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The perfect remuneration model: Where are firms going wrong?
Stephen Revell and Moray McLaren, explore a question that law firm leaders return to time and again: What is the perfect partner remuneration system?


LATIN LAWYER | Year-end partner promotions at LatAm firms fall to pre-pandemic levels
Lexington Consultants contributes in the Latin Lawyer research on year-end partner promotions in Latin America which fell by 33%.


LATIN LAWYER |"Don't let it be a wasted opportunity," say Venezuelan lawyers following Maduro capture
Following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on 3 January, Latin Lawyer reports on the sudden shift in the country’s business environment, with Moray McLaren commenting on the implications for local and regional law firms. Read full article in Latin Lawyer here (subscribers only)


LATIN LAWYER | Legal departments lead on gender parity in top legal roles
Mari Cruz Taboada comments on the results of LACCA´s latest Diversity & Inclusion survey


SANDPIPER GLOBAL LAW FIRM LEADERS |Uncertainty is the only certainty!
Moray McLaren moderated a senior leadership panel at the Sandpiper Partners Global Law Firm Leaders event in London, bringing together managing partners and firm leaders to discuss the strategic, governance and leadership challenges facing international law firms.


From competition to collaboration: Why incentives matter more than intentions
Many law firms invest significant time defining values around collaboration, teamwork, and shared ownership. Yet those same firms often struggle to see the behaviours they want emerge in practice. The reason is rarely a lack of intent. It is structural.


GLOBAL LEGAL POST| Rethinking performance: the impact of tougher partners expectations on culture
Do tougher partner expectations help firms perform at their best – like elite teams in sport – or quietly undermine the culture that makes high performance possible, asks Moray McLaren


FINANCIAL EXPRESS| Indian law firms on course correction to change structure
India’s legal landscape is undergoing an institutional shift as top law firms move away from individualistic "eat-what-you-kill" compensation. Moray McLaren is quoted on how Indian law firms are rethinking profit-sharing.


LAW.COM| Power, Pay, and Politics: Behind the Scenes of the Partner Votes That Will Determine 3 Big Law Mergers
With the clock ticking toward Winston Taylor’s merger vote and two more ballots on the horizon for Hogan Lovells-Cadwalader and Ashurst-Perkins Coie, experts break down the high-stakes strategies at play. Moray McLaren is quoted on the complexities of Big Law mergers.


LATIN LAWYER| Do LatAm firms overstaff their finance department?
The results of Latin Lawyer’s inaugural Law Firm Support Function survey reveal that law firms prefer to keep accounting and finance services in-house, but outfits are less unanimous in their strategy towards how much staff and budget the department needs. Read on to benchmark your firm and learn what consultants advise.


When partner pay, becomes a test of trust
As law firm partnerships head into another remuneration season, Moray McLaren reflects on why disputes about pay are rarely really about money, and what partner reviews reveal about trust, judgment, and governance inside the firm


EXPANSION| The Magic Circle under US pressure in Europe
As legal power shifts from London to New York, Europe’s law‑firm elite is being rewritten


Culture is not “soft” – it is the operating system of the firm
In the first of seven episodes on Culture and Performance, Jan Thornbury and Moray McLaren discuss how culture is the foundation that underpins how organisations actually work and perform. Using Edgar Schein’s well-known model, culture is explained as a system with three connected layers: Beliefs and assumptions at the core – what the firm really believes is the “right” way to do things (often described as values). Behaviours and norms – the everyday actions that those belief


Tougher at the top? Thriving (not just surviving)in an AI-shaped world
At 2025 Leadership Circle hosted in Toronto, a selected group of over 100 law firm leaders explored how law firm can navigate today’s inflection point — where technology, talent, and trust intersect
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