Outgoing law firm chiefs Tony Angel and Guy Beringer joined UBS GC Peter Kurer on a panel to discuss the state of the legal profession at a Legal Week event. The most controversial debate was sparked by Kurer, who took an uncompromising line on law firm fees. He said he believed that not only could U.K. law firms' impressive increases in profitability be attributed almost solely to higher hourly rates, but that in terms of efficiency they were "dysfunctional" and responsible for "bottlenecks."
October 22, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Some of London’s leading figures gathered earlier this month to hear three of commercial law’s leading figures discuss the state of the legal profession at a Legal Week event.
Outgoing law firm chiefs Tony Angel and Guy Beringer joined UBS general counsel Peter Kurer on the panel of the “Legal Week Evening With …” The inaugural event, which was held at London’s Mayfair Hotel, was chaired by high-profile legal IT consultant Richard Susskind.
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