Measuring the roi of knowledge management

For organisations looking at Knowledge Management, it is no longer a question of `should we?' It is now, a question of `how should we?' As the global market becomes increasingly more competitive, and budgets get tighter, many organisations are treading very carefully with their investments.

Creating the trusted team of advisers for a family business

This special report describes how family businesses can benefit from a high-performing, inter-disciplinary advisory team for trusted advice, with members sourced from different organisations, and who have demonstrably effective processes for looking after an entire family and their business inter...

Design thinking for the legal profession

There has never been a more exciting time to practice law. While artificial intelligence promises to minimize mundane tasks, clients' legal issues are becoming more complex. But, to successfully navigate these changes, legal professionals must better develop and exercise their creative problem- s...

Project management for lawyers

Adopt a structured approach to planning, pricing and managing legal work that will boost profitability and deliver superior value to your clients.

Oil and gas decommissioning

Part A of this edition looks at decommissioning and the oil and gas life cycle. Part B contains chapters on decommissioning and international law. Part C focuses on decommissioning in the North Sea and has chapters on government policy, environment law and financial and technical issues. Part D p...

Essential reads on family offices

Contributions have been carefully curated from the prestigious archive of The International Family Offices Journal, co-published with STEP, and the Special Report, Family Business and Responsible Wealth Ownership.

International design protection

International Design Protection is an international compendium of design law in 30 major jurisdictions. It also deals with the practicalities of design protections and the enforcement of design rights, including qualification for protection, infringement, design infringement litigation, licensing...

Legal practice transformation post-covid-19

Legal Practice Transformation Post-COVID-19 imagines the post-COVID world for legal services and asks what has changed, what will stay the same and what values are critical to ensure the successful operation of legal teams in the post-pandemic age.

Brand strategy and management for law firms

This report presents a comprehensive framework and guidelines for developing a brand strategy tailored to your firm.

Doing business in the brics

This book provides an overview of the BRICS nations. Each chapter is authored by lawyers, who provide insights on demography, political and legal systems in a clear and comprehensive manner. The book serves as a practical guide for lawyers, investors, corporations and entrepreneurs regarding the ...

The rule of law in the 21st century

This book, published in association with the International Bar Association, examines the concept of the rule of law from a variety of perspectives, beginning with the basic principles and all-important definitional issue of what the term “rule of law” means

Business development for women lawyers, second edition

Chapters on marketing and social media, networking at events, building reputation, and becoming a successful rainmaker make this is an essential read for women looking to develop business based upon their own personal interests and strengths.

Law firm governance and measurements of success

Gain vital insight into current law firm governance models, where they are going wrong and how they can be improved to secure sustainable growth.

Future law firm business models

An in-depth look at the trends and future developments that will fundamentally change the legal market.

Microfinance

Edited by Ranajoy Basu, a senior structured finance and capital markets lawyer who also spearheads the global social impact finance group at Reed Smith, this unique publication will provide practical, commercial and candid guidance from an array of thought leaders in the microfinance sector.

Lean six sigma for law, second edition

The book defines Lean and Six Sigma as they relate to the legal profession, highlights the interdependent relationships between Lean, Six Sigma and Project Management, and demonstrates the different ways in which Lean and Six Sigma may be employed in law firms.

A practical guide to the transfer of trusteeships

This text, first published by STEP in 2007 and now in its third edition, reviews the difficulties that arise on the transfer of trusteeships, particularly in respect of the negotiation of indemnities, and sets out a suggested approach.

Innovations in client experience

In-depth advice on how the legal profession can up its game in client experience, offering innovative strategies and pragmatic advice to those law firms needing to improve their CX.

Practical innovations in legal pricing

A comprehensive overview of the best practices in innovative pricing functions, offering insight into newest effective approaches to pricing that top firms are undertaking.

Negotiating technology contracts

It is written with the benefit of DLA Piper’s unparalleled view of the global market for technology sourcing and outsourcing projects, and from acting both for customers and service providers in this space.

Mining and minerals

This practical title outlines in a single volume the essential principles involved in the life of a mining project, from preliminary agreements, to the sale and purchase of minerals, and the decommissioning of mining assets.

International arbitration of renewable energy disputes

This Special Report is relevant to those interested in learning about the scope for disputes in the renewables sector, how they can be avoided, and how arbitration can best be deployed to prevent delay, resolve disputes which might otherwise jeopardise project completion and operation and help pu...

Recruiting and retaining lawyers

Featuring chapters by leading experts in the field, the topics covered include the new employer proposition, equipping partners with the skills and abilities to retain talent, working with legal search consultants, and ways to approach the recruitment and retention of talented people in first-gen...

The evolving role of the professional support lawyer

A deep dive into the Evolving Role of the PSL: featuring contributions from current PSLs, it provides up-to-the-minute intelligence from an insider's perspective on common issues and the solutions to tackle them. Advice from experts and compelling case studies that provide a crucial insight into ...

Private equity exits

New to the third edition is analysis on emerging and established trends impacting exit terms, including early management liquidity, the prevalence of insurance solutions and related party or fund-to-fund exits.

