Insights and Perspectives

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 [...]

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 [...]

“I can´t believe Jorge is showing resistance in working in my case. He is always so well-disposed”, said Leandro with great disappointment, a partner in a successful firm to his managing partner. [...]

In the “2016 Report on the Legal Market” that I mentioned in my previous Insights and Perspectives (“The Times They Are a-changin´:Looking into our business model”) I intentionally omited one [...]

A few days ago I participated in the 23rd Marketing Partner Forum in Orlando organized by Thomson Reuters. Many panels and presentations during the conference continued to stress the changes that [...]

My non-lawyer friends often give me that smile –between compasionate and skeptical- when I describe them my job. Many believe it is a lost cause to try to help lawyers in strategy and management. [...]