American Lawyer chief European correspondent Chris Johnson meets regularly with senior figures in the legal world at their favorite breakfast joints to chew over the industry’s tastiest talking points. Johnson’s guest this week is Adam Shutkever, COO of DLA Piperbacked fixed-fee legal services company Riverview Law. On the menu: alliances, alternative business structures for law firms, and one unanswered question.
Its a tough life. For the second column in succession, I find myself back at one of Londons top breakfast spots: The Delaunay. After Slaughter and May senior partner Chris Saul chose it last time out as the venue for a discussion about the future prospects of his firms Best Friends network, my return to the grand Aldwych café finds alliances once again on the menu.
