 August 2021
Executive Coaching With No Clear ROI and Impact is a Waste
--- Executive coaching has become a cornerstone of today’s leadership development no matter the industry   This is due to the realisation of an effective coaching exercise can be such a transformational process for both the individual leader, their team and the organisation as a whole....
Brian Maphosa - 27 August 2021
Nine out of ten UK lawyers do not want to abandon remote working
--- Lawyers want more flexible working hours and very few want to return completely to the office   With the return of the holidays, a number of law firms are wondering whether to implement back-to-office policies or whether to maintain their remote work or hybrid models.  Lawyers in t...
Utkarsh Gambhir - 26 August 2021
Coaching for lawyers - What are some of the benefits?
The former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, initially believed that he did not need executive coaching. When he was advised to have a coach, his response was: "I don’t need a coach, I am an established CEO. Why would I need a coach? Is there something wrong with me?” Like Eric Schmidt, many...
Mônica Zionede Hall - 23 August 2021
Social Media for Lawyers
--- Social Media is a place to show leadership and connect with customers through a good strategy One of the greatest inventions of the modern time is the internet whose impact on society has been hugely phenomenal. With the internet, came social networks such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and In...
Adedunmade Onibokun - 21 August 2021
Fraud unravels all: The effect of fraud on dispute resolution clauses
In the current struggling economic climate and due to the shortage of infrastructure projects plaguing the South African construction industry, it comes as no surprise that there is fierce competition amongst contractors to be awarded the little work that remains. As a result, it is often found that...
Kyle Bowles, Caley Hill - 19 August 2021
Interview with Katharina Miller on the role of women in the legal profession
1. How have you seen the evolution of women lawyers in the legal sector since you started your professional career? I have started to work as an attorney-at-law 11 years ago. I am registered at Stuttgart bar and Madrid bar. In 2017, for the first time in German history, there were more women that r...
Katharina Miller - 18 August 2021
What are the basics of good business development and how do they translate to a virtual world?
1. Remembering that business development is only part of the equation Business development is about creating relationships. These can be stand-alone; but the best business development makes the most of opportunities that have been created by the professional services firm’s marketing. Marketi...
Claire Rason - 17 August 2021
Unpacking POPIA: Can you afford not to comply?
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement on the commencement dates of several core provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA) with effect from 1 July 2020, means that organisations had to acted fast in order to ensure that all forms of processing of personal inf...
Kate Foster, Natasha Jansen, Zaakira Haffejee - 13 August 2021
CFAAR: the network that fights cryptocurrency fraud
Given the rise of cryptocurrencies, many law firms are beginning to implement tools to help clients and lawyers themselves to increase the likelihood of success and reduce the risks in their operations. In this case we will talk about Osborne Clarke which, in conjunction with professional entities ...
Adelie Cordier - 11 August 2021
Case study: How the blockchain automatises will processing
--- Automation, thanks to blockchain and technologies, streamlines the will drafting process   1. Case of fact You are an attorney writing a will for your client. The will is simple and a tad ridiculous in this example. It stipulates that upon the parent’s death, their two kids must b...
Joseph Raczynski - 11 August 2021
HSF launches programme to improve service to clients
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) Australia has introduced an innovative graduate student programme designed for non-lawyers to enhance the skills of professional lawyers and encourage more students to engage with and understand the work behind the delivery of client services.  As a result of this...
Joe Goodman - 10 August 2021
Book review: Successful Innovation Outcomes in Law
--- Book Review: Dennis Kennedy, Successful Innovation Outcomes in Law: A Practical Guide for Law Firms, Law Departments and Other Legal Organizations (October 18, 2019) The word “innovation” can sound ominous to those who have experienced too many brainstorming sessions featuring a sw...
Jerry Lawson - 10 August 2021
Interview GS Bajpai, Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes a series of interviews with deans of the world's leading law schools. On this occasion, GS Bajpai, Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law of Patiala answers the questions in this interview   1. What are the main differences between the tea...
GS Bajpai - 05 August 2021
FrontFoot law: how to launch a law firm during the Pandemic
--- David Curtain explains how he managed to launch FrontFoot, a new law firm, in the midst of a pandemic   What is the purpose of FrontFoot Law? Our mission is to identify and implement the legal operations and technology improvements best suited to our clients’ specific circumstance...
David Curtain - 04 August 2021
New White & Case's partner in Silicon Valley: Laura McDaniels
White & Case LLP has announced the addition of Laura McDaniels as a partner in the Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and Employment, Compensation & Benefits (ECB) practices in the firm's Silicon Valley office. The Global Head of the M&A department John Reiss has acknowledged M...
TIL - 03 August 2021
Interview Prof. Sven van Kerckhoven, Vice-Dean for Education of the Institute for European Studies of Brussels
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes a series of interviews with deans of the world's leading law schools. On this occasion, Prof. Sven van Kerckhoven, Vice-Dean for Education of the Institute for European Studies of Brussels answers the questions in this interview   1. What are the main differe...
Sven van Kerckhoven - 02 August 2021
Cybersecurity Within Law Firms - Strategy to Protect Sensible Data
Abstract A strong cybersecurity strategy can help protect your brand and the trust of your clients in your firm. This is where the 3Ps - people, processes, policy - come into play and aid in drawing up an action plan that can be followed by law firms everywhere.   1. Introduction We have be...
Alexandra Ivan - 30 July 2021
You’re a trusted advisor, not a document drafter - start acting like one
Do you know what clients value most about your work? It’s the quality of the conversations they have with you. Don’t believe me? Think about the last time a client wrote a review of your work. Did it say: ‘They draft a document better than anyone I’ve ever known’? ...
Scott Simmons - 29 July 2021
CMS appoints for the first time a woman as Executive Director - Isabel Scholes
CMS has appointed Isabel Scholes as Executive Director, who will take up this important role at the firm from 1 October 2021. The former CMS Director of Business Development, Marketing and Communications will succeed Matthias Lichtblau, who has held this position since 2013.  As Executive Dire...
TIL - 29 July 2021
SHRM Research Reveals Negative Perceptions of Remote Work
SHRM (the Society for Human Resource Management) released new research today that reveals negative perceptions of remote work, with supervisors expressing a preference for onsite staffing and remote workers expressing reservations about losing opportunities for networking and logging more hours. Mo...
TIL - 27 July 2021
Law students as agents of change
--- Holger Zsxheyge recommends that to adapt to the new digital world, lawyers must know the new tools from the first moment: in law schools If we want to speed up technology adoption in the legal industry, then we have to start preparing the potential users of legaltech at the earliest possible p...
Holger Zscheyge - 26 July 2021
Interview Rocío González, Legal Director and Legal Coordination at University of Montemorelos
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes a series of interviews with deans of the world's leading law schools. On this occasion, Rocío González Cepeda, Legal Director and Legal Coordination at University of Montemorelos (Mexico) answers the questions in this interview   1. What are the...
TIL - 23 July 2021
Interview Vito Velluzzi, Dean of the Law School of the University of Milan
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes a series of interviews with deans of the world's leading law schools. On this occasion, Vito Velluzzi, Dean of the Law School of the University of Milan answers the questions in this interview   1. What are the main differences between the teaching methods us...
Vito Velluzzi - 22 July 2021
Interview Dr. Lalit Bhasin, President of SILFA and The Bar Association of India
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes a series of interviews with deans of the world's leading bar associations. On this occasion, Dr. Lalit Bhasin, President of SILFA and The Bar Association of India answers the questions in this interview   1. You will surely remember that a few years ago, a la...
Dr. Lalit Bhasin - 19 July 2021
Summary of “The Rule of Law” (Part 1)
--- In this summary of “The Rule of Law” by Tom Bingham, we will look at 4 out of 8 of his 8 principles that explore the rule of law more thoroughly and break down the general concept of it   First, the law must be accessible and so far as possible intelligible, clear and predict...
Chloe Lee - 16 July 2021
Interview C.A. Maimela, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria
--- The Impact Lawyers is publishing a series of interviews with deans of the world's leading law schools. On this occasion, Professor C.A. Maimela, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria (South Africa) answers the questions in this interview.   1. What are the main ...
Charles Maimela - 14 July 2021
Q&A with the Head of School and Acting Dean at UNSW LAW, Professor Andrew Lynch
--- The Impact Lawyers is publishing a series of interviews with deans of the world's leading law schools. On this occasion, Professor Andrew Lynch, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales (Australia) answers the questions in this interview.   1. What are the m...
Andrew Lynch - 14 July 2021
The rise of the SPAC: what law firm professionals need to know
Even though SPACs have been around for decades, over the past year they have shaped the M&A and IPO markets in a big way. Indeed, there has been a historic spike in the amount of capital raised by utilizing SPACs. In the first quarter of 2021, some $166 billion worth of deals were closed via SPA...
Amit Rajvanshy - 12 July 2021
Case study: application of smart contracts
--- Smart contracts are becoming an indispensable working companion for lawyers   1. Case of fact Law firms are advocating the use of technology to complement the work of their lawyers. The blockchain, although its definition is unfamiliar to many legal professionals, is substantially helpi...
