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Money ball
A tsunami of cash flowing into the sector means that sports lawyers are busier than ever.
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Middle 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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Futures 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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The path to transformation
Negotiating the matrix of legal AI - what firms need to consider when implementing the latest technology.
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What 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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Act for SMEs
Law firms must be innovative with charging structures to exploit rising demand from 5.5 million SMEs.
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Make agile working work
Professionals are demanding flexible working – and legal employers which have responded claim excellent results
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Finding the right IT strategy
In the first instalment of a regular Gazette feature, Peter Wright considers how law firms should approach their IT investment
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Belgium: 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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Boom 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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India: 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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Don’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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Jackson: Civil unrest
Four years on, practitioners assess the impact of Jackson LJ’s civil litigation reforms and assess the need for further reform.
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Interview: Robert Elliott, Linklaters
‘This sucker could go down!’ George W Bush said during the global financial crisis. Robert Elliott – on his way to the top at City behemoth Linklaters – could see that for himself, hears Paul Rogerson
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Employee ownership: stake holders
Law firms slow to embrace employee ownership schemes are missing a trick.
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Coq of the walk
Brexit looms and even ‘Frexit’ cannot be ruled out, but international law firms remain sanguine about doing business in France. Marialuisa Taddia reports
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Legal 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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Law Society spotlight: Social Mobility Ambassadors
Chancery Lane’s SMA project aims to inspire people from underprivileged backgrounds to embark upon a legal career.
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Apprenticeships: 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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Advocacy and the vulnerable training
This robust training programme aims to help advocates strike a balance between putting forward a client’s case effectively in court and ensuring that vulnerable witnesses are not subjected to undue stress.