As news broke this week of yet more attempts at law firm consolidation, with Nabarro and Addleshaw Goddard admitting they recently discussed a tie-up that could have created a top 20 firm with revenues of more than £280m, it is not just private practice attempting to push through change.
Buoyed by the Legal Services Act, the in-house community is now getting in on the act. This week saw construction group Carillion and telecoms giant BT confirming plans to team up with their own external advisers to service clients alongside each other, and it seems unlikely they will be alone in their ventures.
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