The last two years have seen Halliwellls lose a third of its partnership, putting its future in doubt. DAVID ROBINSON charts the Manchester-based firm’s spectacular rise and fall and asks: can it pull itself back from the brink?

This year more than 20 partners have quit White & Case. But do the departures, at offices across the globe, indicate deep-seated problems? Or are they merely a blip? DAVID ROBINSON reports.

Norway’s vast oil wealth has insulated it from the financial crisis. But problems abroad have still affected its economy. DAVID ROBINSON reports.

Swedish businesses face new realities as the country’s manufacturing industry shrinks. But, overall, its economy is holding up better than much of Europe. DAVID ROBINSON reports.

A Russian lawyer who worked for an American firm died in custody recently, and Moscow offices of a number of Western firms have been raided. DAVID ROBINSON looks at the challenges facing foreign lawyers in Russia.