Managing and developing your career as an in-house lawyer

This Special Report seeks to provide practical ideas and tips on how a busy in-house lawyer can actively manage their own development. The aim is to help them perform more effectively in their current role and also prepare them for promotion or a move elsewhere.

Patent subject matter eligibility

With succinct discussions of case law, patent office practices, and practical prosecution strategies, this guide is intended to help patent practitioners determine where to consider filing applications, the risks and benefits of certain claim types and language, and how to increase the strength o...

Lessons from high-performing law firm leaders

This Special Report offers expert insights and guidance for law firm partners and leaders as well as consultants, legal tech companies, recruiters and others seeking to understand the continued evolution of the legal industry.

Renewables

Featuring contributions by thought leaders in their fields from both the public and private sectors, this book guides readers through key policy matters, broader challenges and future trends, all of which underpin the current and future direction of the renewables sector.

Liquefied natural gas

This fully revised new edition of the best-selling title features contributions from leading energy companies, institutions and academic bodies, as well as consultancies and law firms, and each of the writers is a specialist in their field.

Business continuity and disaster recovery for law firms

This vital new resource will provide you with the necessary tools to ensure that your firm is equipped to respond quickly and effectively to any business disruption, thereby preventing far-reaching repercussions on revenue, incoming work and reputation.

A practical guide to the uk listing regime, 4th edition

The middle english 'castle of love' and robert grosseteste's anglo-norman original, 'le chasteau d'amour'

This new edition of the Middle English Castle of Love includes a French text of Le chasteau d'amour, Robert Grosseteste's Anglo-Norman poem that forms the basis of the medieval English translation.

Joaquim nabuco, british abolitionists, and the end of slavery in brazil

The correspondence between Joaquim Nabuco, the leading Brazilian abolitionist, and Charles Harris Allen, secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society, and other British abolitionists reveals a partnership to internationalize the struggle to abolish slavery. This collection of letters provides an insight...

Philosophy, science & exegesis: in greek, arabic & latin commentaries (bics supplement 83.2)

The struggle for an enlightened republic

Analyzes the evolution of politics, ideas, and culture in Buenos Aires from 1820-1827, focusing on Rivadavia's period as minister of government from 1821-24. This book also reveals the causes of his political downfall in 1827, after he became the president of the Argentine Republic.

Caamano in london

In January 1966, Colonel Francisco Caamano Deno, president of the Dominican Republic during the "Constitutionalist" uprising of 1965 and the subsequent US invasion, was exiled to London. This book presents documents from official archives on Caamano's conversations with British and American diplo...

Gender and historiography: studies in the earlier middle ages in honour of pauline stafford

The chapters in this volume celebrate the work of Pauline Stafford, highlighting the ways in which it has advanced research in the fields of both Anglo-Saxon history and the history of medieval women and gender. Ranging across the period, and over much of the old Carolingian world as well as Angl...

A horizon of (im)possibilities

Since the 2018 presidential election result in Brazil, much debate has ensued about the country’s so-called ‘conservative turn’. A Horizon of (Im)possibilities brings together a myriad of different perspectives to help us better understand the political events that have shaken the country in rece...

Magna carta: history, context and influence

This book examines the history and influence of Magna Carta in British and American history. It considers the origins of the document in the context of the thirteenth century, the relevance of its principles to the seventeenth century disputes that led to the Civil War, the uses made of Magna Car...

A corpus of greek graffiti from dalmatia

This volume is a corpus of seven hundred Greek graffiti on ceramic artefacts from sixteen sites in Dalmatia, ranging in date from the late sixth to the first century BC. Most notably, the catalogue contains a substantial number of pieces from recent excavations at the two sanctuaries of Diomedes,...

Images of the pagan gods

Voice, silence and gender in south africa's anti-apartheid struggle

Tracing the political life of Masabatha Loate, a young black woman activist who testified at the trial of the ‘Soweto Eleven’ in 1978, this book examines the history of South Africa’s liberation struggle through the lens of voice, speech and silence, and what this reveals about the gendered dynam...

Reconciling rwanda

ContentsRwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) government departmentsGlossary of Kinyarwanda wordsChronology of key eventsIntroduction Contribution and engagement Conflict in context Gacaca: justice and reconciliation at the community genocide courts Nation-building and a return to unity Teaching the nati...

Coal country

This is the first book-length account of deindustrialization in the Scottish coalfields. The flooding and subsequent closure of Scotland’s last deep coal mine in 2002 brought a centuries long saga to an end. Colliery closures and job losses were not just experienced in economic terms: they had pr...

Understanding alba: progress, problems, and prospects of alternative regionalism in latin america and the caribbean

This collection analyses the impact and influence of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), whose vision of alternative regionalism has spearheaded Latin America and the Caribbean’s collective challenge to neoliberal globalisation in the twenty-first century. Moving beyond...

Pseudo-galenica

The works of Galen of Pergamum (c. 129-216 CE) were fundamental in the shaping of medicine, philosophy and neighbouring areas of knowledge. Yet, as early as Galen's own lifetime, spurious treatises crept into the body of his authentic works. This volume is the result of a conference held in 2015 ...