The Covid-19 pandemic spurred Hogan Lovells CEO Miguel Zaldivar to take two quick steps after becoming the firm’s leader July 1.
Zaldivar wanted to make sure his five-point management plan to increase collaboration among Hogan attorneys, and to concentrate on profitability, among other action items, was still sound in light of the pandemic. He and his management team consulted Harvard Business School senior lecturer Ashish Nanda, who had worked with the firm previously. Nanda gave the firm a high grade, according to Zaldivar.
Second, Zaldivar said he needed to make sure that the firm’s books were primarily in order. Covid-19 ...