PREDICTIONS FOR A ROCKY YEAR Hedge funds and Islamic finance are the themes for 2008, plus the many and varied effects of the credit crunch. Tom Young, Rachel Evans, Nicholas Pettifer and Lynann Butkiewicz report
Dynamic listings Stock exchanges can't rest on their laurels, say speakers at the Capital Markets Forum
How Americans have flown The expansion strategies of Baker & McKenzie, Squire Sanders & Dempsey and Latham & Watkins compared
How many roads? The many paths US global firms have taken to growth, from rescuing clients from the Nazis to the perils of the Middle East
Change of culture How working at Chadbourne & Parke, Morrison & Foerster and Jones Day compares to non-US firms
Reorientation US capital markets practices in Asia face a dilemma. Less outbound work and UK firms with US-qualified lawyers
Special relationship American firms need to hire new talent in the UK if they are to grow. Here's how they do it
