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Developing Talent and Managing People in the Family Enterprise
Publication date: Mar 2026
Developing Talent and Managing People in the Family Enterprise explores the unique people-related challenges that families and their advisers face, bringing together experts in the field, including family enterprise advisers, family office investment specialists, next generation advisers, lawyers, cybersecurity and technology experts and family members themselves.
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Fundamental Skills for Modern Lawyers
Publication date: Jun 2026
Fundamental Skills for Modern Lawyers is a practical, insight-driven guide to the capabilities that increasingly define successful legal careers.
From emotional intelligence, decision-making and delegation, to networking and change management through a distinctly legal lens, it also looks ahead to the evolving role of the lawyer, and how neurodiversity and technological developments can all play to the lawyer’s human strengths.
Written for lawyers at every stage of their career, this new co-publication with CILEX bridges the gap between legal expertise and human insight – helping practitioners become not just good lawyers, but trusted advisers and effective leaders.
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AI with Purpose:
A Strategic Blueprint for Legal Transformation
Publication date: Sep 2026
Transform your legal practice with strategy, not just technology.
AI with Purpose is a strategy-first playbook for legal leaders under pressure to "do something with AI" but who don't want to waste money on pilots that never scale. Rather than another tour of tools, the book introduces the Why Equation (Purpose + Clarity + Alignment) and shows how to translate strategic intent into execution through AI-first thinking, client-outcome metrics, and adoption strategies that account for the reality that lawyer attention is scarcer than budget.
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Rising Roles in Law:
Designing the AI-Enabled, Data-Driven Law Firm
Publication date: Jul 2026
Rising Roles in Law: Designing the AI-Enabled, Data-Driven Law Firm fills that gap, delving into the people and roles driving transformation and mapping the workforce architecture of the AI-enabled firm. In a first-of-its-kind guide to the AI-enabled law firm workforce, law firm leaders, innovation professionals, and technologists will explore what these newly formed roles involve, how they interact, how firms should structure them, and what this means for leadership and career pathways. With emphasis on practical insight, case studies and implementation guidance, Rising Roles in Law will equip readers with the data-driven insights and actionable strategies needed to embrace AI's potential and harness its power to shape the future of legal operations.
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The Outperformers: Lessons from Top Law Firm Leaders
Publication date: May 2026
As competition for clients and talent intensifies, The Outperformers reveals what it really takes to win in today’s rapidly changing legal marketplace. Through candid, first-hand accounts from top law firm leaders, the book explores how visionary management, detailed planning, consensus-building and disciplined execution have driven extraordinary performance and enduring success compared to their competition.
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Building a Business Development Culture and Strategy
A Management Guide for Law Firm Leadership
Publication date: Jul 2026
What does it take to develop and sustain a culture that values marketing, business development, and client care as shared responsibilities across the firm? Drawing on decades of experience advising law firm leaders, chief marketing officers, and partners, Building a Business Development Culture and Strategy provides senior management and practice leaders with actionable strategies for integrating business development into their organization's fabric.
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Legal Leadership
A Practical Guide for In-house Lawyers
Publication date: Apr 2026
The legal industry stands at a critical juncture. The global landscape has undergone profound geopolitical shifts, making the world we once knew hardly recognizable. Simultaneously, rapid technological advancements, most notably in artificial intelligence, are poised to disrupt legal services in unprecedented ways. This presents legal leaders with immense opportunities.
Drawing on the author’s 30 years of experience in the field, Legal Leadership: A Practical Guide for In-house Lawyers analyses the pivotal role legal leaders play in shaping high-performing teams, both as culture architects and strategic thinkers. Dr Thomas Loest discusses foundational leadership theories and offers practical insights from his personal experience, gained in the military as well as on the job climbing through the ranks to group general counsel of a $25bn luxury conglomerate. A resource for all levels, Legal Leadership: A Practical Guide for In-house Lawyers provides practicable and actionable guidance using the power of storytelling. The approach is pragmatic, offering a business-focused vision for the legal function, with recommendations for implementation.
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Gas and LNG Price Arbitrations:
A Practical Handbook, Third Edition
Publication date: Jan 2027
This practical second edition will cover the various aspects of international gas and LNG pricing disputes. It contains contributions from leading international arbitration practitioners and arbitrators in the field and industry experts. It covers the various stages of a gas pricing dispute, from drafting the clause to triggering a review, all the way through the various stages of the arbitral process. It also builds on the previous editions with new chapters which reflect how price review practice has evolved. Thus, the new edition has more emphasis on price reviews in Asian markets and also includes new chapters on key issues such as the role of competition law in price reviews and the impact of previous arbitral awards on future price reviews under the same contract.
