Walker's crisp approach

Andrew Walker, Senior Partner of global law firm Lovells gives his views on the legal market in Asia as well as the Hong Kong Law Society and JLVs in Singapore.

We are in a global down turn with doom and gloom everywhere we look. What effect is this having on the legal profession

Walker It's interesting that you say there's doom and gloom everywhere because in London at least, that is not what is reflected by the amount of work we have got on. From the end of March we have been outstandingly busy. Some of our European offices have been less busy. There are still good deals around and some of them are being brought to fruition. There is a lot of caution around and the talk of war and the ghastly things that happened in Bali do create uncertainty and undermine confidence. And...

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