The film was originally developed as a
project for Tomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) with Nicole Kidman attached to star as Elbe, though the role went to Eddie Redmayne after Tom Hooper
took over — possibly the only time in the history of Hollywood that a
project has traded one star for another of the opposite sex
without a script re-write.
(i) BMO reducing its roster of firms from about 800 to 200 with further reductions planned; (ii) the clients of seven sister firms hiring me to help them get control
over their legal spend and forge stronger and more value based relationships with their firms; (iii) the many small and mid-sized businesses who hire accountants to do all of their tax and structuring work because it is cheaper than dealing with lawyers; (iv) firms hiring me to help them figure out how to budget, set and meet client expectations
without losing money; (v) «clients» who never become clients at all as they do their own legal work based on precedents that friends share with them; (vi) the various forms of outsourcing that are now prevalent (from offices in India to Tory's office in Halifax); (vii) clients hiring me to figure out how to increase internal capacity
without increasing headcount in order to reduce external spend; (viii) the success of firms like Conduit, SkyLaw and Cognition (to name a few) who are
taking new approaches to «big» and «medium law» work; (ix) the introduction of full time
project managers in many firms; and (x) the number of lawyers throughout the profession who regularly don't docket chunks of their time in order to avoid unpleasant fee conversations with their clients.