‘This is the future’ – A&O sees further growth of contract lawyer arm as it hires new head from Deloitte Sarah Downey Following the launch of its innovative contract lawyer business ‘Peerpoint’ last November, Allen & Overy has made a move to…
Efficiency as a driver of legal innovation Legal Business Thomson Reuters looks at the exciting future of legal services in the wake of a rapidly changing legal market. If…
Baker & McKenzie to open legal services outpost in Belfast Tom Moore Baker & McKenzie has become the latest law firm to open a legal services office in Belfast as greater differentiation…
‘The overall benefits are potentially enormous’: Bucks County Council granted ABS licence with emergency services group Sarah Downey In a move that has been welcomed by the Legal Services Board, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has granted an…
Guest post: Change is neither good nor bad: It is Legal Business ‘Call it the Great Recession, the Great Reset, or whatever, the world palpably shook in September 2008 and the repercussions…
Lawyers On Demand looks beyond City with regional launch Tom Moore Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP)’s spin-off lawyer contracting service Lawyers on Demand (LoD) is set to launch its first hub outside…
Comment: A self-deceiving return to business as usual Legal Business In 2010, Georgetown University, under the direction of Professor Milton Regan, held a conference of academics, practitioners and leading thinkers…
Deloitte plots legal market assault with appointment of global managing director Legal Business Deloitte has become the last of the Big Four accountancy firms to announce plans to re-enter the legal market with the…
Camerons launches cost-saving venture through Dundas offices as the firm prepares for move to Cannon Place Legal Business CMS Cameron McKenna plans to utilise the Scottish offices and personnel of new merger partner Dundas & Wilson as a…
‘The message from clients is clear’ – BLP chief on the thinking behind its latest New Law venture Caroline Hill Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) this week unveiled a bold attempt to re-enforce its credentials as a ‘New Law’ pioneer, announcing…
Tanks off our lawn – BLP aims to retake future of law turf with huge expansion of ‘New Law’ services Caroline Hill Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has today (11 March) launched an innovative package of services for clients, which includes rolling out…
Sole adviser: Eversheds wins Tyco-style primary legal services contract with IATA across 158 countries Legal Business Building on the success of its game changing multi-million pound annual retainer with Tyco International, Eversheds has won its largest-ever primary…
After South Africa, Hogan Lovells launches nearshoring venture in Birmingham Legal Business Following Hogan Lovells announcement at the start of February that it is setting up a business process outsourcing centre in South…
BT selects Axiom for global legal outsourcing and analytics contract Legal Business Jobling steps aside as head of volume business BT Law An innovator long at the vanguard of transforming the traditional…
USP: PwC to expand legal services with ‘under one roof’ pitch as LLP results show legal revenue up Legal Business PwC has plans to grow its legal services capability and promote to clients the obvious advantages of providing business and legal…
Guest post: The New World of Legal Work vs Global Behemoths Legal Business There’s an interesting tension between Sir Nigel Knowles prediction of legal behemoths straddling the globe with investment bankers outriders (or…
Legal innovation – Connect2Law’s Jabbari to join Parabis to extend ABS portfolio and set up regional network Sarah Downey Just weeks after resigning from Manchester-based consumer services and personal injury (PI) firm Pannone following its £33m acquisition by ASX-listed Slater…
Structural or cyclical change in the law? 2014 should answer the big question Legal Business It’s been obvious that something fundamental happened to the world economy during 2008, ushering in the worst relative trading conditions…
Big data and AI will come to the fore as law firms expect tech to drive their businesses Mark McAteer Year-long study by legal technology body identifies future challenges Artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analytics will play a game-changing…
A&O the first top-tier player to forge contract lawyer service Jaishree Kalia Freelance lawyers to cover fixed-term needs. For all the talk of innovation in the profession, experimentation with new models has…
