Developing Talent and Managing People in the Family Enterprise


Consulting editor(s): Rhian-Anwen Hamill - RAH Partners

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. 

Publication date: Mar 2026
ISBN: 9781837231492
Length: 144 pages
Price: £125.00

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Energy in the Middle East:

From Black Gold to Green Horizons

Consulting editor(s): Samuel Ogunlaja - Gibson Dunn

Energy in the Middle East: From Black Gold to Green Horizons explores the commercial, legal and policy dynamics reshaping what is arguably the world’s most consequential energy region. Bringing together specialists from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s market-leading global energy practice, this publication combines international ‘on-the-ground’ expertise to deliver an authoritative commentary on the sector’s most cutting-edge developments, issues and trends.

 

Publication date: Mar 2026
ISBN: 9781837231645
Length: 250 pages
Price: £225.00

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Legal Leadership

A Practical Guide for In-house Lawyers

Author(s): Dr Thomas Loest

The legal industry stands at a critical juncture. The global landscape has undergone profound geopolitical shifts, making the world we once knew hardly recognisable. 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 $22bn 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.

Publication date: Apr 2026
ISBN: 9781837231799
Length: 200 pages
Price: £159.00

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The Outperformers: Lessons from Top Law Firm Leaders


Author(s): Kent Zimmermann, Patrick Smith, Carlyn Kolker

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.

Publication date: Apr 2026
ISBN: 9781837231034
Length: 110 pages
Price: £125.00

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Decision Making in Law Firms


Author(s): Iryna Nikitina

While 72 percent of leaders believe decisions drive business results, only 20 percent trust their decision-making processes. This gap is particularly acute in partnership structures where traditional hierarchical decision-making models don't apply.

Decision Making in Law Firms addresses the disconnect between how law firms say they make decisions and how decisions actually happen. It builds a comprehensive framework covering individual psychology, partnership dynamics, consensus-building, strategic architecture, and operational timing.

Iryna Nikitina exposes the mythology surrounding law firm decision-making, revealing how informal alliances, market pressures, and individual incentives trump formal procedures. Decision Making in Law Firms provides law firm partners with practical tools for understanding and improving their decision-making processes, from individual cognitive patterns to partnership consensus to strategic transformation.

Publication date: Apr 2026
ISBN: 9781837231829
Length: 240 pages
Price: £159.00

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AI with Purpose:

A Strategic Blueprint for Legal Transformation

Author(s): Thomas G. Martin

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.

Publication date: May 2026
ISBN: 9781837231768
Length: 180 pages
Price: £159.00

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Enforcement of Investment Treaty Arbitration Awards, Third Edition


Consulting editor(s): Julien Fouret - HFW

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. 

Publication date: May 2026
ISBN: 9781837231164
Length: 900 pages
Price: £325.00

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Electricity Storage:

Powering the Energy Transition

Consulting editor(s): Louise Dalton and Sabrina Polito

This book offers a comprehensive guide to the commercial, regulatory and financing issues shaping storage projects worldwide. Combining specialist chapters on revenue models, construction, equity and debt financing with detailed country analyses across Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa, it equips lawyers, developers, investors and lenders with the insights needed to navigate this fast-changing market.

Publication date: Jul 2026
ISBN: 9781837231409
Length: 220 pages
Price: £175.00

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The Risks of Artificial Intelligence in Law


Author(s): Matthew Seet, An-Ru Stevens

Artificial intelligence is reshaping legal practice but its adoption brings significant challenges. The Risks of Artificial Intelligence in Law examines AI risks in law, offering a clear-eyed analysis of risks across five domains  privacy, reliability, operational, cultural, and intellectual property. Drawing upon candid insights from over 30 legal professionals and technologists across jurisdictions and roles (including users and solutions providers), the book reflects perspectives from every stage of the AI product life cycle. Beyond technological concerns, Matthew Seet and An-Ru Stevens address issues such as complacency, the impact on legal training, and the sustainability of the billable hour model. With peer-validated strategies, this book enables legal professionals to confidently navigate AI adoption while upholding ethical and professional obligations. For those grappling with stalled pilots or uncertainty, the book provides practical guidance to build literacy, manage risk, and make informed decisions in a fast-evolving landscape.

Publication date: Jul 2026
ISBN: 9781837231584
Length: 200 pages
Price: £159.00

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Family Law for the High-Net-Worth Client


Consulting editor(s): Miranda Fisher - Charles Russell Speechlys

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.

Publication date: Jul 2026
ISBN: 9781837231737
Length: 245 pages
Price: £185.00

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Wind:

Projects and Transactions, Second Edition

Consulting editor(s): Munir Hassan, Head of Energy and Climate Change, CMS

This timely new edition of Wind: Projects and Transactions explores how the sector has changed drastically over the past 10 years. The expert contributors to this edition have been involved on the frontline, as architects of many of the changes or as advisers guiding clients through the increasingly diverse areas encountered in the development of wind projects. Project and transactional aspects of the industry are comprehensively analysed, to ensure readers are able to understand the market, what has changed and where further evolution in the existing arrangements is expected or needed. Topics include the legal, industry and regulatory frameworks involved; consenting; insurance; project financing; power purchase agreements and subsidy arrangements; and geographical analyses that provide a regional overview of the key differences in wind energy developments on different continents.

Publication date: Jul 2026
ISBN: 9781837231225
Length: 260 pages
Price: £195.00

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Building a Business Development Culture and Strategy

A Management Guide for Law Firm Leadership

Author(s): Deborah Farone, JeanMarie Campbell, Julie Henson, Dr Heidi K Gardner, Jamie Diaferia, Andrew Longstreth, Trish Lilley, Allan Schoenberg, Renate Wagner, Renee Branson, Jennifer Leonard, Monica Rodriguez Kuniyoshi, Jessica Grayson, Ida Abbott, Tim Corcoran, Jaron Rubenstein

Consulting editor(s): Deborah B. Farone

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.

Publication date: Aug 2026
ISBN: 9781837231911
Length: 250 pages
Price: £159.00

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Sufficiency of Disclosure in Patent Applications

A Global Guide

Consulting editor(s): Paul Browning, Chris Johns, Sara Leiman and Melanie Magdun

Patentees routinely file applications in multiple countries across the globe. Yet, drafting and prosecuting global patent portfolios can be challenging, particularly as local patent laws vary significantly with respect to what disclosure in a patent application is necessary to support and enable the claimed invention.

Designed for patent practitioners who deal with software, electrical, biological, pharmaceutical, mechanical or chemical patent work, this book is an essential reference to anyone seeking international patent protection.

Publication date: Sep 2026
ISBN: 9781837231522
Length: 245 pages
Price: £275.00

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Joint Operating Agreements: A Practical Guide, Fifth Edition


Author(s): Peter Roberts, Reg Fowler

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. 

Publication date: Oct 2026
ISBN: 9781837231430
Length: 445 pages
Price: £275.00

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