Stevie Ghiassi - 08 July 2021
Case study: office renovation for a Brazilian law firm
--- GDL Arquitectura remodelled the office of a Brazilian firm, making it more innovative and welcoming 1. Client's needs Legal consultancy company dedicated to business issues with an emphasis on tax, corporate, labor and civil matters.  Area increase to receiving customers in order to hap...
Gabriel de Lucca - 08 July 2021
Case Study: How to implement a Blockchain tool in your law firm
--- Blockchain tools are very useful for law firms. But few know how to implement them.   1. Case of fact Many law firms are considering using technology to help them draw up contracts and keep track of their contract activities in detail.  The blockchain's support for law firms ensur...
Mark Waser - 06 July 2021
The top four reasons why cross-selling is so hard
--- Claire Rason explains the top four reasons why cross-selling isn’t always as successful as the statistics suggest it should be, along with some ideas to overcome them.    1. A lack of understanding about what selling is The biggest myth that gets in the way of cross-selling i...
Claire Rason - 04 July 2021
Lawgile: the legaltech that is changing the way lawyers work
--- Lawyers need to streamline their services. Lawgile is a tool that addresses this issue. The world is changing at a fast pace. With the advances of technology, globalization, and a pandemic, there is a lot of uncertainty. This scenario is transforming the legal landscape. However, the way lawye...
Talita Abud Amaral - 02 July 2021
Case Study: Law Firm Data Protection & Cybersecurity Awareness
--- Law firms are constantly fighting for their clients and defending their clients' interests. However, they sometimes forget that they are always at risk – the cybersecurity risk.  Law firms face many cybersecurity challenges, but safeguarding their clients' confidenti...
Vlad Styran - 01 July 2021
Case study: How to improve your firm's SEM and SEO?
--- With the rise of digitalisation, the internet has become the place where law firms attract potential clients. Therefore, it is crucial to increase SEM and SEO   1. Case of fact The UK law firm Wilson & Farrell, based in London, has more than 100 lawyers and specialises in internatio...
Mike Noos - 30 June 2021
Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions study reveals extreme legal spend volatility in second LegalVIEW Insights report
--- Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions study gives LegalView Insights report results Nearly one-third of corporate legal departments (CLDs) surveyed in a new Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions study reported a remarkable 90 percent or more difference between their lowest and highest annual legal spend amounts...
Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions - 25 June 2021
Key Elements to a Successful Employee Onboarding Strategy
--- Dr. Lisa J. Lindsay Wicker, CEO and president of Linwick & Associates, breaks down the most important elements of an onboarding process in your firm A new hire will form an opinion of your company as soon as the first interaction takes place. This can be when they are with the HR repr...
Dr. Lisa J. Lindsay Wicker - 23 June 2021
Chargeable hours are killing your ability to cross-sell - here's why
--- Anyone who knows me, or has read my posts on LinkedIn, knows how much I despise chargeable hours. Having practiced law for a number of years, I saw, and continue to see, first hand the damage it does from top to bottom in a law firm. I could write about the waste it creates - that write-offs ...
Scott Simmons - 15 June 2021
Taking advantage of the new LinkedIn polls feature
--- LinkedIn polls help lawyers learn more about their clients' needs LinkedIn is rolling out what it refers to as a new ‘lightweight’ poll feature. The platform states that it takes only 30 seconds to put a poll together, making it a quick and easy way to engage with other users ...
Rachel Tombs - 11 June 2021
4 Ways Lawyers Can Become Leaders in the Digital Age
--- Lawyers want to become leaders. But few know how to do it in the new digital age Becoming a leader in the legal profession has been a challenge for decades. The big firms have grown in size and the small firms continue to grow in quantity so it is more difficult than ever to stand out as a law...
Danny Matthews - 10 June 2021
Discover the new e-learning programme launched by Linklaters
--- Linklaters launches e-learning programme with Forage to bring US students closer to the law More and more law firms are making use of technological tools to enhance the talent of their employees. In this case, we will describe the virtual programme launched by Linklaters, in partnership with F...
Utkarsh Gambhir - 07 June 2021
Perfectionism Lawyers syndrome: learn to detect it. The search for perfection is billed.
--- Eva Guerra, coach for lawyers, talks about a problem that haunts every lawyer: perfectionism. Is there the perfect world, the perfect couple, the perfect job? Almost everyone is clear about the answer: absolutely not. However, it is very common for us to wear ourselves out in search of somethi...
Eva Guerra - 06 June 2021
Race Talks: How Jackson Lewis raises awareness of racial inequality
--- Jackson Lewis fights racial inequality through its educational programme RACE Talks The issue of race has been a relevant topic in the legal sector for a couple of years now. In addition to citizens, law firms have also been active in advocating against the current racial inequality.  In...
Joe Goodman - 04 June 2021
Discover Reed Smith's employee 'Family Support Initiative'
--- Reed Smith continues to promote the Family Support Initiative, a tool launched in August 2020 to inform and support employees with children Through this initiative, which is almost a year old, Reed Smith lawyers can enjoy the flexibility to reduce their working hours, know what resources the f...
Joe Goodman - 03 June 2021
Will the rise of legaltech impact all countries?
--- With the rise of technology and legaltech in the legal sector, legal professionals are wondering what impact they will have in the near future and whether this new paradigm shift will occur equally in developed and developing countries This is the question that the invited participants in The ...
Theodora Stoica, Daniel Acosta, German Florez - 03 June 2021
Which obstacles do legaltechs face?
--- Shayesteh, Acosta and Flórez review some of the obstacles that lawyers face with legaltech The paradigm facing lawyers and law firms today can be difficult without understanding the importance of technology in this sector. Legaltech is emerging within the legal sector and many lawyers, ...
Abdi Shayesteh, Daniel Acosta, German Florez - 02 June 2021
Legaltech and AI: a Unique “Legal Practice In Your Pocket” Solution by Estonian Startup LEGID.app
--- Valentin Feklistov tells what LEGID.app is and answers some questions about the application and its features About LEGID.app LEGID.app is a marketplace that helps clients find the right lawyer simple and quick. It empowers lawyers and clients with tools that make providing or getting legal he...
Valentin Feklistov - 02 June 2021
Technology engineers and lawyers: Is it possible to work together?
--- Shayesteh, Acosta and Stoica comment on the key points that technology engineers and lawyers must follow to work together in their legaltech  In legaltech, and in projects where engineers or technology experts work together with lawyers, there is an obstacle: understanding and cooperation...
Daniel Acosta, German Florez, Abdi Shayesteh - 01 June 2021
What does the value of integrity mean for you personally and for your Lawyers practice or Enterprise?
--- Eva Guerra explains the value of integrity for companies and how to promote it to generate trust among employees "A general definition of the value of integrity summarizes it as a person saying what they think". Let's move these deliberations to the business environment. Is an honest rational...
Eva Guerra - 01 June 2021
Time to take positive steps to improve profitability?
--- Existing technologies are the way to work more efficiently in order to improve productivity and profitability The growth of in-house legal teams continues. Law firms are chasing more clients and are operating in an increasingly competitive market. In CLOC’s  recently released S...
Joanne Humber - 31 May 2021
How to deal with burnout at work
--- Aspects such as learning to enjoy work, helping other colleagues, or doing extra-work activities can help to avoid burnout in employees Burnout is a disease that affects everyone equally and is present in all sectors. Professional women suffer greatly from burnout and, according to a study con...
Utkarsh Gambhir - 29 May 2021
The fight against organised crime in Italy: The figure of the receiver as a collaborator of the judge
--- Giovanni Falcone fought against the Mafia in Italy by understanding the need for the figure of the judge as a collaborator in criminal investigations On 23 May, Italy paid tribute to Judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife Judge Francesca Morvillo and the three bodyguards Antonio Montinaro, Rocco Dic...
Cristiana Rossi - 27 May 2021 Italy
Has anyone wondered what state the mental health of lawyers is in?
--- The pandemic has affected all professions and law firms have had to change the way they work, taking into account some solutions that reduce stress and feelings of loneliness Law is a profession that generates a lot of stress and anxiety, and these elements, together with many other circumstan...
Utkarsh Gambhir - 27 May 2021
Corporate culture and diversity: two relevant factors for your law firm
--- When hiring a lawyer, the corporate culture and internationalization of the law firm must be taken into account to be successful When hiring new lawyers, it is very common to consider hiring professionals for cultural reasons, but few firms are aware of the real benefits of approaching this ty...
TIL - 20 May 2021
From Baker McKenzie: "We have implemented actions and initiatives to facilitate education on anti-racism"
--- A professional from recognized law firm Baker McKenzie responds to The Impact Lawyers´ questions about Race and Ethnicity policies   Do you have a policy within your firm at a global level to prevent and detect racist cases, both with your staff and with your clients? Across the F...
TIL - 15 May 2021
How to understand millennial lawyers?
--- Millennial lawyers face the worst job market in a long time and law firms must know how to work with them: build a team and recognition Digital transformation is changing the way law firms interact with their clients, visualise their brand or structure the work of their employees. What is larg...
