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Technology in the hot seat - the challenges facing law firm IT departments
The results from the latest Legal Week Intelligence IT Report show a positive response to law firm IT departments. Vanessa Ip reports
25 May 2012 | 00:04 | 
A common language - the challenge of managing technology across an international law firm
BLP’s Janet Day on the many concerns for an IT team at an international law firm...
10 Feb 2012 | 00:00 |
Down the ages - making sure future generation benefit from family wealth
Having a plan is vital if you want future generations to benefit from your wealth, says BLP’s Rupert Ticehurst
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
The laws of happiness - how content are law firm employees?
Overall employee satisfaction has increased among lawyers – however, dissatisfaction over bonus schemes has reached a new low. Vanessa Ip reports
24 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
2010-11 case studies: BLP
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) saw the largest percentage increase in profits per equity partner (PEP) across the UK top 50 this year, with the firm attributing its 57.5% hike to continued investment throughout the recession. The firm posted PEP of £7...
21 Jul 2011 | 00:00 |
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The rise of the technophile - why IT teams will have to learn to love personalisation
Since law firms started providing IT systems and services to their employees, those firms have dictated which device would be used. Over the decades of in-house IT systems and services, the nature of those devices has changed very little. A large prop...
21 Jul 2011 | 00:00 |
Asset finance - increasingly not for every banking team
Recent weeks have seen no less than five asset finance partner moves announced, with Berwin Leighton Paisner, Ince & Co, Mayer Brown, and, most notably, Hogan Lovells all moving to strengthen their City practices. While the timing of the appointments ...
14 Apr 2011 | 06:41 |
Russia and Ukraine: Courting change
A series of laws are currently being drafted in Russia with a view to establishing a set of specific courts for certain types of disputes, including financial services, intellectual property (IP) rights or tax. The creation of the IP court - which ...
26 Jan 2011 | 01:24 |
Law Firm of the Year
Neville Eisenberg, longstanding managing partner of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), was on hand to collect the Law Firm of the Year Award, which was decided by the judging panel on the night. BLP beat strong competition from the other contenders. It...
07 Dec 2010 | 06:56 |
Radical solutions needed for clients under pressure
Let's face basic facts: clients are under real cost pressure and most alternative fee arrangements fail to answer those needs. More radical solutions are required. In 2007, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) commissioned independent research into likely...
30 Nov 2010 | 06:56 |
Runaway success
I am a six-plus year post-qualification experience (PQE) real estate finance lawyer at Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP). I am also a triathlete who has competed at several World Championships. I now work a three-day week so that I have enough time to tra...
14 Apr 2010 | 11:16 |
BLP and Thames: something borrowed, something new
The news last week that Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is to take on the bulk of Thames Water's in-house legal team caused a fair amount of attention across the City. Even for a firm like BLP, which has expanded aggressively in recent years, the creati...
30 Mar 2010 | 07:37 |
A&O and BLP advise on 20-year lease as Nomura moves to City
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) have landed key advisory roles as Japanese investment house Nomura prepares to move in to new premises in the City. The pair have advised on a 20-year lease arrangement, likely to be the largest...
09 Sep 2009 | 10:57 |
Tax and pensions: Price of the long view
Financial markets all too often force companies to focus on the short term. Pensions require the long view. Other than pensions, how many financial obligations do companies enter into where they will still be paying out 70 years hence? If you think 70...
21 May 2009 | 03:25 |
Commentary: As going gets tough, BLP proves faithful to first love
What a difference a year or two can make. Back when the market was booming, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) seemed to go out of its way to stress its corporate ambitions while downplaying its undoubted strengths in the booming real estate market. Now th...
30 Apr 2009 | 03:31 |
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