From practitioners for practitioners: This book provides an overview of the currently important topics in law firm management. The authors are experienced managing partners, COOs, and heads of business service units from national and international law firms. The book is aimed at lawyers, auditors, and tax advisors from both small and large firms, as well as professionals in law firm management and those aspiring to enter the field. It aims to assist them with the specific questions faced by law firms. For the 5th edition, the book has been completely revised and supplemented with numerous topics.

Contents include:

• Leadership and Management
• Career Paths and Becoming a Partner
• Compensation Systems in Partnership Firms
• Integration into an International Firm and Boutique Firms
• The Digital Transformation in Legal Consulting
• Legal Project Management
• Legal Tech and AI in Law Firms
• Strategic Sales and Pricing
• Innovation Culture and Successful Business Networking
• New Work Concepts in Practice
• ESG / Sustainability
• Cultural Change / Diversity
• Compliance

The editor Claudia Schieblon is the head of PMN (Professional Management Network), a network of leading law firms and multidisciplinary firms that she founded in 1999. It provides networking, continuing education, and exchange on current professional topics for their partners and professionals in management and business services from law firms.