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Law Practice

Aug. 15, 2014

No one size fits all for global leadership positions

When Morrison & Foerster LLP selected its first managing partner for Europe last month, it made a particular kind of management decision. It chose to export a long-time U.S.-based partner to fill the role.


By Alex Shively


Daily Journal Staff Writer


When Morrison & Foerster LLP selected its first managing partner for Europe last month, it made a particular kind of management decision. It chose to export a long-time U.S.-based partner to fill the role in an effort to take firm culture abroad.


The move was different from its choice several years ago to staff a then-new managing partner for Asia position with an American who had practiced for y...

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