Kirkland's partners make $11m a year – but can it last?
Send us Fan Mail In hindsight, Kirkland & Ellis’s rise to the top of BigLaw may now seem as predictable as death and taxes. There was even a sense of inevitability when its latest financial results we...
26 Mar 35min
Scottish lawyers are raging about private equity
Send us Fan Mail Private equity investment in law firms is kicking off in England. But in Scotland, lawyers are at risk of falling behind as regulations restrict Scottish firms from doing the same – a...
12 Mar 27min
Slaughter and May is a Silver Circle firm
Send us Fan Mail The Silver Circle was a concept coined by The Lawyer more than 20 years ago. Rather than describing a set of “magic circle wannabes”, its purpose was to collate the firms’ strategies ...
26 Feb 37min
Brad Karp, the Epstein files, and the future of Paul Weiss
Send us Fan Mail Brad Karp became a household name - for Big Law at least - during his 17 year tenure at the helm of Paul Weiss. But the long serving chair of the New York firm resigned from his leade...
12 Feb 30min
Why Greenland could redraw the law firm map
Send us Fan Mail The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum at Davos usually revolves around talk of business, finance and investment. Indeed, law firms Baker McKenzie and DLA Piper are official p...
29 Jan 29min
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader: mega deal or damp squib?
Send us Fan Mail The Lawyer Podcast is back for 2026 and it is picking up where we left off: with transatlantic mergers. Just before Christmas, Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader announced what will be, by...
15 Jan 29min
BONUS episode: Taylor Wessing’s big US gamble
Send us Fan Mail As if 2025 needed just another little dollop of big legal news, Taylor Wessing and Winston & Strawn are set to become the fourth major transatlantic merger in two and a half years. So...
16 Des 202532min
Why 2025 marked a turning point for the business of law
Send us Fan Mail As 2025 draws to a close, it feels like 2025 has been an inflection point for the legal sector. While firm financials largely look good, fundamental changes are underway on both sides...
11 Des 202535min
