Many countries they are moving towards further corporatization of law firms as nonattorneys provide private investment capital, become shareholders and complete the MBA takeover of the profession. That movement is clearly afoot in Great Britain. Once senior partners become accountable to nonattorney boards of directors, the individual autonomy that once defined being a lawyer will have disappeared.
http://www.abanet.org/legaled/committees/Standards%20Review%20documents/AnthonyDavis.pdf
