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Succession Planning
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Kennedys to Refresh Leadership as Senior Partner Stands Down
By Jack Womack | October 24, 2024
Exclusive: The departure of Nick Thomas will represent a major change as he has led the firm as senior partner since 1997, having been re-elected to the role unopposed in 2007, 2012, and 2017.
2 minute read
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All Change For Latham's London Office as New Leadership Appointed
By Jack Womack | September 4, 2024
Under Kensell's leadership, Latham's London office has seen a 40% partner headcount increase.
2 minute read
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Chile's Carey Abogados Names Next Managing Partner as Firm Leaders Implement Succession Plan
By Amy Guthrie | August 12, 2024
Pablo Iacobelli will run the day-to-day operations of the firm while brothers Jorge and Jaime Carey transition into more senior advisory roles.
2 minute read
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The Looming Shadow of Consolidation
By Paul Hodkinson | July 28, 2024
Law firm strategy has never been so focused on mega scale as it is today, writes the Global Lawyer. Thanks a lot Dentons and Kirkland!
5 minute read
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EU Ruling May Open the Door to Private Equity Investing in German Law Firms
By Ulrike Barth | June 17, 2024
"Law firms are the last untapped gold mine for investors," said Thomas Kolhmeier from Swiss litigation financier Nivalion.
5 minute read
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Inflection Point: The Pecking Order of India's Top Law Firms is Set to Change
By Jessica Seah | June 12, 2024
In this week's Asia Legal Briefing, Jessica Seah explains why the country's established leading law firms are set to lose ground to rivals.
6 minute read
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Brazil's Demarest Elects New Managing Partner for 2-Year Term
By Amy Guthrie | May 23, 2024
The full-service firm, one of the largest in Latin America, has hired more than a dozen partners in the past eight months for growth areas such as private equity.
2 minute read
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Bennett Jones Names New Office Leaders in Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto
By Gail J. Cohen | May 14, 2024
All three new managing partners will continue to practice while running their offices.
3 minute read
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Norton Rose Continues South Africa Hiring Campaign With New Clyde & Co Partner
By Jennigay Coetzer | November 6, 2023
NRFSA's strategy is to ensure the firm has a bank of senior but younger lawyers to enable it to service clients for decades to come, says CEO.
2 minute read
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BonelliErede, Moving Forward With New Strategic Plan, Changes Management Team
By Anne Bagamery | October 4, 2023
The change comes after a period of upheaval for BonelliErede, which has seen three partner-led team losses to rival Italian firms since the beginning of the year.
2 minute read
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Cozen O'Connor's Bernard Nash Pioneered the Modern State AGs Practice. Now He's Hanging Up His Boots
By Amanda O'Brien | January 29, 2025
After drafting the influential Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Act as a senate staffer, Nash went on to represent clients including AT&T, HBO, Mastercard, Pfizer, Time and Walmart.
1 minute read
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Margolis Edelstein Broadens Leadership With New Co-Managing Partner
By Amanda O'Brien | January 28, 2025
Labor and employment litigator Christopher Tinari will be working alongside longtime managing partner Michael McKenna, with the expectation that he will eventually serve as his successor.
1 minute read
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Chamberlain Hrdlicka Taps a New Leader as Firm Follows Succession Planning Path
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | January 28, 2025
Litigation shareholder Larry Carbo of Houston will succeed Larry Campagna as managing shareholder of Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry on Jan. 1, 2026.
1 minute read
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Can a Law Firm Institutionalize Its Culture? Boies Schiller’s New Chairman Will Try
By Dan Roe | January 16, 2025
Maintaining Boies Schiller’s identity is a central goal of Matthew Schwartz’s first leadership term, he told The American Lawyer in a Q&A.
1 minute read
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Carlos Ortiz Retiring After 35-Year Run as GC of Goya Foods
By Trudy Knockless | January 6, 2025
Goya says it has 4,000 employees and is the nation's largest Hispanic-owned food company.
1 minute read
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Longtime Reed Smith Health Care Partner Opts for Solo Practice Over Retirement
By Amanda O'Brien | January 3, 2025
Karl Thallner, 66, led the health care practice for the firm's Philadelphia office. He launched Thallner Law, in response to client requests.
1 minute read
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Pulling the Ripcord? High-Earning Partners and Early Retirement
By David E. Wood | December 13, 2024
"I see top-flight rainmakers in their 60s and 70s—even 80s—who reach the apex of the profession, but do not know how or when to stop," writes David Wood of David Wood Consulting.
1 minute read
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Highest-Earning Partners May Be Looking to Cash In on Early Retirement
By Andrew Maloney | December 5, 2024
With partner pay escalating, some of the highest-paid partners are really looking to call it quits early.
1 minute read
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Why Retirement Might Be Increasingly Top-of-Mind for Older Attorneys
By Alaina Lancaster | October 31, 2024
Generational trends driving a need for succession planning and a rapidly moving technological goal post are spurring some elder attorneys to ask themselves whether now is the right time to retire.
7 minute read
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'Training to Replace Yourself': Kessler Topaz Co-Founder Set to Retire
By Amanda O'Brien | October 25, 2024
"It was a goal of mine to be done at the age of 60," said Kessler, whose firm grew from six to almost 100 attorneys. "I never wanted to be the person sticking around."
5 minute read
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