IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023

29 Oct - 3 Nov 2023

Rooms 352 A&B, Level 3

Session information

Law firm culture and compensation – from “hard numbers” to “soft skills”: the increasing challenge of defining, evaluating and rewarding the “ideal partner”

Tuesday 31 October (1430 - 1545)

Rooms 352 A&B, Level 3

Committee(s)

Law Firm Management Committee (Lead)

Description

Nobody can question that the role of a law firm partner is increasingly difficult. Nor that financial success today is mere table stakes. In this emerging post-Covid normality, the survival (and success) of a partner requires the "softer" skills of leadership and building trusted relationships with both clients as well as the new generation of younger lawyers. Plus, the need to support positive aspects of the culture have never been higher on the agenda. But how to make this work in practice? During this session we be sharing the results of the IBA’s 2023 Law Firm Management Committee’s Remuneration Survey, while hearing practical examples and success stories from firms who are re-evaluating partner contribution, changing gear from partner evaluation to partner development and updating their financial and non-financial metrics of success.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Moray McLaren Lexington Consultants, Madrid, Spain; Chair, Law Firm Management - Talent and Leadership Subcommittee
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Speakers

Olayinka Edu Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie, Lagos, Nigeria; African Regional Forum Liaison Officer, Banking & Financial Law Committee
Neville Eisenberg Mishcon de Reya, London, England
Paulo Rocha Demarest Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil; Secretary, Latin American Regional Forum
Natasha Tardif Reed Smith, Paris, France