The challenges of managing professional services firms across many jurisdictions are well known. But if you get it right, the rewards can be enormous. And you don’t have to be a global behemoth to join in the fun.
This is reflected by the success of Clyde & Co and Salans, whose entries for this highly competitive category caught the eye of the judging panel. In the last couple of years Clyde & Co has quietly added offices in
However, the judging panel was unanimous in its support for Allen & Overy (A&O) as the 2007 International Firm of the Year. The firm has combined an outstanding set of financial results with targeted international expansion — into Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Mannheim and Duesseldorf — and a stream of high-quality mandates across both its finance and corporate departments, as testified by the presence of its name on the shortlist for so many categories in these awards. Equally impressive has been the firm’s drive to meet the concerns of its junior lawyers by implementing an imaginative new career and bonus structure. This included the establishment of a senior associates conference, run by associates for associates.
It has, the judges agreed, been A&O’s year.
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