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“Managing” or “Partner” – how much Time do MPs invest in Management Activities?
The managing partner function is often treated as if a universally agreed upon definition existed – which isn’t the case. One of the...
May 19, 20234 min read


Rainmakers as Managing Partners?
Why is it that so many law firms are led by commercially successful partners? Doesn’t that mean that a law firm basically “loses” one of...
Mar 30, 20234 min read


Feedback Culture in Law Firms’ MP-Suites
Most Managing Partners are not evaluated on their performance as their firms’ leaders. And many don’t even solicit feedback from their...
Mar 2, 20233 min read


Why would anyone want to be Managing Partner?
I had the opportunity to share some findings of my research as well as my thoughts on "Why would anyone want to become Managing Partner?"...
Feb 11, 20231 min read


Management Evaluation in Law Firms – a Can-Do?
Every major company and most law firms evaluate their employees and partners on a yearly basis. However, many law firms don’t hold their...
Jan 24, 20234 min read


Managing Partners shouldn’t be Administrators – the Case for COOs
Different law firms have had different experiences with COOs. But whatever the experience has been in the past, COOs are a great way to...
Dec 21, 20225 min read


What Law Schools Don’t Teach You, (unfortunately)
Some claim that law school didn’t teach them anything. This is an overstatement. It is, however, true that law schools don’t produce...
Dec 15, 20224 min read


Shared Leadership in Law Firms
TV series make us believe that managing partners act as all-powerful lone wolves. Well, apart from being far from omnipotent they often...
Dec 8, 20224 min read


Lawyers and Risk
Lawyers are usually a rather risk-averse breed. That’s how they were trained, that’s what they think is expected from them. But is it...
Nov 30, 20223 min read


On the Billable Hour or 'Make it Make Sense'
The billable hour has been the predominant way of billing in the legal market for decades. Over the past years, however, more and more...
Nov 23, 20224 min read


The Partner-Associate Ratio: Income, Supervision, Strategy
The number of associates per partner varies a lot between law firms. While some law firms have more partners than associates, others...
Nov 9, 20224 min read


Legal Forms Don’t Matter – Imitating Partnerships
Over time lawmakers in various jurisdictions started to introduce bills to allow law firms to constitute themselves in legal forms other...
Nov 2, 20223 min read


Large Law Firms’ GenY/Z Problem
Many articles have been written about how the GenY/Z does not want to enter BigLaw anymore. Is that true? Not according to Recruiting...
Oct 26, 20224 min read


Law Firm Valuation – How much is your Law Firm worth?
As a shareholder of a publicly traded company you basically know at all times how much your part of the company is worth. But what about...
Oct 19, 20225 min read


The Cost of inefficient Partner Meetings
Partner meetings are a vital part of partnership governance. However, if not conducted in an efficient manner, they are not only a...
Oct 10, 20224 min read


Who should become Managing Partner – the Medical Director Dilemma
Legal publications like to talk about managing partners as if they were a homogenous group of interchangeable managers. Well, they’re...
Sep 15, 20224 min read


Discounts are eating away your Margins
Have you ever had a client calling you and complaining about the latest invoice? Did you end up giving them some sort of discount,...
Sep 15, 20223 min read
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