Mergers & Acquisitions
How to manage your intellectual capital
The role of intellectual capital in business is undervalued, under-managed and under-exploited, and there is still too little coordination between the different professionals dealing with an organisat....  »
Protecting intangible assets: Due diligence
As companies turn to intangible assets as a means of providing security for investment, the need to preserve the validity of IP Rights becomes even more important says John Pryor...  »
How strategic acquisitions will transform the legal sector
As the number of US-based law firm mergers continues to increase year on year, Ward Bower foresees yet further ‘merger mania’...  »
State of the UK legal industry: the in-house view
Legal Strategy Review has conducted research among UK-based corporate legal departments to find the real issues facing the legal sector this year. Hit hard by the recession, under pressure to cap fees....  »
“IP contracts are a risk management minefield”
It’s easy to place IP contract organisation at the bottom of your ‘to do’ list – and to leave it there indefinitely. But as corporate compliance rules become ever more complicated and demandin....  »
Are you up to date on the Legal Services Act?
The organisation of law firms in the UK looks set to be revolutionised by the Legal Services Act. Mayer Brown’s Martin Mankabady explains what it could mean for joint ventures...  »
State of the UK legal industry: the law firm view
2009 was a tough year for many UK law firms. Will 2010 be any better? Legal Strategy Review asks the leading law firms about challenges and developments in the legal sector. Here are some of the key t....  »
Fee arrangements: Is this the end of the billable hour?
Law firms are under increasing pressure to discard traditional billing models, yet most seem resistant to change. David S Antzis explains why they need to provide greater cost certainty or risk losing....  »
BVCA chairman Jeremy Hand: 'Law firms are ripe for private equity investment'
Private equity firms are eyeing up the legal industry following changes to the Legal Services Act. Non-lawyers are now free to manage legal business. Jeremy Hand lays out the new legal landscape...  »
Brave New World? Rodney De Boos examines Australia’s legal industry
As law firms in the UK begin to prepare for the industry changes that will result from the Legal Services Act in 2010, writes Emma Jones, many are looking to the legal landscape in Australia for answe....  »