Description
Book SynopsisThis Special Report contains candid interviews with managing and senior partners of law firms large and small, from Europe and the City to the high street and Africa. We do not hear enough about running law firms from those who do the job. Here they talk frankly, free from jargon and management-speak, about their careers and what their role is really like. The interviews will cover everything from their first jobs to becoming a partner and reveal their key pieces of advice for all current and aspiring senior partners. Most lawyers have to manage others at some point in their careers and anyone with management responsibilities in a law firm of any size will gain something from the hard-won experience of these leaders. The report features interviews with, among others, Edward Braham (Freshfields, Bruckhaus Deringer), Kathleen Russ (Travers Smith), James Palmer (Herbert Smith Freehills), Rafael Fontana (Cuatrecasas), and Olayemi Anyanechi (Sefton Fross), providing readers with a variety of perspectives on running a law firm. By lawyers, for lawyers, this report from senior members of the profession tells personal stories about their pathways to the law and gives their views on clients, management, the role of lawyers in society and the issues of the day. It will provide lasting and critical insights into the profession at this time of change and disruption.
Trade ReviewThis short and well-constructed book is described by its publishers as a special report. It is a collection of 10 interviews with managing and senior partners from leading firms from Europe and beyond...The contributions are from a diverse group of lawyers, many of whom have been with their firms for their whole career. They seem approachable, committed and passionate about the law. Written in the shadow of Covid, the contributors share their experience of leadership. -- David Pickup * The Law Society Gazette *
Table of ContentsForeword, Bill Knight Editor 5 I. Olayemi Anyanechi Founder and managing partner, Sefton Fross 8 II. Edward Braham Former senior partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP 16 III. Melissa Butler London office executive partner, White & Case LLP 26 IV. Michael Chissick Managing partner, Fieldfisher LLP 36 V. Rafael Fontana Senior partner, Cuatrecasas 46 VI. James Palmer Former chair and senior partner, Herbert Smith Freehills 54 VII. Kathleen Russ Senior partner, Travers Smith LLP 64 VIII. Victoria Sampson and Joseph Oates Partners, CooperBurnett LLP 76 IX. Aku Sorainen Founder and senior partner, Sorainen 86 X. Linda Woolley Managing partner, Kingsley Napley LLP 96 About the editor 106 About Globe Law and Business 108
