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Prague social event for PDME discussion group
Members of the Forbes Institute's Practice Development Managers Europe discussion group are invited to a meet up in person in Prague for networking and professional discussions.
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Regional BD Director – Global law firm – CEE based – Salary negotiable
The successful candidate for this new position will help take the firm’s strategic plan to the next level in the CEE region by leading a team and becoming a trusted advisor to partners.
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Directory direction - Legal Directories in Europe
Law firms across Europe devote tens of thousands of hours of marketing time slaving over submissions for legal directories. But is the effort worth the results?
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Implications for profitable legal departments
Now that some legal departments, notably DuPont, are acting more like a stakeholder in their company, what are the wider implications for this evolution?
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Practice Development Manager - Global law firm - Based in Moscow
This is a new position which has been created to support the firm's strategic plan to enhance the capabilities and expertise of its Corporate and M&A team in Russia and CEE.
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How the knife falls – for law firms in Russia
A high percentage of legal departments in Russia sought discounts from their law firms in 2009 for a variety of legal matters. A new survey reveals how deep those discounts were.
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Russian legal departments reduce spending
A new survey shows most, but not all legal departments in Russia, had to reduce their budgets in 2009. This article reveals for the first time publicly the extent of their pain.
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Selling yourself to other lawyers
In April Top Legal International published a CEE survey indicating two thirds of local law firms said they would consider a merger. But are they preparing themselves for suitors?
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Rescheduled In-house counsel panel discussion in Moscow
A panel with heads of legal departments of major companies in Russia will discuss the recent survey on how in-house counsel in Russia are managing their legal departments.
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Managing legal departments in Ukraine and Russia
This will be the topic of a presentation that will be delivered at the III Annual In-House Counsel Conference in Kyiv organized by the Ukrainian Bar Association.
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Published: Follow up survey on Russian in-house counsel
The long-awaited follow-up survey with heads of legal departments in Russia has now been published and gives an inside view to how they were managing the crisis.
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Legal marketers get together in Moscow
A new group of legal marketers has decided to organize themselves in Moscow, and will have their first get together in April, to network and discuss hot topics in their industry.
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Legal department benchmark survey sets world record
A new global legal department benchmarking survey is now the largest ever conducted with more than 300 departments around the world (including CEE) having taken part so far.
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A business development boot camp for lawyers
In times like these, smart law firms realize that more of their lawyers have to be involved in the process of winning and retaining clients, especially with extra time on their hands.
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Local law firms launching in challenging markets
Romanian firm Tuca has opened a new office in Madrid and Czech firm Peterka has opened a new office in Moscow. Given the current challenges in both markets, is this a good idea?
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New industry benchmark survey for in-house legal departments
The Forbes Institute has teamed up with a group of consultants internationally to produce a new global benchmarking report for legal departments based on industry sectors.
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General counsel in Russia ride out the storm
Stephen Polakoff, general counsel to one of Russia’s newest energy players, Integra Group, tells Jeffrey Forbes his company and others in Russia had some hard decisions.
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General counsels think right about the price
The economic downturn has made GC in Europe more price-sensitive. But what is new is how fixed-price billing is affecting both in-house counsel and their external law firms.
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Forbes Institute was founded by Jeffrey Forbes who is a practice development pioneer in Europe for professional services. He provides consulting and information services primarily to international business lawyers and their firms on continental Europe, with unequaled contacts and expertise in Central & Eastern Europe, particularly Russia/CIS.