What’s next for Bird & Bird Down Under?

Host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Chris Clarke and Rich Hawkins about their respective practice areas and journeys as leaders in law, their joint ascension as the heads of Bird & Bird in Australia, their desire to preserve a supportive, collegiate, and collaborative culture, maintaining optimal values, how difficult it is for BigLaw firm heads to maintain culture right now, and the need to bring all staff along for the ride.

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Clarke and Hawkins also delve into the difference between sector groups and practice groups, how they’ve found the transition to leadership, the goals for Bird & Bird in Australia moving forward, the areas the firm is looking to grow Down Under and why, the need to be both proactive and reactive in gauging the market and geopolitics, initiating “ambitious growth”, and the headline challenges and trends they’ll have to contend with moving forward.

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