The managing partner function is often treated as if a universally agreed upon definition existed – which isn’t the case. One of the...

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...

Most Managing Partners are not evaluated on their performance as their firms’ leaders. And many don’t even solicit feedback from their...

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?"...

Every major company and most law firms evaluate their employees and partners on a yearly basis. However, many law firms don’t hold their...

Different law firms have had different experiences with COOs. But whatever the experience has been in the past, COOs are a great way to...

Some claim that law school didn’t teach them anything. This is an overstatement. It is, however, true that law schools don’t produce...

TV series make us believe that managing partners act as all-powerful lone wolves. Well, apart from being far from omnipotent they often...

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...

The billable hour has been the predominant way of billing in the legal market for decades. Over the past years, however, more and more...

The number of associates per partner varies a lot between law firms. While some law firms have more partners than associates, others...

Over time lawmakers in various jurisdictions started to introduce bills to allow law firms to constitute themselves in legal forms other...

Many articles have been written about how the GenY/Z does not want to enter BigLaw anymore. Is that true? Not according to Recruiting...

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...

Partner meetings are a vital part of partnership governance. However, if not conducted in an efficient manner, they are not only a...

Legal publications like to talk about managing partners as if they were a homogenous group of interchangeable managers. Well, they’re...

Have you ever had a client calling you and complaining about the latest invoice? Did you end up giving them some sort of discount,...