An already evolving relationship between in-house and external counsel is being changed even further by the pressure to innovate, and to do so cheaply, according to those surveyed for this report.
The pressure on general counsel to innovate could be having a trickle-down effect on the external legal advisers they instruct.
The overwhelming majority – 91% – of in-house counsel surveyed for this report felt that it was important that their external advisers kept abreast of new technologies.
