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Paul Hodkinson
Paul Hodkinson is the Editor-In-Chief of Law.com International. Before joining the company in late 2018, he was the Deputy Editor and Comment Editor of Financial News, part of Dow Jones. He has also held roles as Acting Editor of Financial News and Editor of Private Equity News and has written for The Wall Street Journal as well as numerous private equity publications in the U.S. It is his second stint at Legal Week, after he worked at the publication between 2002 and 2008. [email protected]
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March 18, 2024 | North America
VIDEO: How Much Bigger Can Kirkland Get?
How has the world's largest law firm grown so large and what does that mean for the future, asks Law.com International's editor-in-chief.
By Paul Hodkinson
1 minute read
March 17, 2024
PEP Talk: The Am Law 100's Quiet Boost
If only we could boost the legal industry's mental health as easily as U.S. law firms are boosting profits, the Global Lawyer writes.
By Paul Hodkinson | Lisa Shuchman
8 minute read
March 10, 2024
Mental Health: Who Has The Power to Change the System?
Can partners, leaders, junior lawyers or clients have the most effect in challenging Big Law's mental health crisis? The Global Lawyer assesses each group.
By Paul Hodkinson
7 minute read
March 5, 2024
The Paul Weiss Experiment
Is it possible a firm can challenge Kirkland's dominance in private capital? Paul Weiss' London push might give us an answer.
By Paul Hodkinson
4 minute read
February 28, 2024
Kirkland Partner Poised to Launch Paul Weiss UK Funds Practice
The expected hire continues the expansive New York firm's rapid assault on the UK capital, which began late last year.
By Paul Hodkinson
2 minute read
February 11, 2024
Law Firms' Debt Secret
Using debt to fund expansion and investments make sense, but it also points to a possible lack of financial planning, writes the Global Lawyer
By Paul Hodkinson
5 minute read
January 29, 2024
Five Ways to Manage Unoccupied UK Capital Markets Lawyers
Law firms in the UK are dealing with a dire lack of IPO work, which does not bode well for London's ranks of ECM and DCM specialists.
By Paul Hodkinson
5 minute read
January 21, 2024 | North America
The Time to Do a Transatlantic Merger is Now
As international GDP growth slows, law firms hoping to keep up with Kirkland, Latham, Skadden, and Simpson Thacher need to consider mergers involving the US, writes the Global Lawyer.
By Paul Hodkinson
8 minute read
January 16, 2024
EY Law Plots Sweeping Cuts, 24 UK Roles at Risk
The news conflicts with the Big Four firm's stated ambition of more than trebling in size in the UK and Ireland by 2025, and points to the difficulty the auditing giants have had in gaining a foothold in legal.
By Jack Womack | Paul Hodkinson
3 minute read
January 12, 2024
Time for Big Law to Face Questions on the Post Office Scandal
There are three players in this sorry debacle that help maintain the reputation of the legal industry—none of them is a large international law firm.
By Paul Hodkinson
5 minute read
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