THE "NEW NORMAL":

How to Mesh the New and Old Business Models

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  Global Law Firm Leaders Conference 2010 Brochure

There are many ways to construct a firm’s plan for the future. The business model is evolving rapidly, adding new urgency to be innovative and market savvy, taking nothing for granted.

This is the premier conference to learn what you should be doing now to stay ahead of the pack or improve your position in the top ranks.

You’ll hear straight talk from key figures driving change in many important ways -- from the co-chief executive who spearheaded the transatlantic HoganLovells merger to the dean of firm business leaders, the managing director of Skadden, to three chief legal officers based on both sides of the Atlantic who have entered new relationships with law firms to senior managing partners regarded as transformational leaders. In sum, this star-studded panel is comprised of over 20 chairmen, senior partners, managing partners and business officials.

All New Agenda

In consultation with a planning committee of your peer firms, the 2010 curriculum has an all new agenda of topics impacting law firm profitability, resources, growth, leadership and strategy. Our goal is to present a complete picture of how to manage in an efficient and effective way over the next year.

Our panel will stimulate your thinking on the most compelling issues today. For example, there is a segment on pricing with a top consultant from Australia, who will give a feature presentation on key pricing structures and their pros and cons.

Presenting a Panel of Major Law Firm Leaders 

Members of the planning committee also will participate in the discussions.

Featured Speakers:

Jo Aitken*

Director, Acritas

Shahzad Bashir*

Vice President, Legal Consulting, and Southwest Region, Huron Consulting Group

P. Douglas Benson*

Former Chief Operating Officer, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Monica Burch

Chairman, Addleshaw Goddard LLP

Larry Byrne

Co-Managing Partner, U.S., Co-Head of U.S. Practice, Linklaters LLP

Bert Cornelison

Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Halliburton

Steven H. Davis

Chairman, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

Mark Dawkins*

Managing Partner, Simmons & Simmons

Wim Dejonghe

Worldwide Managing Partner, Allen & Overy LLP

J. Gregory Dolan*

Chief Operating Officer, White & Case LLP

Tom Doughty*

International Director, Jones Lang LaSalle

Charles W. Douglas

Chairman, Management Committee, Sidley Austin LLP

David Duckhouse*

Chief Financial Officer, Reed Smith LLP

Neville Eisenberg
Managing Partner, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP
  

Patrick Fogarty*
National Vice President, Business Development, Williams Lea
 

Steven J. Gartner

Co-Chairman, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

David Gaulin*

Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Craig Glidden

Chief Legal Officer and Executive Vice President, LyondellBasell Industries

Scott Green*

Executive Director, WilmerHale

David Harris

Co-CEO, Hogan Lovells International LLP

Peter Hickman*

Chief Financial Officer, Linklaters LLP

Patrick Hurley

Senior Director, Client Services, UK/EMEA, Elite, A Thomson Reuters Business, London

Colin Jasper

Director, Jasper Consulting

Mark Jones*

Partner; Leader, Professional Practices Consultancy, Addleshaw Goddard LLP

Brad S. Karp

Chairman, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Sir Nigel Knowles

Joint CEO and Managing Partner, DLA Piper

Lynnsey McCall*

Office Managing Partner, Major, Lindsey & Africa

 Laurence Milsted*

Finance Director, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Guy Morton

Joint Senior Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Rodney F. Page

Managing Partner, Washington, DC and London Offices, Bryan Cave LLP

Richard S. Rosenthal

Managing Director; Co-General Counsel, EMEA, Morgan Stanley & Co., International plc

Joel Sanders
Chief Financial Officer, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

Eugene Tillman

Member, Executive Committee, Reed Smith LLP
 

Karen Ward

Senior Global Economist, HSBC Holdings plc

Earle Yaffa

Managing Director, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Planning Committee:

Paul M. Gottlieb

Executive Director of Administration, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Nick Heywood-Waddington

Chief Operating Officer -- EMEA, White & Case LLP

Kenneth W. Johnsen

Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer, Shearman & Sterling LLP

James N. Leary

Executive Director, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Simon Pickard

Senior Manager-New Business, HSBC Bank plc UK

Eric Sekler

Executive Director, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Gill Smith

Executive Director, Allen & Overy LLP

David Strumeyer

Executive Director, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

* Member of the Planning Committee