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Is The U.S. Falling Behind In International Trade?

Editor: Please share with our readers your background, beginning with your early experience and your later appointment as U.S. Trade Representative in the Bush Administration. Schwab: My first job was as a "GS-nothing" at USTR right out of my masters program in 1977. My undergraduate...

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Project Finance: Current Strength And Future Trends

Editor: Please tell our readers about the evolution of the Global Projects Group at Mayer Brown. What disciplines are required to round out the practice group? Machlin: The Global Projects Group has been in existence in its current form for about ten years. Prior to its formation the specialties...

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Providing Outstanding Client Value Will Drive Future Success For Large Law Firms

An oft-discussed question in the legal profession is whether large, global law firms can continue to thrive given the unprecedented challenges that confront them today. The daunting list includes intensifying competition for clients and legal talent, ever-rising costs, conflicts, and initiatives by...

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