As I absorb most of my news through social media these days, I occasionally go through “the great reading pile” that accumulates in my office. What’s interesting about this approach is that it is much easier to spot the general trends in law firm strategy and financial performance: Cost cutting - Redundancies Read More
I’ve just written a review of this book for PM Magazine http://www.pmforum.co.uk/. My conclusion? This is a quick read for those who are trying to get their head around content marketing for the first time and how to integrate all the elements of their marketing and sales campaigns (i.e. their Read More
It’s rare to be able to get your hands on success statistics so I was interested to see an article in The Lawyer (30th November 2012) which showed how Freshfields’ CRM is faring. The article indicated that: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has seen fee income from its top 30 clients increase by Read More
At the beginning of February I released a survey into the price of divorce in conjunction with www.onlydads.org and www.onlymums.org The key findings from the research are as follows: 71% of those responding were male 50% had an average gross household income of between £25,000 and £100,000 55% said that the children lived Read More
There were four research reports to help us understanding General Counsel (in-house lawyers) published recently. Each drew out some surprising findings: Nabarro’s third annual general counsel report (surveying 100 GCs from FTSE listed and large private companies) indicated that 75% were keen to receive further training on influencing. GCs from Kellogg, Misys and Sony Read More
