Welcome!
October 16th, 2007 by Jim Cotterman
Welcome! This is a new communication venture for Altman Weil and for me. We plan to cover the area of partner compensation most heavily. Other partner issues and other compensation issues will also be covered based on the questions and issues our clients are raising. We hope you find it thought provoking and useful.
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October 17th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Jim:
With the number of “Baby Boomer” vintage attorneys looking to stay active - to a more limited extent - in the practice, this is great timing for your Compensation blog.
Good luck with it.
Stephen P. Gallagher
Narberth, PA.
October 30th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
Jim
This is a very useful and insightful blog.
I would be interested to learn if you have a view on why EU firms - particularly in England - seem to be encouraging thier senior partners to retire. These partners are typically aged 55-60 and carry what can only be described as thier firm’s institutional memory and wisdom. If they were leaving to join clients in some governance capacity - it would be understandable but many do not. The trans Atlantic comparison is stark. In New York and other US metropolitan centres grey hair is still acceptable and respected. When discussing this with partners of leading London firms earlier this year the common denominator seems to be the naked aggression of young partners and it is not a good look.
Ashley
Auckland, New Zealand & UK