The discussion about compensation systems among lawyers is among the hottest you can find in the legal industry in Latin America. The extreme systems (Eat-What-You-Kill -or EWYK- and Lockstep) [...]
The recent regional IBA (LARF) that took place in Buenos Aires for the Latin American legal community showed once again the strong inclination of many firms to use networking as an important tool [...]
One of the hardest jobs of partners in charge of management and leadership roles is to deal with the “stars”. The legal profession is framed in a way that, even in collective environments like [...]
My mother was not a salad person. So when I was a kid I did´nt eat a lot of salads, and frankly I did´nt like them at all. To me salads were similar to the food eaten by horses and cows, not by [...]
I have to admit it: I love stories about kings and queens, castles and battles, and wars and kingdoms. They always take extreme –and clear- positions about right and wrong, success and defeat. [...]
In my recent trip to Washington for the IBA I visited the museum of the Supreme Court. In the far end of one of the corridors there is a picture titled “The Legal Apprentice” which briefly tells [...]
Please find attached an excerpt of my recent chapter “Law firm founders, goodwill and partner remuneration” included in the book “Partner Remuneration in Law Firms” [...]
In a world that runs faster everyday, where we never seem to have enough time to fullfil our needs and expectations, time has become probably the most precious and limited resource. How to deal [...]
One of the distinctive traits of lawyers is that they are risk-averse. They are trained to detect problems and risks for their clients. And the best they are at doing that, the best lawyers they [...]
