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Practice Leader Insights From Cleary's Sebastian Sperber

Sebastian Sperber, leader of Cleary's EMEA capital markets and debt finance practice, discusses the challenges of working on complex transactions in pre-internet days, why regulators should think carefully before imposing additional disclosure burdens on corporations,聽and his聽hope that the recent U.K. listing reforms will encourage more companies to choose to list in London.

What Age Bias Ruling Means For Law Firm Retirement Policies

The recent employment tribunal age discrimination decision in Scott v. Walker Morris demonstrates that while law firms may implement mandatory retirement schemes, the policy must pursue a legitimate aim via proportionate means to pass the objective justification test, says Chris Hadrill at Redmans Solicitors.

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Practice Leader Insights From HFW's Christopher Foster

Christopher Foster, global head of insurance and reinsurance at HFW, discusses the challenges of conducting聽complex arbitration, why聽arbitration rules should be amended, and how learning about the market聽makes working in insurance law easier.

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Practice Leader Insights From Broadfield's Sajjad Khan

Sajjad Khan, head of Broadfield's intellectual property practice, discusses how trademark matters that appear to be simple can end up being complex, why the regulatory framework for artificial intelligence and copyright is in clear need of reform, and how junior lawyers should persevere if interested in this competitive area of law.

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Practice Leader Insights From Cleary's Gareth Kristensen

Gareth Kristensen,聽head of the Europe, Middle East and Africa intellectual property practice group at Cleary, discusses the challenges when data laws are not adapted to frontier artificial intelligence, why聽IP rights can have such significant value, and聽how聽nothing beats a deep understanding of what you enjoy within the realm of tech, IP and data.

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PR Perspectives: 3 Misconceptions Around Law Firm Brands

Despite an implicit understanding of the value of brand, misconceptions around logo and financial value have resulted in law firms being slow to manage and build this valuable asset, without which it becomes difficult to attract the same caliber of client or recruit the best lawyers, says Daniela Conte at Gibson Dunn.

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Practice Leader Insights From Covington's Sonia Campbell

Sonia Campbell, head of the U.K. insurance recovery practice at Covington, discusses the challenges of working during the COVID-19 pandemic, why聽cyber underwriting risk will be critical for sector reform, and how junior lawyers need to be resilient and tenacious.

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Practice Leader Insights

In this 极速赛车 U.K. Expert Analysis series, leaders of employment, intellectual property, insurance and transactions practice groups share thoughts on keeping the pulse on legal trends, tackling difficult cases and what it takes to make a mark in their area.

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Practice Leader Insights: Bird & Bird's Rebecca O'Kelly-Gillard

Rebecca O'Kelly-Gillard, who co-heads Bird & Bird's international copyright group, discusses the challenges of working on long cases with complex issues,聽whether current copyright law is fit for purpose in light of artificial intelligence, 鈥嬧�嬧�嬧�嬧�嬧�嬧�媋nd why聽understanding technology makes it聽easier to argue the nuances of聽the law.

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Practice Leader Insights From Birketts' Maria Peyman

Maria Peyman, who heads Birketts' intellectual property team, discusses the challenges of cases involving聽multiple patents, the need to reform聽legislative provisions聽in light of artificial intelligence, and why junior lawyers should聽take opportunities to get a broad range of experience before specializing.

Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

鈥淣o comment鈥� is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

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Practice Leader Insights: Mishcon de Reya's Daniel Naftalin

Daniel Naftalin, who chairs the employment practice at Mishcon de Reya, discusses the challenges of working on聽multijurisdictional litigation,聽the need to show consideration for lawyers'聽well-being, and why聽employment law offers unique opportunities to specialize in a commercial field with a high degree of human interest.

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Practice Leader Insights From Baker McKenzie's David Scott

David Scott, head of the London mergers and acquisitions practice at Baker McKenzie, discusses the excitement of working on a highly complex transaction, the need for a harmonized approach to deal regulatory scrutiny, and why deal work can become addictive.

Transatlantic Law Firm Mergers Are Transforming UK Market

With the current prevalence for high-profile U.K.-U.S. law firm mergers likely to continue, a new type of firm could emerge that strikes a balance between U.K. culture and working style, but with the global ambition that U.S. firms offer, says Ria Karnik at Major Lindsey.

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Practice Leader Insights: Taylor Wessing's Paul Callaghan

Paul Callaghan, who leads Taylor Wessing's employment, pensions and mobility group, discusses the challenges of clients who take matters personally, why discrimination based on socioeconomic background needs to be addressed by the law, and how being contracted as an independent investigator is becoming a new trend for senior employment lawyers.