Law firms say they expect to adopt a mix of remote and office working as part of their longer-term real estate strategies, a CBRE survey of firms based in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has found.

In the grip of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a mass shift in how law firms approach flexible working. Since August, firms such as Linklaters and Slaughter and May have been considering rolling out their initially temporary flexible working policies on a more permanent basis.