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Charles Russell Speechlys boss Simon Ridpath on building a law firm around private capital

Christian Bartsch on Bird & Bird’s path to €1bn

Lewis Silkin’s Jo Farmer on why two managing partners are better than one

How David Beech built Knights into a £200m law firm

Inside Mayer Brown’s London private capital push

Richard Medd on Browne Jacobson’s growth strategy

What Microsoft expects from its law firms in the AI era

Sidley executive committee chair Brian Fahrney on London, talent and the global elite

BCLP senior partner Segun Osuntokun on growth, mergers and weekend emails

Private equity and the future of law firms | Podcast special

The business of international arbitration with Boies Schiller’s Tim Foden

Why US firms are still winning the talent battle in London

Inside Lawfront: The PE-backed law firm group betting big on consolidation

How private equity is changing the legal market in Sweden

The private wealth opportunity behind Taylor Wessing’s US merger

A psychologist on why lawyers burn out

The rise of the $30m law firm partner: Inside the US Big Law market

How to drive change inside a global law firm: White & Case innovation chief Isabel Parker

How Broadfield is rethinking the mid-market law firm model

How AI-powered Lawhive plans to build a global consumer law firm

Inside Ropes & Gray's Europe strategy: Private capital, Milan and an all-equity partnership

'AI is a top priority': Peter Duffy on the tech bets reshaping Big Law

DWF boss Matt Doughty on life after listing and why most firms aren’t ready for PE

How law firms win the AI race: Alex Kardos-Nyheim on data, defensibility and staying power

Ex-DLA Piper boss Simon Levine on why Europe is the next big opportunity for UK firms

Do law firm mergers actually work?

Inside the battle for the City’s best associate talent

Why more Big Law partners are choosing to go it alone

Quinn Emanuel co-founder John Quinn on building a global disputes powerhouse

The US law firm shaking up London - with partner pay Big Law rivals can't match

Leaving Big Law to start an AI-enabled boutique

Inside $1.8bn Legora: Alex Fortescue-Webb on the legal AI platform race

How a 245-year-old City firm stays ahead: Wedlake Bell’s Camilla Wallace on external capital, culture and what juniors want today

Why private equity wants a piece of Big Law: Former A&O boss David Morley on what's really happening

The $20m law firm partner: Headhunter Siobhán Lewington on the battle for Big Law talent

Harvey: Inside the $5bn legal AI startup taking over Big Law with chief business officer John Haddock

Lessons from a Big Law leader: Charlie Geffen on US dominance, the rise of private equity, transatlantic mergers, and why striking deals with Trump made sense for some

Why Hogan Lovells built a 100-person legal tech company: Sebastian Lach on what clients actually want from AI

Inside McDermott's $2.8bn merger: London managing partner Aymen Mahmoud on building a transatlantic private capital powerhouse

Why Hill Dickinson sponsored Everton's new stadium: Peter Jackson on bold marketing bets and lessons from 20 years at the top

'The reality is very different': KPMG legal chief Stuart Bedford on what people get wrong about the Big Four’s legal ambitions

'Some firms won't survive': Simmons senior partner Julian Taylor on the legal AI reckoning, NQ pay wars and the US firm challenge

Why investors are eyeing law firms: Burford Capital’s Travis Lenkner on how external capital is changing the market and why Burford prefers minority stakes

The $100m legal AI startup transforming in-house teams: Wordsmith CEO Ross McNairn on turning legal into a revenue driver

Private equity is circling the legal industry: Rosenblatt rescue dealmaker Adil Taha on law firm deals, PE strategy and the exit problem

How top firms compete for talent: City headhunter Ed Parker on the high-stakes game of elite lateral partner hiring

The boutique that beat the Magic Circle: How Quinn Emanuel built the most successful litigation practice in London

Running legal at a hypergrowth tech company: Figma's international legal head Jonathan Keen on AI, expansion and EU red tape

How ex-Freshfields lawyer Richard Mabey built Juro into one of Europe’s top legal tech startups: unlearning lawyering, agentic AI in legal and the future of junior lawyers

Inside Perkins Coie’s London play: City veteran Ian Bagshaw on launching a US firm in a crowded market, attracting the best talent, and the rise of private capital

How A&O Shearman's legal tech incubator helps keep it ahead in the innovation game - with Shruti Ajitsaria, head of Fuse

The City lawyer behind Garfield AI: the UK’s first AI law firm

Inside Addleshaw Goddard’s legal tech strategy: innovation head Kerry Westland on managing a 70-person team, the explosive rise of AG’s internal AI tool, and what the future of law looks like

General counsel at a Premier League football club: Fulham FC’s Peter Limbert on multimillion-pound transfers, sell-ons and staying calm in football’s chaos

The lawyer behind the biggest class action in British legal history: Tom Goodhead on building Pogust Goodhead and its $550m bet to take on the global litigation elite

How I built Definely: ex-Freshfields lawyer Nnamdi Emelifeonwu on building one of the UK’s fastest-growing tech companies

How to win the commercial law game: ex-RPC boss Jonathan Watmough on leadership, strategy and why most lawyers miss the point

What lawyers really want from AI: ex-Freshfields lawyer turned legal tech leader on what we’re getting wrong

The City law partner who hit breaking point and is now leading the fight against burnout in the legal industry

How AI is reshaping Big Law - and why firms can’t afford to wait, with ex-Ashurst digital chief

'$20 million is the new benchmark in London’: the City’s top headhunter on the law firm partner hiring frenzy, why firms are paying millions and how the rules of partnership are changing

The A&O trainee who built (and sold) a legal tech startup as a side project during his training contract