As global general counsel of Ernst & Young, Trevor Faure saw how in-house lawyers and firms could work together better.

In 2010, when he was still at EY, Faure published ”The Smarter Legal Model: More from Less,” which Avis Budget Group Inc. and other companies’ legal departments used to design law firm panels. Faure left EY in 2014 and began advising in-house departments and firms as chief executive officer of consultancy Smarter Law Solutions.