All Features articles – Page 31
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FeatureMiddle East challenges to dispute resolution professionals
Despite new arbitration and enforcement laws in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, and even Dubai, remain difficult jurisdictions for the enforcement of judgments and international arbitral awards.
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FeatureThe path to transformation
Negotiating the matrix of legal AI - what firms need to consider when implementing the latest technology.
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FeatureFutures market - Private client
Helping people navigate their lives can be immensely rewarding, hears Grania Langdon-Down, but where is the next generation of private client solicitors?
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FeatureWhat a CEO wants
What does a chief executive seek from their general counsel? Hays plc’s CEO Alistair Cox wants a confidante and critical friend.
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FeatureAct for SMEs
Law firms must be innovative with charging structures to exploit rising demand from 5.5 million SMEs.
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ProfileOver achiever: Alexandra Marks
As the deadline approaches for entries to the Law Society Excellence Awards, Jonathan Rayner catches up with last year’s winner of the lifetime achievement accolade
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FeatureBelgium: Union city blues?
Brexit and the crisis of confidence in the EU are creating uncertainty for foreign lawyers based in the Belgian capital. But business is brisk, reports Marialuisa Taddia
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FeatureMake agile working work
Professionals are demanding flexible working – and legal employers which have responded claim excellent results
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FeatureBoom to bust?
As different jurisdictions vie for business, Brexit is beginning to look like a serious own goal for insolvency and restructuring practitioners. Marialuisa Taddia reports
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FeatureIndia: Office politics
India will be one of our most important trade partners post-Brexit, but foreign firms are still not allowed to open offices there.
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FeatureDon’t leave it to the lawyers
Clients are are in the vanguard of the ‘great legal reformation’ which is transforming the way law firms work
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FeatureEmployee ownership: stake holders
Law firms slow to embrace employee ownership schemes are missing a trick.
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FeatureLegal technology: the rise of the chatbots
Chatbots handling multiple interactions give a new dimension to customer care and access to justice
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FeatureApprenticeships: entry leveller
To mark National Apprenticeship Week, we spoke to some of the young pioneers who are following the ‘Trailblazer’ track to qualification.
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FeatureSouth Korean legal market: life and Seoul
South Korea is taking longer than expected to liberalise its legal market and Brexit has complicated matters further.
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FeatureExpert witnesses: science friction
Experts and their evidence are under hostile scrutiny amid fears over a decline in standards.
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FeatureWomen in law: City limits
City firms are hiring women in record numbers – and then losing them. Detailed research has uncovered reasons why.
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FeatureTrade unions: come together
Trade unions are less influential than they were, but remain a critical conduit for justice
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FeatureMarket focus: infrastructure
A surge in infrastructure investment in the UK and overseas is good news for lawyers.
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FeatureFinancial regulation: City police
Four years on, the financial services watchdog has yet to convince lawyers representing victims of alleged wrongdoing that it is living up to its rhetoric.