TIL - 14 May 2021
Efficiency in law firms?
--- To increase efficiency in law firms, some tips should be followed such as record work time, coaching, and eliminating distractions Efficiency is a sometimes invariable factor within law firms. All legal professionals strive to achieve it in their working day. Long working hours, or the stress ...
TIL - 13 May 2021
Mental health in the legal sector: Are young lawyers suffering?
--- The mental health of lawyers is important to avoid burnout or suicide, that is why companies such as Linklaters or Hogan Lovells take care of the mental health and well-being of their workers Is mental health currently an issue that impacts on young lawyers? Yes. According to a study by the I...
TIL - 10 May 2021
Adhurst appoints Linda Grace new global head of Adhurst Advance Reach
--- Learn more about Linda Grace, the new global head of Adhurst Advance Reach The Global Law Firm, Adhurst, has appointed Linda Grace as the new global head of Adhurst Advance Reach, the firm´s flexible resourcing platform. Since it was launched in 2019, the platform has been requested by m...
TIL - 06 May 2021
How to have a better return to work
--- Learn how bosses can make it as easy as possible for employees to return to work Now that the pandemic seems to be disappearing, people are returning to the office. However, employers will need to manage this return to work, maintaining the well-being of their employees and leading the company...
TIL - 05 May 2021
DWF changes its internal structure. Discover its new services
--- DWF announces the launch of a new integrated legal management structure within the firm The reason for the integration of this new structure is to re-launch the firm as one of the most relevant legal service providers in the market.  This new measure also entails the reduction of four of...
TIL - 27 April 2021
How to have complicated conversations at work?
--- It is advisable to advise people in advance about the importance of meetings to show confidence Have you ever had to tell your team about the dismissal of one of the lawyers? Have you ever had to tell your team about the loss of a client? Have you ever told your team about the end of a deadlin...
TIL - 25 April 2021
Interview with Stacey Collins. Learn how Pinsent Masons fights climate change
--- The Impact Lawyers interviews Stacey Collins to talk about the Net Zero Infrastructure Industry Coalition project and his fight against climate change Pinsent Masons has shown an active commitment to caring for the environment and, in particular, has shown its concern about carbon emissions. T...
TIL - 22 April 2021
Simmons Simmons promotes 13 new partners
--- Simmons Simmons has recently announced the promotion of 13 of its lawyers to the rank of partner This round of promotions applies to lawyers located in eight different offices of the firm.  Interestingly, six of the 13 promoted lawyers are women, indicating Simmons Simmons Simmons' commi...
TIL - 19 April 2021
How can heuristics get in the way with client feedback?
--- Heuristics are mental shortcuts; they are shortcuts created to help us make sense of the information that we receive and patterns that we perceive They help free up processing power in the brain. They are assumptions that we make to speed up decision making and they allow us to make judgements...
Claire Rason - 16 April 2021
Why is Linklaters reinforcing its Corporate/M&A practice in France?
--- Linklaters strengthens its presence in the Corporate and M&A practice in France after hiring a new partner in its Paris office This signing has resonance as he came from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he was a partner since 2016. Florent Mazeron is therefore the British firm's new ...
TIL - 16 April 2021
Paul Hastings' latest recruit strengthens its presence in Asia Pacific
Paul Hastings continues to expand its presence in the Asia Pacific region with the recent addition of Sarah Zhu as counsel in the Hong Kong office Zhu has an extensive background in compliance and white-collar litigation. She also has extensive experience in arbitration proceedings.  "In the ...
TIL - 14 April 2021
How to increase positivity in the office?
--- One of the negative effects caused by the pandemic has undoubtedly been a drastic reduction in direct contact between co-workers and with customers The lack of human connection outside our homes has increased levels of anxiety and depression, weakening socialisation and interpersonal relations...
TIL - 12 April 2021
Internal podcasts for lawyers? It can be possible!
--- Interview with Molly Beck, CEO of private podcasting software: Messy.fm The Impact Lawyers has the pleasure to publish an interview made with Molly Beck, CEO of Messy.fm, an award-winning private podcasting software is trusted by dozens of teams across the Fortune 500, plus thousands of SMBs a...
TIL - 10 April 2021
Webinar (April 8th): "Challenges and possible synergies between young lawyers' associations"
--- The Impact Lawyers is pleased to invite you to the next webinar that will take place on Thursday April 8th at 11.00 AM Eastern Time / 09.00 AM Pacific Time / 5 PM London Time, on the following topic: "Challenges and possible synergies between young lawyers' associations" CLICK HERE TO REGISTER...
TIL - 08 April 2021
Simmons & Simmons: 3 new partners to conquer the Netherlands
--- The Dutch market is one of the most attractive spots for law firms that want to expand their presence in Europe. Let's talk about the expansion in this country by Simmons & Simmons The UK firm, with considerable international expansion, has recruited three new partners for the Amsterdam of...
TIL - 06 April 2021
Lawyr, an app for matching lawyers
--- RollOnFriday, the world’s leading legal community website, has created Lawyr, a dating app for people in the legal community and those who want to meet them It is a world first and since launching in March 2021 has already achieved a global following from London, Sydney, Houston to Minsk...
TIL - 05 April 2021
Baker McKenzie strengthens its Competition practice. Discover its new partner
--- Competition law is one of the areas most in demand by prestigious international firms. Baker McKenzie has hired Swedish national Sibel Yilmaz as a partner in its growing EU competition practice "Sibel is a talented and experienced lawyer with a strong reputation in the market. I have known Sib...
TIL - 03 April 2021
Key factors to improve your firm's selection process
--- Lawyer recruitment processes are one of the most relevant issues facing firms. Analysing what elements can be improved in these processes can be beneficial in the future The following questions can be asked: Is the channel through which we are launching the recruitment process the right one, c...
TIL - 31 March 2021
Sugar-coating feedback
--- We have all been there. We have something to say. We know that delivering the message will be of value to the client and to the professional. BUT something holds us back. We end up sugar coating feedback, which leads to miscommunication and the right actions not being taken   Why do we s...
Claire Rason - 31 March 2021
Strengthening of Pinsent Masons: promotes 19 of its partners
--- Pinsent Masons has announced a surprise round of promotions for 19 of its partners, increasing the number of such promotions by two compared to last year  The majority of these promotions took place in the UK offices, with 13 partners entering this round. Partners in the United Arab Emira...
TIL - 31 March 2021
Networking for lawyers: Tips for good networking
--- Networking is another professional area that has been affected by the pandemic. Not many professionals have mastered how to relate and interact with potential clients or collaborators. These difficulties can be found in any sector, including the legal sector Communicating with your network can...
TIL - 26 March 2021
Counterintuitive techniques that will guide you to success as a lawyer
--- The practices and techniques that many lawyers put into practice in their offices may not be the best ones to lead to success In fact, there are many techniques that are difficult to imagine at first, but which, if practised effectively, can lead to improved performance at work.  One of ...
Utkarsh Gambhir - 26 March 2021
Coaching and professional services in law firms
--- Coaching is starting to become the norm in professional services firms, and it is no-longer just for partners. Other fee-earners and professionals are seeing the benefits, as well marketing, business development and other support teams What is the difference between mentoring and coaching? Me...
Claire Rason - 25 March 2021
3 fundamental aspects of any leader
--- There are leaders in every law firm. But very few are the leaders who end up being a reference for their employees Leaders have to take into account many aspects that will drive them as great professionals, but there are few aspects that are crucial for an influential leader to be respected by...
TIL - 19 March 2021
Webinar (March 8th): Legal Technology and the Future of Women in Law
--- The Impact Lawyers and the European Women Lawyers Association (EWLA) will host a webinar on Monday 8 March (at 1 PM ET / 7 PM CET) on the occasion of International Women's Day on the following topic: "Legal Technology and the Future of Women in Law" REGISTER HERE: https://onevite.zoom.us/webin...
TIL - 16 March 2021
How should a leader be in the legal world
--- Eva Guerra presents Ten Simple Actions to Create a Culture of Leadership 1. Show appreciation for those who take the initiative to take the lead Public recognition of a job well done is an extremely valuable resource. Not only does it help the person receiving the recognition to feel valued, ...
Eva Guerra - 12 March 2021
Alfonso López-Ibor (L-I Lawyers): "Foreign firms investing in other countries tend to be financially stronger"
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes an interview with Alfonso López-Ibor, Director Partner of López-Ibor Lawyers, on the firm's internationalization strategy  This interview and others can be found in the Survey on the internationalization of law firms. What is the strategy you ha...
TIL - 09 March 2021
Clifford Chance chooses to challenge for International Women's Day
--- Leading international law firm Clifford Chance is celebrating International Women's Day 2021 with a month-long campaign of online events and initiatives that champion equality and celebrate advocates for gender parity across the firm Clifford Chance has been a longstanding advocate for women l...
Kaitlin Scagluso - 08 March 2021
Top tips for getting professionals to engage in business development
--- Having professionals engaged in business development is the biggest driver to growth in professional services firms So, what are our top tips to encourage engagement? 1. Find out what people enjoy You might have a professional who is fantastic in-front of an audience, whilst another might fe...