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Shipping Finance:
A Practical Handbook, Fifth Edition
Publication date: Jan 2027
Now in its fifth edition, and containing over 720 pages of fully revised and updated material, Shipping Finance includes an analysis of ship mortgage terms and conditions, and mortgagee rights across the main maritime jurisdictions.
Shipping Finance: A Practical Handbook, Fifth Edition is an essential reference tool for anyone involved in shipping finance including financiers, lawyers and shipowners.
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The Prosperity Pathway:
From Wealth Creation to Legacy
Publication date: Oct 2026
The great wealth transfer presents numerous challenges to wealthy families, with over $100 trillion of wealth expected to pass between generations by the end of this 30-year phenomenon. From different views and perspectives within families, to misaligned expectations and disappointment, to family disagreement and outright conflict, there are many issues to navigate. So far, the biggest difficulties faced by both advisers and families have included a lack of planning, communication and readiness.
In The Prosperity Pathway: From Wealth Creation to Legacy, Russell Prior shows advisers and families how they can be more prepared at whatever stage they are at on the Prosperity Pathway.
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Family Law for the High-Net-Worth Client
Publication date: Oct 2026
The legal landscape governing ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) and high-net-worth (HNW) families is evolving rapidly, especially as mobility and international relocation among non-domiciled individuals and British expatriates increases. For professional advisers and wealth-holding families, understanding the nuances of English family law – and how it compares to major wealth centres such as Singapore, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and the United States – is essential for effective planning and risk management.
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Joint Operating Agreements: A Practical Guide, Fifth Edition
Publication date: Jan 2027
This fifth edition of the leading work on joint operating agreements (JOAs) provides a practical examination of the provisions of a typical JOA, with a particular focus on the critical issues of scope, the operator’s role, joint and exclusive operations, default, transfers and decommissioning.
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Credit Derivatives:
Understanding and Working with the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions
Publication date: Jan 2017
With the launch of the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions, which became market standard definitions for documenting credit derivatives transactions on October 6 2014, this edition will provide a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the new 2014 Definitions. The book provides practical reading for lawyers, whether in private practice or in-house, and all credit derivatives market participants looking to gain a solid understanding of the new definitions.
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The Naked Lawyer
Rip to XXX How to Market, Brand and Sell You
Publication date: Nov 2010
A complete strategy and skills toolkit for brand, career and business development
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AI and the Legal Profession, Second Edition
Transforming the Future of Law
Publication date: Jun 2025
The capabilities and applications of artificial intelligence (AI) are evolving at breakneck speed, and law firms and practitioners may be at a loss as to how to make the most of what these new technologies offer. The second edition of AI and the Legal Profession: Transforming the Future of Law acts as a guide, helping readers navigate this new frontier by delving into the impact of AI on the legal industry and the transformative possibilities it presents.
Written by leading experts, thought leaders, and professional and academic pioneers at the intersection of AI and law, AI and the Legal Profession: Transforming the Future of Law, second edition serves as a comprehensive guide for legal professionals, technologists, and policymakers, equipping readers with the knowledge and insights needed to navigate a rapidly evolving landscape, embrace AI's potential, and harness its power to shape the future of law.
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Mastering Legal Pricing
Strategies for Profit, Value, and Innovation
Publication date: Oct 2025
The legal profession is undergoing a significant transformation in how legal services are priced. The traditional billable hour model, which has dominated for decades, is increasingly being questioned by clients, firms, and legal professionals alike. The world of legal pricing is evolving rapidly, driven by shifts in client expectations, technological advancements, and new market dynamics. Law firms and legal professionals must adapt to these changes to stay competitive, ensure profitability, and meet the demands of a diverse and increasingly cost-conscious client base.
Mastering Legal Pricing: Strategies for Profit, Value, and Innovation explores the evolving landscape of legal pricing, addressing the challenges and opportunities that law firms face in adapting to modern economic demands. From the traditional billable hour to alternative models such as subscription-based services and value-based pricing, this book examines the impact of client expectations, technology, and evolving business strategies. It provides insight into the tools, frameworks, and strategies necessary to create more transparent and efficient pricing models that align with both client needs and law firm profitability.
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Enforcement of Investment Treaty Arbitration Awards, Third Edition
Publication date: Jun 2026
Spearheaded by leading arbitration practitioner, Julien Fouret, this third edition of this major work brings together 70 experts to provide up-to-date substantive analysis of recurring issues at the award enforcement stage plus practical perspectives on enforcing awards based on investment treaties. It further explores topics ranging from the specifics of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes mechanism to the enforcement of interim relief and the issues of sovereign immunity and state entities, as well as exploring intra-EU BIT disputes and their enforcement consequences.
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