The Changing Face of The Bar

The Changing Face of The Bar

In what has become a rapidly changing and even more competitive time for the Bar, there have been some subtle but significant changes in the way that barristers’ chambers are prepared to adapt in the search for new streams of work and develop new business. Many...
Lateral hires for the Bar

Lateral hires for the Bar

As the Bar continues to position itself in the ever-increasing search for new business and work streams; so, the lateral movement of barristers between chambers has seen a marked increase. Of course, moving from one set to another is not without its problems, not...
The rise in BD and Marketing roles

The rise in BD and Marketing roles

It’s apparent to anyone working closely with the Bar that there’s been a major spike in both the number and seniority of recent BD and Marketing roles – with Sets now having designated and growing BD and Marketing Teams. There seem to be several key factors at...
Changing roles in Chambers

Changing roles in Chambers

Chambers have increasingly started to change their management structures to better align themselves with their clients’ way of doing business and more generally, to modernise a structure which, historically can be quite antiquated and doesn’t equate to a modern...
Building a LinkedIn presence

Building a LinkedIn presence

I was recently asked by the Institute of Barristers Clerks (IBC) to deliver a talk to its junior ranks on the use of Social Media for business generation. So we considered how Twitter and LinkedIn has become a very fast-growing and effective route to market for many...