Claire Rason - 04 March 2021
The importance of having a coaching culture in times of uncertainty
--- The Coronavirus pandemic has meant that firms are facing an ever-changing landscape and an uncertain future. The adoption of a coaching culture is not something that we should turn to when we are less busy and have greater certainty; it is powerful in enhancing effective delivery now. Building...
Claire Rason - 02 March 2021
Which steps do lawyers need to take to innovate their work? Check out the new courses designed by Lucy Bassli
--- The Impact Lawyers interviews Lucy Bassli, a highly regarded American lawyer who will now launch a series of online courses to help modernise lawyers' legal practices What inspired you to create the Modernizing your Legal Practice courseware? My passion to inspire and enable lawyers to innova...
TIL - 02 March 2021
Antoni Gómez (Auren): "We offer to our clients a coordinated approach and a common methodology"
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes an interview with Antoni Gómez, Chair of Auren International. This interview and others can be found in the Survey on the internationalisation of law firms What is the strategy you have followed when opening offices abroad? Why? We have given...
TIL - 02 March 2021
Elisa Lemus (Barrilero): "It is essential to know the local reality of the environment very well"
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes an interview with Elisa Lemus, Head of Barillero y Asociados International Desk. This interview and others can be found in the Survey on the internationalisation of law firms What is the strategy you have followed when opening offices abroad? Why? O...
TIL - 01 March 2021
Lucy Bassli releases courseware for ambitious lawyers willing to modernize their law practice
--- Innovation expert, Lucy Bassli, releases Modernizing Your Legal Practice, a series of 3 courses for the modern lawyer  Sharing her insights on what innovation is and drawing on her personal innovation journey, Lucy provides a robust foundation for lawyers who are ready to begin incorporat...
TIL - 25 February 2021
Coaching in the legal profession: ICAM launches a support programme for its members
--- Have you ever felt depressed because of your professional life? Do you suffer from addiction as a result of the stress generated during your working day? Have you ever considered receiving psychological assistance? Coaching is an increasingly popular practice in the legal sector. Law firms hav...
TIL - 25 February 2021
How lawyers can improve their "to do list"
--- Lawyers have to perform many tasks throughout their working day. Normally, the time to carry them out is limited, as lawyers spend time dealing with their clients, or planning with their departmental colleagues The issue is that lawyers usually structure all their tasks under a to do list, com...
TIL - 24 February 2021
How to create connection with your clients?
--- Have you ever had a challenge getting your point across, even when it was about something of critical import? Have you ever noticed how hard it can be to get people to listen? In conversations with lawyers in private practice and in-house counsel I frequently hear about the difficulties they ...
Eva Guerra - 23 February 2021
Carmen Bascarán (ONTIER): "Firm with a unique business model and a purely entrepreneurial management"
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes an interview with Carmen Bascarán, Managing Director at ONTIER. This interview and others can be found in the Survey on the internationalisation of law firms What is the strategy you have followed when opening offices abroad? Why?  ONTIER is ...
TIL - 23 February 2021
BonelliErede focuses on Africa and the Middle East
--- BonelliErede is focusing its attention on the African and Middle East markets with the incorporation of two of counsel who will work to promote the Italian firm's brand in these regions. Specifically, BonelliErede has 49 professionals in Africa They are Calvin Walker and Ezequiel Sánche...
TIL - 23 February 2021
Burnout in your law firm? Discover the myths about it
--- Exhaustion at work and stress are among the main causes of burnout, a disease recognised by the World Health Organisation in 2019 Apart from these, there are many reasons that lead to burnout in many professionals, especially in the legal profession, which is a sector that generates a lot of s...
TIL - 22 February 2021
Norman Heckh (Ramón y Cajal): "Independence, far from weakening us, has made us stronger"
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes an interview with Norman Heckh, Director of the International Committee of Ramón y Cajal Abogados. This interview and others can be found in the Survey on the internationalisation of law firms What is the firm's internationalization strategy? Ramón y...
TIL - 22 February 2021
Adolf Rousaud and Ignasi Costas (DWF-RCD): "Joining DWF gave us the possibility of having group infrastructure on 4 continents"
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes an interview with Adolf Rousand and Ignasi Costas, Co-Directing Partners of DWF-RCD. This interview and others can be found in the Survey on the internationalisation of law firms What is the strategy you have followed when opening offices abroad? Why? In December ...
TIL - 19 February 2021
Adriana de Buerba (Pérez-Llorca): "Law profession is one of the professions that is best adapting to new times"
--- The Impact Lawyers conducts an email interview with Adriana de Buerba, White Collar Crime and Investigations Partner at Pérez-Llorca, who has recently been appointed as senior vice chair of the Criminal Law Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) How are you approaching you...
TIL - 18 February 2021
What kind of leadership do lawyers need?
--- Recent studies in the legal industry have shown that today's lawyer needs appropriate tools to validate his leadership within his practice or setting The success of the lawyer depends not only on the practice and his technical expertise, but also his skills as a leader to transform his practic...
Eva Guerra - 17 February 2021
Julio Veloso (BROSETA): "Be clear about one's own capacities (and limitations) and the priority objective of the actions"
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes an interview with Julio Veloso, Partner and Head of Internationalisation of BROSETA. This interview and others can be found in the Survey on the internationalisation of law firms What is the strategy you have followed when opening offices abroad? Why? BR...
TIL - 17 February 2021
Meet Marie-Aimée de Dampierre, next chair of Hogan Lovells
--- Hogan Lovells has recently appointed Marie-Aimée de Dampierre, partner in the Paris office and current regional managing partner for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, as the firm's next chair. She will hold the position for the next three years, effective 1 May 2021 Mair...
TIL - 17 February 2021
Alejandro Touriño (Écija): "The culture of the firm is very strong. We are not a normal law firm"
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes an interview with Alejandro Touriño, Managing Partner of Écija. This interview and others can be found in the Survey on the internationalisation of law firms What is the strategy you have followed when opening offices abroad? Why? ...
TIL - 16 February 2021
“You don´t look like a lawyer”: Interview with Tsedale M. Melaku
--- The Impact Lawyers had the pleasure to speak to Tsedale M. Melaku about the issue of workplace diversity and racial and gender inequality in the USA, focusing particularly on the legal sector  Tsedale M. Melaku is a Sociologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Graduate Center, City...
TIL - 14 February 2021
Jaime Folguera (Uría): "In other jurisdictions with which there are less affinities it is more difficult to establish"
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes an interview with Jaime Folguera, partner at Uría Menéndez. This interview and others can be found in the Study on the internationalization of law firms is the strategy you have followed when opening offices abroad? Why? Uría Menéndez's...
TIL - 11 February 2021
Antonio Baena (Cuatrecasas): "It is key to identify the right talent and profiles in each jurisdiction"
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes an interview with Antonio Baena, Head of the New York office and international area coordinator at Cuatrecasas. This interview and others can be found in the Survey on the internationalization of law firms What is the strategy you have followed when openi...
TIL - 10 February 2021
The 10 Minute Decision to make the best decisions at work
--- Lawyers are hedging their bets and advising their clients to weigh what is being offered against the possibility of a WHOLE CLOTH finding that they were wrong Lawyers almost always come to me in the throes of a decision that they’re trying to make.  They’re super smart,...
Rachel Coll - 10 February 2021
Pinsent Masons opens office in the Netherlands deepening its presence in Europe
--- Pinsent Masons has this week announced the opening of an office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, its first office in this European country The international firm has recruited Wouter Seinen, a lawyer specialising in Data Protection and TMT (Technology, Media and Communications), to head the offi...
TIL - 04 February 2021
ECIJA reaches 127 partners with the promotion of two new lawyers in Latin America
--- Adalberto Méndez and María Dolores Echeverría have been appointed partners at ECIJA Mexico and Chile to strengthen the Corporate/M&A, Employment Law, Information Technology, Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility areas One year after joining ECIJA Mexico as B...
TIL - 22 January 2021
Know the actual women leaders of legal tech
The Legal Technology Resoruce Center (LTRC), member benefit of ABA, has released the Women of Legal Tech Honorees 2021 list, highlighting the most successful women in the legal technology sector.  This list has been announced for 5 years and this year LTRC has announced a list of 132 talented ...
Joe Goodman - 14 January 2021
Marina Tavassi joins BonelliErede
BonelliErede has strengthened its commercial, competition and industrial law practices with the addition of Marina Tavassi as of counsel at the Milan office. Her experience in the Italian judiciary dates back to 1977. She has served as President of the Court of Appeal of Milan (2016–2020), Pr...
TIL - 14 January 2021
If you are a lawyer, you should be aware that judges can be stressed
A survey conducted by the American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Attorneys' Assistance Programs shows the clear symptoms of depression faced by countless judges in the United States.  This survey has involved over 1,000 judges and was conducted before the arrival of the pandemic. Accord...
