Results from our survey six
Automation and digitisation of processes certainly help legal departments in daily mansions allowing them to focus on more time-consuming and demanding tasks.
Automation and digitisation of processes certainly help legal departments in daily mansions allowing them to focus on more time-consuming and demanding tasks. Legal tech is evolving faster, providing solutions to several matters that previously fell under the scope of lawyers. However, it is essential to understand the limits of such trends and what the legal department of the future will look like.
23% of respondents think that the in-house legal departments of the future will definitely have more tech and fewer people. However, in this scenario, GCs seem to believe that there will be a true revolution in the profile of the legal team and the function it will assume within the company. As one respondent suggests, even though the number of people may decrease slightly, there will be the opportunity to operate on a more meticulous selection based on a higher standard to carry out high-quality work. In-house lawyers generally look at this possibility positively, recognising it as an opportunity for lawyers to move up on the value chain, partnering with first-line business teams and providing strategic legal input.
