A Trump presidency. Fallout from Brexit. Decreasing demand and other marketplace headwinds. If there’s one constant as we close out 2016 and look to a new year, it’s roiling change.
In this issue, we highlight 10 developments from the past year and how they might affect the future. They include Big Law’s slowing growth, as we saw in this year’s Am Law 100/200 and Global 100 surveys; firm mergers and lateral hiring as growth strategies; the sea change and uncertainty that political changes in the U.S. and the U.K. will mean for regulatory and deal work, among other practices.
