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Globalization of Law Firms
In response to the globalization of business law and in order to serve giant, transnational companies, law firms are globalizing their practice. The biggest firms are merging across borders, creating mega practices with several thousand professionals in dozens of countries.
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Law Firms, Clients Should Gain from Globalization (November 3, 2002)
The past decade has seen a period of mergers for law firms, corporations and banks. Highlighting the transformation of legal services from local to global and the increased demand for such practices, this article describes the need for these firms to become internationally competitive. (Boston Globe)2000
Watch Out World (January 6, 2000)
An article from the American Lawyer details how three prominent firms, hoping to enlarge their client base, have merged and created a global firm which will boast 3,000 lawyers and has an estimated revenue of 1.2 billion in its first year.1999
Vive La McDomination! (December 2, 1999)
This article from the American Lawyer claims that many French lawyers fear the American legal system is being imposed on the rest of the world.U.S. Firms Leading in Eurodeals (November 19, 1999)
An article from the New York Law Journal discusses how an American-style approach, especially in the area of mergers and acquisitions, is changing the way law is being conducted in foreign transactions.Globalization and Its Discontents (November 3, 1999)
An article from the National Law Journal describes how the World Trade Organization wants to write the rules of a single global economy which would override the authority of traditional American political institutions.For Firms, There's No Place That's Home (August 2, 1999)
Reflecting a nationwide trend, lawfirms are attempting to redefine their identities to reflect expanded national and global sensibilities. (The Recorder/Cal Law)A Nip Here, a Tuck There and, Voila! A Global Firm (June 21, 1999)
Many California firms are insisting upon buzzwords that reflect their reinvented global identity. (California Law Week/Cal Law)
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