Law firms

Worth the money: Barclays to introduce value accounts for upcoming legal panel

As Barclays’ long-awaited review of its global legal panel moves closer to completion, it has emerged that the bank is set to shake up how it interacts with its external advisers with the introduction of corporate value accounts.

With new terms for the panel to take effect from 1 July, the initiative will see law firms allocated an annual sum representing the value of legal services they must provide through various services, primarily legal advice and secondments.

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