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2020 was a year without precedent – we could never have imagined the challenges and the disruption that arose as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The way that law firms and lawyers across the world have risen to these challenges evidences the resilience and the adaptability of the people in the legal profession. The commentary in this report has been prepared, not only by ...

The turn of 2020 saw the legal market in the Middle East start strongly due to the stabilisation of oil prices and increasing government action towards diversifying and developing the economies across the region. This contributed to an increase in economic activity across several jurisdictions and positive growth projections for the coming year. Naturally, the pandemic has c...

Welcome to the Taylor Root 2020 Global In-house Market Report & COVID-19 Impact Survey. In what has been an unprecedented year of uncertainty, we felt that it was more vital than ever that our annual commentary on the in-house market was being informed not only by our global team of specialist consultants, but also by you. The full report contains: • Overview of the Global L...

Welcome to the Taylor Root 2020 Global In-house Market Report & COVID-19 Impact Survey. In what has been an unprecedented year of uncertainty, we felt that it was more vital than ever that our annual commentary on the in-house market was being informed not only by our global team of specialist consultants but also by you. The full report contains: • Overview of the Global Le...

The lack of diversity within corporate and in-house legal teams is becoming increasing prevalent, highlighted by a groundswell of support to have all minority groups fairly represented. The legal profession has been slow to redress this imbalance and we wish to explore ways that we can support companies achieve more diverse in-house legal teams. Taylor Root recently hosted a...

Mills & Reeve is a top 40 UK law firm and the only law firm in the UK top 100 to have consistently grown profit and turnover each year since 2002. The law firm has appeared in the Sunday Times’ Best 100 Companies to Work For list for 16 years’ running. David Varnham is a partner in the firm’s banking and finance team based in Birmingham. He has extensive experience of acting...