Adelie Cordier - 11 January 2021
Developing the Post-COVID Lawyer of the 2020s
The COVID-19 pandemic has left an indelible mark on every major legal market in the world. For many of us, the experience of manging this disruption has been a difficult one at times. Yet most law firms have passed the test with flying colours, having fast-tracked the adoption of technology which i...
Pierre-Sébastien Thill - 02 January 2021
Is your law firm just a “deadline-meeter”?
Most firms limit themselves to being “deadline-meeters”: they receive a case and provide the required service. But these firms lack direction—a position in the market that can reduce their strategic risk— that is, the uncertainty about what could happen to them in the medium ...
Francesc Domínguez - 01 January 2021
Cuatrecasas hires nine new partners in Chile, Colombia and Mexico
Law firm hires new partners Manuel Quinche, Alessia Bello and Juan Felipe Vera (Bogotá), Roberto Guerrero (Santiago) and Javier Díaz de León (Mexico City). Tomás Kubick, Macarena Ravinet, Alfonso Ugarte and Josefina Yávar will join the Corporate and Commercial Pra...
TIL - 28 December 2020
A protocol to unite them all (the telematic arbitration procedures)
Like the courts and tribunals of ordinary jurisdictions, arbitration courts have had to conduct many of their proceedings by virtual methods.  That is why six prestigious law firms (such as Ashurst, CMS, DLA Piper, Herbert Smith Freehills, Latham & Watkins and Hogan Lovells) have published...
Joshua Chen - 26 December 2020
Baker McKenzie continues transactional practice growth with leading financial sponsor partner hire
Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie has hired highly regarded financial sponsor and M&A partner Nick Rainsford from Ashurst, as part of the Firm's strategy to grow its transactional teams.  Nick is a highly experienced transactional lawyer who has built an excellent reputation in M&...
TIL - 23 December 2020
Behavioural skills key for navigating the future
Only those firms with highly developed and resilient behavioural skills will be equipped to successfully navigate the challenges firms now face to adapt, survive, and thrive in this age of uncertainty.  That was the finding of Claire Rason and Oliver Hansard, two former City lawyers and now ac...
TIL - 21 December 2020
BCLP Appoints Jason Marty Chief Operating Officer
International law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) today announced the appointment of Jason Marty as Chief Operating Officer, effective March 1, 2021. Marty will join from Baker McKenzie, where he has held a number of senior leadership positions, most recently serving as global COO. After ne...
TIL - 18 December 2020
Short interview with Angela Han "A coach helps clarify purpose and accelerate the journey toward that purpose"
The Impact Lawyers interview Angela Han, expert health, physical and mental coach for lawyers. She hosts the Podcast serial "Fit to practice". 1. Which benefits can a coach bring to a lawyer? A coach helps clarify purpose and accelerate the journey toward that purpose. 2. Is there a growing conce...
Utkarsh Gambhir - 16 December 2020
ABA study on diversity in the legal profession in America reveals discrimination against Disabled and LGBTQ+ lawyers
According to a study released by the American Bar Association (ABA), lawyers who either identify as LGBTQ+ or as having disabilities face discrimination at their workplaces. Both subtle and overt forms of discrimination are reported, as well as subtle but unintentional biases. The first-of-its-...
Christine Fuessel - 15 December 2020
"This protocol is of global application, and it is relevant to all arbitration stakeholders and all types of arbitrations"
Charlie Morgan works in the international arbitration department at Herbert Smith Freehills. A few days ago, this law firm, CMS, Hogan Lovells, Latham & Watkins, Ashurst and DLA Piper published a protocol guide for managing international online arbitration proceedings. This joint publication - w...
Álvaro Navarro - 14 December 2020
How to manage conflicts based on personal relationships
The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released today detailed recommendations for how lawyers should assess and respond to potential conflicts arising from client representation and relationships with opposing lawyers. Formal Opinion 494 explores ...
TIL - 14 December 2020
The Lawyer’s Love Cycle
I was an overthinker at age 8. Seriously - I thought through the worst-case scenario of everything. As a child. A natural-born lawyer. So - it’s funny that I’m now a life coach for lawyers, because the law was my first love.   As an attorney, I gravitated toward litigation ...
Rachel Coll - 11 December 2020
Norton Rose Fulbright appoints Shauna Clark as its Global and US Chair
Norton Rose Fulbright announced this thrusday that Houston partner Shauna Clark will become its Global and US Chair, effective January 1. She will succeed Durban partner Andrew Robinson in the global position, which rotates across regions annually, and San Antonio partner George Scofield in the US ...
TIL - 11 December 2020
McCarthy Denning boosts its international energy credentials with new Partner Henry Davey
Next generation City of London law firm McCarthy Denning has welcomed Henry Davey as a new Partner to its international Energy Practice. Henry, an established energy corporate M&A lawyer, was most recently a Consultant at Squire Patton Boggs, and prior to that, a Partner at Herbert Smith Freehil...
TIL - 10 December 2020
How can heuristics get in the way with client feedback?
Heuristics are mental shortcuts; they are shortcuts created to help us make sense of the information that we receive and patterns that we perceive. They help free up processing power in the brain. They are assumptions that we make to speed up decision making and they allow us to make judgements quic...
Claire Rason - 04 December 2020
"It is relevant to use the services of lawyers specialized in Intellectual Property in order to know risks"
The Impact Lawyers Magazine had the pleasure to conduct an email interview with Ricardo Boclin, Technical and Legal Director at Clarke Modet Brazil.  Ricardo Boclin is a renowned expert in Intellectual Property, with over 25 years of experience. He recently joined ClarkeModet Brazil as its Tec...
Utkarsh Gambhir - 30 November 2020 Brazil
Yashvardhan Rana, new collaborator of The Impact Lawyers
The Impact Lawyers announces Yashvardhan Rana as the new collaborator of the magazine.  Yashvardhan Rana is an Intellectual Property Lawyer with a particular focus on IP prosecution practice encompassing a broad range of areas including but not limited to – from registrability analysis a...
TIL - 30 November 2020
"UniCourt provide access State and Federal Court data and it offer real-time access to this data"
Alvaro Navarro Sotillos, Editor in Chief of The Impact Lawyers Magazine, had the pleasure to conduct a phone interview with Jeff Cox. Jeff Cox is the Director of Content & Data Acquisition at UniCourt Inc. UniCourt is a SaaS offering using machine learning to disrupt the way court records are o...
Álvaro Navarro - 26 November 2020
"Most clients of law firms are keen to get true pieces of thought leadership and market intelligence"
Alvaro Navarro Sotillos, Editor in Chief of The Impact Lawyers Magazine, had the pleasure to conduct an email interview with Ben Paul. Ben Paul is the Director & Founder of The BD Ladder, a consultancy specialising in growing Legal and Professional Services firms. He has held senior BD and mark...
Álvaro Navarro - 24 November 2020
Crina Baltag has been appointed to the Executive Committee of the newly founded Rising Arbitrators Initiative
The Rising Arbitrators Initiative seeks to support arbitration practitioners under 45 who have received their first appointment as arbitrator or who have at least seven years of international experience. Crina Baltag has been appointed to the Executive Committee of the newly founded Rising Arbitrat...
TIL - 23 November 2020
Change Your Habits & Grow Your Business
In a recent article, I highlighted the issue of how business owners including lawyers get locked into specific patterns of behaviour that produce specific results. Unfortunately, these aren't the results the law firm owner was looking for… since those results tend to be a lack of revenue and ...
Brian Maphosa - 20 November 2020
Only 7% of US workers want to return to work in their offices 5 days a week
Nelson Worldwide has published a survey of professionals from different sectors and different cities in the United States showing that only 7% of them want to return to work in the office 5 days a week.  The questions in this survey were mainly about the impact of work and productivity on the ...
Joe Goodman - 19 November 2020 United States of America
The selling of legal services
  Previous note: the source of this article is the book Legal Marketing: from a competent law firm to a competitive one, published by Difusión Jurídica & ISDE Law & Business School.   Sales make the world go around. Sales are what drive the economy and the leading ...
Francesc Domínguez - 17 November 2020
Thousands of British lawyers want to practice in Europe despite BREXIT
One problem facing thousands of lawyers in England and Wales is that they may have lost their rights to practise in European Union countries by the time the Brexit transition period ends.  A recent survey by the Irish Bar Association found that these lawyers in England and Wales will not have ...
Adelie Cordier - 13 November 2020
A vast majority of the U.S. lawyers want to return to work in the office
A large majority of U.S. attorneys prefer to return to the office, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Gensler Law Firm.  Specifically, 74% of the lawyers surveyed are willing to return to work in the office, while 26% prefer a flexible workplace arrangement. Another interes...
William Brown - 13 November 2020 United States of America
THE IMPACT LAWYERS, the magazine that has revolutionized the global legal sector lands in Spain
The Impact Lawyers, the legal magazine that has revolutionized the legal sector in the United States and the United Kingdom, announces its arrival in Spain by launching a Spanish version that will completely innovate the legal sector.  This magazine has the support of more than 47,000 subscrib...
