What Does It Take to Run One of the World’s Most Powerful Law Firms? With Alan Mason, Global Managing Partner, Freshfields

For the first time in our 6-year existence, the MMP wanted to dive into this somewhat opaque world, in line with our mission to de-mystify areas of business and finance vital to us all.

Alan discusses the evolution of the top law firms, why US competition is ferocious, why he relocated to the US to help drive their business, and how they can advise global tech clients simultaneously.

He answers the questions of “what do clients want”, “how do you stay at the top”, acquiring and retaining talent, culture, expansion, using data, reward, and the work/life balance.

He also offers a series of compelling insights, laced with laughter, and with a particularly well thought out set of perspectives on how AI is, and may, re-sculpture the legal landscape.

The Money Maze Podcast is kindly sponsored by J.P. Morgan Asset Management*, IFM Investors, World Gold Council and LSEG.

*During the episode we cite J.P. Morgan Asset Management as Europe’s leading active ETF provider by assets under management. This is sourced from J.P. Morgan Asset management and Bloomberg, data as of 30 March 2026.