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10 Questions To Ask About Your Law Practice: Think Like a Startup
During the 25-year seller’s market that the American Lawyercalled “the golden age of law firms,” many lawyers had the luxury of simply filtering the steady stream of incoming business through the “who...
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Asia Law Portal launches practice management section
Asia Law Portal, a legal news and guest blogging site dedicated to the Asia-Pacific legal market, has launched a new section devoted to law practice management. The new section will seek to be the...
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Clyde & Co eyes further Asia expansion
Fresh on the heels of opening its fourth office in Mainland China, international law firm Clyde & Co is now “actively engaged with evaluating opportunities across the region” according to Ik Wei...
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How can your law firm succeed in 2014?
As 2014 approaches, law firms in the Asia-Pacific Region are faced with much opportunity as a result of regional economic growth – but they also face growing competition to attract and retain clients....
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Asia-Pacific M&A deal-makers to meet in Hong Kong in February
“Critical issues” for Asia-Pacific M&A and “pathways to market growth” will be the “focus of the 9th annual IFLR Asia M&A Forum 2014 on February 25 & 26, 2014 at Island Shangri-La Hong...
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US law firms likely to continue Asia expansion. Why? Because their clients...
Anthony Lin, writing in The Asian Lawyer last week, outlined the prospects for American law firms in Asia for the foreseeable future. The bottom line of Lin’s article comes down to Lin’s prediction...
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Tokyo to host the 2014 International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference
Tokyo will host the 2014 International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference October 19 – 24. Tokyo International Forum will serve as the conference venue. About the International Bar Association...
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Rockwell Olivier opens first foreign legal practice branch in the Republic of...
Rockwell Olivier has announced that it “is the first foreign legal practice with a branch in the Republic of Fiji. The Fiji office, located on Victoria Parade, will operate under the banner Pacific...
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Asia’s lawyers have much to gain from joining Twitter
According to a new report by Seth Fitzgerald which appeared in Top Tech News today: “In 2014, the Asia-Pacific region will account for 32.8% of all Twitter users, compared with 23.7% in North America,...
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Technology disrupts legal market – smart firms seize control
Digital technology and big data is starting to disrupt the legal landscape. While smart law firms will embrace predictive analytics as a competitive differentiator, laggards should expect to have a gun...
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Asian legal market set to double by 2017
from Seoul (by @John Grimley) The Asian legal market is set to double by 2017, making it the world’s second largest regional market. That’s what delegates from around the world attending the...
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Impact of Asian legal market liberalization outlined at Seoul conference
The impact of legal market liberalization upon specific legal jurisdictions in Asia was the subject of a panel discussion last week at the Inter-Pacific Bar Association Annual Conference in Seoul,...
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Is the Hong Kong legal market about to get even more competitive?
LegalWeek.com reported this week that Australia-based fixed-fee law firm AdventBalance “has brought its unconventional business model to Hong Kong with the opening of an office in the city”. The firm...
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Lawyer blogs are gaining currency among in-house counsel
by @JohnGrimley “New media is gaining currency among the in-house crowd, with 54 percent reading lawyer-authored blogs to research potential outside counsel”, according to an article published this...
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India Addresses Implementation Issues In New Company Law
by Sourish Mohan Mitra The Government of India has woken up to India’s poor ranking on the Doing Business Report and is taking active steps to get into the roots of the problem. A few more measures...
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Why social media helps international legal conferences
by JohnGrimley Law firms, lawyers, legal industry professionals and vendors spend large sums of money to attend international law conferences as a means by which to network among peers, potential...
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Asia’s Legal Leaders to gather in Hong Kong, March 16, 2016
The 3rd Legal Leaders Asia Forum is set to take place in Hong Kong, March 16, 2016 at the Intercontinental Hotel. As the conference organizers have outlined, this represents “an opportunity for both...
View Article5 key business development strategies for international law firm networks
Sydney-based legal business development professional Richard Smith (RWS_01) shared an article on Twitter recently entitled: Special Report: Law firm networks — Catching the white whales by Natasha...
View ArticleLawyers: 5 places to find new foreign clients
As recent reports indicate, the demand for legal services is continuing to globalize. And while many of these reports tend to focus on work associated with larger law firms – lawyers in firms of all...
View ArticleLawyers: 5 blogging topics that will attract foreign clients
As recent reports reflect, the demand for legal services is continuing to globalize. Within this development lies opportunity for lawyers to expand their foreign client base. One excellent method to...
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