Álvaro Navarro - 12 November 2020
Lawyers, let's talk about climate change
The scientific community has been warning us for years about the irreversibility of the sustainability of the planet due to the consequences of climate change. There is a consensus of alertness among scientists, but is there this concern among lawyers?  The International Bar Association (IBA),...
Utkarsh Gambhir - 11 November 2020
Does slavery still exist in the workplace?
It is a question that perhaps not many professionals ask: Does slavery exist in the middle of the 21th century? Ashurst has published a statement on modern slavery, specifically supporting the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (UK) and the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Australia), whose precepts seek to eradicate...
Utkarsh Gambhir - 10 November 2020
Lizanne Thomas elected Fellow of American College of Governance Counsel
Lizanne Thomas, a partner in Jones Day's M&A Practice, is one of the 22 lawyers recently elected to the sixth class of Fellows of the American College of Governance Counsel, the organization for leading corporate governance lawyers from the United States and Canada. The sixth class, which includ...
TIL - 10 November 2020 United States of America
"One of the problems with legal technology adoption in the legal industry is that every law firm have different requirements in terms of functionality, systems integrations"
Alvaro Navarro Sotillos, Editor in chief of The Impact Lawyers Magazine, had the pleasure to conduct a message interview with Warwick Walsh, CEO & founder of Lawcadia, a thriving Australian legal technology company, Lawcadia has a complete intake, matter, RFP, collaboration and spend management ...
Álvaro Navarro - 26 October 2020
Baker McKenzie hires its first Chief Sustainability Office
Baker McKenzie has named Paris-based Partner Alyssa Auberger as its first Chief Sustainability Officer. Alyssa will be responsible for leading the Firm’s global Sustainability strategy which is core to the Firm’s overall priorities for the next decade. After beginning her legal career i...
TIL - 26 October 2020
Sidley hires a Former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General for its Privacy and Cybersecurity practice group
Sidley has announced that Sujit Raman joined the firm as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Raman will be a member of the Privacy and Cybersecurity practice group, and will contribute to the firm’s globally regarded litigation, national security, and trade practices. Mr. Raman serv...
TIL - 19 October 2020 United States of America
DLA, Ashurst, PWC and more. Know the winners of UK Social Mobility Awards 2020
The UK Social Mobility Awards has published a list of the winners for 2020, which rewards lawyers and firms that promote and facilitate social mobility within the UK market.  The awards aim to reward those firms that set social mobility on an equal footing with other diversity issues, where th...
TIL - 14 October 2020 United Kingdom
What are the main barriers faced by in-house lawyers regarding innovation?
Are you an in-house lawyer and don't know how to make your work and services more innovative? Allen & Overy has published a report in which they surveyed 92 senior lawyers from corporate legal departments about the barriers that corporate lawyers face in becoming more innovative in their offices...
TIL - 13 October 2020
[FREE WEBINAR] How to Thrive in a Time of Stress and Uncertainty: Evidence-Based Tips for Lawyer Well-Being
The Impact Lawyers is pleased to invite you to the next webinar on Tuesday 6th October at 10.30 am US Eastern Time and 3.30 pm London Time regarding How to Thrive in a Time of Stress and Uncertainty: Evidence-Based Tips for Lawyer Well-Being presented by Dr. Larry Richard.  In this groundbreak...
TIL - 06 October 2020
Know the winners of The Changing Lawyers Awards
The judging team of The Changing Lawyers Awards had announced last week the winners of this original award:  Legal Innovator of the Year: Presented to the individual who has driven the most significant change within their firm or legal department. Evan J. Shenkman, Senior Director of Knowle...
TIL - 05 October 2020
Silvana López: new General Manager at ClarkeModet Peru
ClarkeModet has appointed Silvana López as its new General Manager in Peru. López is a renowned Intellectual Property attorney and an expert in Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence technologies. She is also a graduate of MIT, one of the most influential technological communities worl...
TIL - 26 September 2020 Peru
For innovative lawyers: Know all about The Changing Lawyers Awards
The Changing Lawyer Awards will be held on October 1st and will give the opportunity to professionals related to the legal sector (individuals, law firms, and companies). The deadline for submissions is 25 September. Below are the prizes that will be awarded in this trophy: The Law firm of the Yea...
TIL - 23 September 2020
ClarkeModet Brazil announces the appointment of Ricardo Boclin as the Technical and Legal Services Director
ClarkeModet has appointed Ricardo Boclin to be the Technical and Legal Services Director in Brazil. Under his area, the company brings together both the technical and legal advisory services in Intellectual Property. The new director will join the company to lead a team of over 30 professionals that...
TIL - 16 September 2020 Brazil
What you must know about the Singapore Convention on Mediation
The Singapore Convention on Mediation has entered into force since 12 September 2020. This convention will concern the viability of a multitude of commercial contracts as well as helping to further globalise world economies.  We now set out the most relevant features of this convention:  ...
TIL - 15 September 2020 Singapore
Rasha Gerges Shields: co-chair Los Angeles Police Commission's Advisory Committee on Building Trust and Equity
Rasha Gerges Shields, partner Jones Day's Los Angeles Office, has been selected to serve as co-chair of the Los Angeles Police Commission's newly formed Advisory Committee on Building Trust and Equity. Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners announced in July a series of reforms to enhance accoun...
TIL - 14 September 2020 United States of America
How do large firms move into the recruitment market?
Law firms are trying to come out stronger despite the difficulties the pandemic has presented them with in recent months.  In this regard, it has been noted that large firms continue promoting and signing talent within the legal sector.  Thus, we will now summarise the activity of three ...
TIL - 08 September 2020
The finalists of the Women in law awards 2020
The Women in Law Awards 2020 has published the law firms and lawyers who are finalists for this year's awards.  Among the finalists are prestigious firms such as Baker McKenzie, CMS, Simmons & Simmons, Allen & Overy, Clyde & Co, among others.  The awards ceremony will take pl...
TIL - 07 September 2020
How are the lawyers at Baker McKenzie returning to the offices?
In August, we proceeded with a ‘soft’ re-opening of our office space. This has been limited to allow 20 people in to the building on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Access to the office has been limited to those whose roles cannot effectively be discharged from home, or those who feel a ...
Baker Mckenzie - 04 September 2020
Arizona opens the door for non-lawyers to invest in law firms and provide legal advice to clients
Arizona has approved the possibility of non-lawyers owning a law firm. On the other hand, it has also opened the door for non-lawyers to provide legal advice to their clients. The Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday ruled to remove the rule that prevented non-lawyers from having a financial interest ...
Álvaro Navarro - 04 September 2020
Notorious lawyer returns to Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced the returning of Brian Benczkowski as a partner in the Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations Practice Group, after serving two years as Senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division. &...
TIL - 03 September 2020
Baker McKenzie strengthens its position by hiring major specialists
Baker McKenzie is reinforcing its Geneva team with five experts in the fields of White-Collar Crime/Compliance & Investigations, Real Estate and Tax as of 1 September 2020, thereby underlining the importance of the Geneva office for the French-speaking Swiss market. The existing team of Simon N...
TIL - 02 September 2020
Anti-burnout #2: Avoiding Covid Burnout
Feeling overloaded, out of control, or unrewarded? Or a bit out of touch with colleagues, sensing the unfairness of your situation, or being asked to do things that don't feel quite right? Welcome to Summer 2020 - worldwide lockdowns. None of us have been exempt from coronavirus and its effects. B...
Angus Lyon - 02 September 2020
Californa Lawyers Association creates a free online Q&A portal to help people affected by the pandemic
California Lawyers Association (CLA) and Legal Access Alameda announced a new partnership hosting a free online question and answer portal through the American Bar Association’s Free Legal Answers (FLA) platform. This platform will offer pro bono legal services to Northern Californians affecte...
TIL - 01 September 2020 United States of America
ECIJA El Salvador strenghts the Department of Technologies incorporating Karla Alas
Through this movement ECIJA El Salvador adds a partner to its team and strengthens a key department for the firm. As a result of this incorporation, ECIJA's office in El Salvador has a team of 5 partners and 9 lawyers, all of whom have the experience and academic skills to ensure that their clients ...
TIL - 31 August 2020 El Salvador
Relevant promotion of a woman to a leadership position in a magic circle UK law firm
Freshfields Druckhaus Deringer LLP has announced the promotion of Georgia Dawson as a Senior Partner of the firm. Dawson was currently serving the firm as a management partner and the leader of the firm's Asian department in the litigation department.  As a result of this promotion, Dawson wil...
TIL - 27 August 2020
Increased risk of data protection during the pandemic
During the confinement, many companies have had to adapt to the telework format. Many employees have worked days and weeks at home and all data was stored in the cloud.  Teleworking may have brought benefits, but it has also brought risks to both business and personal data protection. In her a...
TIL - 26 August 2020
Statute of limitation under Iranian law
Under Iranian civil law, in principle, there exists no statute of limitation for bringing a claim to the court of law or arbitration. This procedure is in consistence with the directive of Iran Guardian Council of the Constitution, dated February 16, 1983, in which it ruled that imposing a limitatio...
Oveis Rezvanian - 26 August 2020 Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Practicing Law During Coronavirus
COVID-19 has caused a worldwide health pandemic of the sort that has not been experienced in over a century. As of this July, close to 15 million people have tested positive and over 600,000 deaths have been attributed to the virus worldwide. The danger posed by the virus caused entire countries aro...
Jeff Lieser - 25 August 2020
How lawyers are adapting to the new era
The legal professional of today needs to be able to be in constant learning and transformation according to the trends and the market, just studying the law and practicing it is not enough when the millennials are enrolling for master's and learning other languages. Toni Jaeger-Fine explains to us ...
TIL - 13 August 2020
Eversheds Sutherland makes a profit and retains talent
Eversheds Sutherland has announced the recording of profits for the past financial year, despite the devastating consequences of the pandemic. In the case of this law firm, neo profit increased by 5% to £109 million in the financial year ending in 2020. Revenue increased by 8% to £592 m...
TIL - 08 August 2020
When will the lawyers from the big law firms return to their offices?
Because of the economic devastation caused by COVID-19, many companies have been forced to close offices, lay off staff and cut salaries. Many other firms have also chosen to cut partners' salaries. These include many UK law firms. Withers originally had 57 staff on leave and 21 have been brought b...
TIL - 07 August 2020 United Kingdom
LCM hires Australian insolvency expert Helene Roins
Litigation Capital Management Limited, a global provider of disputes funding, has announced the hire of Helene Roins as an Investment Manager based in the office of Sydney. Helene has extensive experience in insolvency and restructuring, commercial litigation, insurance disputes and class actions. ...
TIL - 07 August 2020 Australia
Schoenherr promotes arbitration lawyer expert Victoria Pernt to counsel
Austrian law firm Schoenherr has announced the promotion of Victoria Pernt as a counsel as of 1 August 2020. Pernt is an arbitration expert and she joined this law firm in 2015 to work as a lawyer in the dispute resolution department.  Victoria Pernt's experience spans many fields and industri...
TIL - 04 August 2020 Austria
Firms need more and more cybersecurity lawyers
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) has published its report "2020 State of Cybersecurity Report: An In-House Perspective" by which it has surveyed more than 580 companies from over 36 countries and belonging to 20 different sectors. The survey shows that the number of dedicated in-house cyb...
TIL - 04 August 2020
A Global Mental Health Survey for lawyers and law firms
At the beginning of July, the International Bar Association (IBA) announced a survey of legal professionals. Through the Global Mental Health Survey, the IBA wants to collect data on the mental health of legal professionals. Initially, this initiative is projected in two surveys. The first is aimed...
TIL - 01 August 2020
Jonathan Bloomer joined as the new Chairman of DWF
DWF has announced its new Chairman: Jonathan Bloomer. This appointment will take effect on August 1, 2020. When Sir Nigel Knowles began his tenure as DWF's CEO, he intended to promote Chris Sullivan to Deputy Chairman, so the law firm began looking for a new chairman.  Jonathan Bloomer is Cha...
TIL - 31 July 2020
Hannah Lim-Johnson: new chief legal officer and Corporate Secretary of Meritor
American firm Meritor has announced the appointed of Hannah Lim-Johnson in the company as senior vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary. This event will be effective on August 3. "Hannah brings more than two decades of experience leading high-performing legal teams and managing...
TIL - 29 July 2020 United States of America
Heike Wagner: new chair of the CMS Council
CMS announced a few days ago the appointment of Heike Wagner as chair of the CMS Council. This appointment will take effect on 1 October 2020, replacing Robert Bosman. “During his 13-year tenure of the CMS Council, Robert has been a highly popular, diligent and inclusive Chair, supporting the...
TIL - 28 July 2020
Manuel Olivencia Award recognizes good governance in management of COVID-19 in it´s third edition
On the 21st of July 2020, the jury of the Manuel Olivencia Award (Cuatrecasas Foundation) has announced the third edition of the awards. In the focus of this year will be the assessment of the best management shown by listed companies during the COVID-19 crisis.  Factors that will be assessed ...
TIL - 25 July 2020
ArbitralWomen Mentorship Programme aims to unite and promote women and their careers in international dispute resolution
The ArbitralWomen Mentorship Programme seeks to support the members of ArbitralWomen in developing their dispute resolution skills and practices. It provides them with the opportunity of exchanging experiences, by matching members with more expertise in dispute resolution, or mentors, with other mem...
TIL - 23 July 2020
Alex Stathopoulos (Orrick, San Francisco): appointed to the Labor & Employment Executive Committee for the California Lawyers Association
Orrick senior associate Alex Stathopoulos (actually based in San Francisco) has been appointed to the Labor & Employment Executive Committee for the California Lawyers Association (CLA) during the next 3 years. Alex will contribute to CLA’s mission of “providing leadership and extra...
TIL - 22 July 2020 United States of America
Helena Samaha (President and CEO of Lex Mundi): "Equisphere is about matching Lex Mundi’s capabilities exactly to a client’s requirements"
Helena Samaha, first female president in Lex Mundi´s history, comments on The Impact Lawyer´s questions regarding the association and its new launch Equisphere. Lex Mundi is the world´s largest law firm network, providing information to its members about developments in local and g...
Christine Fuessel - 21 July 2020
Silvia Hodges Silverstein: "The involvement of procurement changes the nature of the firm/client relationship"
Silvia Hodges Silverstein, Chief Executive Officer at Buying Legal Council, an international trade organization for professionals, responds to The Impact Lawyers´ questions about Buying Legal Council. What is the main purpose of Buying Legal Council?  The Buying Legal Council is the int...
Álvaro Navarro - 17 July 2020
Doyles Guide of Leading Arbitration Barristers in Australia, 2020
Doyles Guide has announced the list of Leading Arbitration Barristers in Australia, 2020, where there are Senior Counsels and Junior Counsels from large law firms. The 2020 listing of leading Australian Arbitration Barristers details Senior Counsel and Junior Counsel identified by clients and peers...
TIL - 17 July 2020
Noel J. Francisco, Former United States Solicitor General, returns to Jones Day
Jones Day has announced that Noel J. Francisco will rejoin the firm’s Washington office after serving three years as the 48th Solicitor General of the United States. “The partners, lawyers and professional staff of Jones Day have always held Noel in the highest regard both professionall...
TIL - 16 July 2020 United States of America
Larger law firms are freezing and cutting the salaries of trainees and junior lawyers
In view of the consequences of what has happened in recent months, law firms have taken measures to mitigate losses and have temporarily reduced the salary of some of their lawyers, but have also frozen the salary of trainee lawyers.  In this case, the British firm Bird & Bird has announce...
TIL - 15 July 2020
Sean Suber: new member of the Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms' Program
Winston & Strawn litigation associate Sean H. Suber has been selected as a member of the Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms Pathway to Partnership Program. The cause of this announcement is because “of his extraordinary talent, top-notch skills, demonstrated leadership, and...
TIL - 15 July 2020 United States of America
Almost half of legal practitioners are concerned about the future of their profession
Nearly a half of international lawyers do not expect a bright future for their profession, a quarter of them are concern due to the impact of digitalization and the implementation of artificial intelligence and technology in the legal sector, according to the results published by The Mosaic Mood Ind...
TIL - 14 July 2020
How can the artificial intelligence system help lawyers?
More and more Artificial Intelligence is spreading to all fields of legal practice, AI came to stay in the legal world and Luminance is a clear representation of it. Concept of your software Luminance is the leading artificial intelligence platform for the legal profession. Founded by mathematicia...
TIL - 13 July 2020
2020 Wolters Kluwer Future Ready Lawyer Survey highlights relevance of technology for the legal sector
According to the 2020 Wolters Kluwer future ready lawyer survey, that deals with performance drivers and change in the legal sector, technology is at the center of top performance, as stated in a press release of the 5th of June, 2020.  Wolters Kluwer is a global leader in professional informa...
Christine Fuessel - 12 July 2020
IBA urges to UN Members States more protection for lawyers
The International Bar Association (IBA) has issued a statement addressed to United Nations Member States in support of the United Nations Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers (UN Basic Principles).  Through this call, the IBA wants justice for legal professionals to be protected, as well as...
TIL - 10 July 2020
Herbert Smith Freehills promotes nearly 50 lawyers to senior associate
Herbert Smith Freehills has announced the promotion of 49 Australian lawyers to the position of senior associate.  Among the lawyers promoted are in the Competition, Corporate, Disputes, Employment, Real Estate & Projects practices, Regulation & Trade departments, among others. Fifty ...
TIL - 06 July 2020 Australia
Are larger law firms cutting their lawyers' salaries?
Due to the consequences produced by COVID-19, many large firms have implemented measures to maintain their sustainable economy. One of the most notorious measures is the reduction of salaries among lawyers.  In this case, Simmons & Simmons announced a 20% reduction in salaries as of July. ...
TIL - 06 July 2020
Survey: How has COVID-19 impacted the states and the lawyers?
The International Bar Association (IBA) has conducted a survey of a multitude of lawyers from various countries on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the activity of the political and judicial system in their countries. “Specifically, we inquired about invocation of emergency powers; the...
TIL - 03 July 2020
New managing partner for Houthoff
On the 1st of July 2020, Houthoff, a leading Dutch law firm with global reach, announced that Hans Londonck Sluijk joins the firm´s board, replacing Gerhard Gispen who passed away unexpectedly on the 13th of May. With the appointment of Mister Londonck Sluijk, the board consists of three manag...
TIL - 02 July 2020
Cherine Foty (Jones Day) has been selected to the Board of Directors of ArbitralWomen
Global Disputes Senior Associate in the Paris Office of Jones Day Cherine Foty, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of ArbitralWomen for the 2020-2022 term. ArbitralWomen is an international non-governmental organisation for the promotion of women and diversity in international disp...
TIL - 30 June 2020
Ashurst: Real Estate Team of the Year at Legal community Forty Under 40 Awards
The renowned law firm Ashurst has been named Real Estate Team of the Year at the Legalcommunity Forty under 40 Awards. In particular, the Real State department of Ashurst's Milan office, headed by lawyer Andrea Caputo, has been awarded.  "We are delighted to have received this market recogni...
TIL - 29 June 2020
Sonia Baldia: new counselor at The Impact Lawyers
The Impact Lawyers has announced the incorporation of Sonia Baldia as a new counselor of the magazine. She will contribute to the magazine by writing regarding International Commercial Practice Sonia Baldia is a partner in Baker McKenzie's North American International Commercial Practice in Washing...
TIL - 25 June 2020
Jones Day Latest Arrivals: Former FTC Trial Counsel Lin Kahn and Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Huie
Jones Day has announced the arrivals of former Federal Trade Commission attorney Lin Kahn as a partner in the Firm’s San Francisco Office, and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Huie as of counsel in its San Diego Office. Ms. Kahn is part of Jones Day’s Antitrust Practice and Mr. Huie...
TIL - 24 June 2020 United States of America
Woodsford reinforces in Singapore's legal market by hiring a dispute resolution expert
Woodsford Litigation Funding (Woodsford) expands into the Singapore market by bringing dispute expert Franca Ciambella as a consultant into the firm. Ciambella's areas of expertise include technology law, fintech, corporate and commercial law. She has also had experience as a mediator in disputes r...
TIL - 23 June 2020 Singapore
Chambers USA ranks Hogan Lovells Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice as a Top-Tier Practice for 9th Consecutive Year
Chambers USA have released their annual lawyer rankings for the sector Privacy and Data Security. Every year, Chambers USA ranks the top lawyers and law firms across all the United States of America. Law firms that have a national presence are also ranked in their Nationwide tables, which focus on t...
TIL - 17 June 2020 United States of America
Legal professionals could get an exemption for the mandatory quarantine in Hong Kong in case of large scale commercial transactions
The Government of Hong Kong has announced the mechanism for legal professionals providing the necessary professional services in relation to large scale and important commercial transactions to apply for exemption from the mandatory quarantine agreement. The Mandatory Quarantine of Certain Persons ...
TIL - 16 June 2020 Hong Kong
Vasco Leal Cardoso: new counselor at The Impact Lawyers
The Impact Lawyers has announced the incorporation of Vasco Leal Cardoso as a new counselor of the magazine. He will contribute to the magazine by writing regarding Civil and Commercial, International Contracts, Negotiation, Litigation and International Arbitration. Vasco has a large experience in ...
TIL - 15 June 2020
The beginning of the end; preparing for life (and work) after lockdown
It has become increasingly clear over the past few weeks that the world is not about to return to normal. With many months likely before an effective vaccine or treatment for Covid-19 will be available, governments and businesses, law firms included, need to identify a strategy for exiting the lockd...
Jo Ludlam, Julia Wilson - 12 June 2020
Amanda Pinto QC responds to The Impact Lawyers in regards to the effects of Covid-19 on the justice system in the UK
Amanda Pinto was appointed as Queen’s Counsel in 2006, elected as Chair of the Bar of England and Wales in 2020 and was Chair of the International Committee of the Bar Council 2015-2018. Despite of her undoubtedly busy schedule during the current Covid-19 crisis, she kindly took the time to re...
Christine Fuessel - 12 June 2020 United Kingdom
Interview with Julie Savarino, author of the book 'Survive and Thrive Post-Pandemic: A Guidebook for Legal and Professional Services Providers'
Alvaro Navarro Sotillos, editor of The Impact Lawyers Magazine, had the pleasure to conduct a phone interview with Julie Savarino. Savarino holds an MBA and a JD, is a licensed attorney and best-selling author. Over her career, she has built an international reputation as a results-generating and aw...
Álvaro Navarro - 08 June 2020
Due care and diligence still the standard even during COVID-19?
It seems likely that the nationwide lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak and the resultant remote working implemented by employers may increase the liability exposure of financial and professional services firms (i.e. conveyancers, asset managers, intermediaries and bankers). Generally, t...
Ayanda Nondwana - 04 June 2020 South Africa
Bowmans newest expansion: Malawi and Zambia
African law firm Bowmans has announced its expansion to Malawi and Zambia, less than one year after it announced the opening of a new office in Muritius and allying with Assefa & Associates Law Ofice in Ethiopia.  The move has been described as "a bold step in uncertain times" Chairman and...
TIL - 03 June 2020
Jones Day Welcomes Former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Chief of Cybercrime Unit Amy Harman Burkart as Of Counsel in Boston
The global law firm Jones Day announces the arrival of Amy Harman Burkart to Jones Day’s Boston Office as of counsel in the Firm’s Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection Practice. Ms. Burkart comes to Jones Day from the United States Attorney’s Office in Boston, where she has...
TIL - 02 June 2020 United States of America
Considerations for Re-opening Workplaces: Practical Guidance for Employers
There is little doubt that COVID-19 has transformed the way we work and how the traditional workplace is viewed.  In very short order, a large portion of the Canadian workforce was pulled out of office towers and commercial spaces and mobilized to work in remote settings.  As the gradual ...
Lisa Cabel - 30 May 2020
BonelliErede appoints two new partners in Ethiopia for Tameru Wondm Agegnehu Law Office
In a press release issued on the 26th of May 2020, BonelliErede announces two new appointments for Tameru Wondm Agegnehu Law Office, who they are cooperating with.  Leading Ethiopian law firm Tameru Wondm Agegnehu Law Office in cooperation with BonelliErede strengthens its ranks with the appoi...
TIL - 28 May 2020 Ethiopia
Interview with Chrissie Lightfoot, CEO and founder of Robot Lawyer LISA
Christine Fuessel, editor of The Impact Lawyers Magazine, had the pleasure to conduct a phone interview with Chrissie Lightfoot. Chrissie is a prominent international legal figure, being a qualified solicitor (now non-practising) and an inspirational global award winning entrepreneur. She is also kn...
Christine Fuessel - 26 May 2020
Antonio Rigozzi: new counselor at The Impact Lawyers
The Impact Lawyers has announced the incorporation of Antonio Rigozzi as a new counselor of the magazine. He will contribute to the magazine by writing regarding legal sports and international commercial law issues. Regozzi serves as counsel and arbitrator. His main area of practice is internationa...
TIL - 22 May 2020
British law firm Irwin Mitchell recoups money for supporting hospices, as the charity sector is facing severe financial problems during the Covid-19 pandemic
Irwin Mitchell, a full service law firm based in the United Kingdom, provides hospices with vital funding in order to ensure that they can keep up their work during the coronavirus crisis. The firm´s lawyers recovered more than £220,000 with the aim of supporting hospices in the UK. The ...
TIL - 21 May 2020
The Government of Hong Kong announced movement’s exemption across the whole Chinese territory for arbitrators, mediators or qualified legal practitioners
The Government of Hong Kong announced last Tuesday the mechanism for the following legal practitioners, arbitrators or mediators providing necessary professional services in arbitration, mediation or litigation proceedings to apply for exemption from the compulsory quarantine arrangement. Also, the ...
TIL - 21 May 2020 Hong Kong
Gide advises Venture Capital firm 360 Capital on structuring its fifth fund
Leading international law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel acted as counsel to Venture Capital firm 360 Capital on structuring Capital Fund V, which is dedicated to breakthrough innovations and available in France, Italy and Spain, as announced in a press release of Gide on May 19th, 2020.  The initia...
TIL - 19 May 2020
Clifford Chance advises Vauban Infrastructure Partners in a joint-venture with Bouygues Telecom to develop FTTH implementation in medium-density locations in France
The renowned international firm Clifford Chance has advised the French company Vauban Infrastructure Partners on the signing of a strategic agreement with Bouygues Telecom, through a dedicated joint venture, for the operation of FTTH (Fiber To The Home) lines in French areas previously deployed and ...
Álvaro Navarro - 06 May 2020 France
Mayer Brown expands projects group with double partner hire in London
Mayer Brown today announced that two projects lawyers, Kirsti Massie and Meredith Campanale, have been recruited as partners in the firm's global Banking & Finance practice in London. Both lawyers will join the firm from White & Case.  "The recruitment of Kirsti and Meredith marks an i...
TIL - 11 February 2020
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