Alternative Service Providers

International Edition

Pinsent Masons Launches Flexible Services Business Vario in the Middle East

By Peter Shaw-Smith | February 12, 2024

The launch will see the product rolled out in the region from the firm's Dubai base.

2 minute read

International Edition

Ashurst Expands Alternative Services Division with Poland Office Launch

By Rick Mitchell | February 1, 2024

Ashurst Advance's new office, in Krakow, is being opened in partnership with Elevate, a global ALSP based in Los Angeles.

2 minute read
International Edition

EY Law Plots Sweeping Cuts, 24 UK Roles at Risk

By Jack Womack | Paul Hodkinson | January 16, 2024

The news conflicts with the Big Four firm's stated ambition of more than trebling in size in the UK and Ireland by 2025, and points to the difficulty the auditing giants have had in gaining a foothold in legal.

3 minute read

International Edition

Eversheds, Shoosmiths Bolster ALSPs with Senior Hires from Credit Suisse and Barclays

By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | December 5, 2023

Developing its Konexo arm, Eversheds has brought in Credit Suisse's former APAC GC.

2 minute read
International Edition

A&O Sells Majority Stake in Risk Management Offering to Private Equity

By Jack Womack | October 30, 2023

Inflexion is investing in the £20 million-revenue A&O affiliate, but that the law firm will retain a 'significant minority stake'.

2 minute read
International Edition

Former Head of KPMG's Australian Legal Practice Joins 'New Law' Firm Law Squared

By Christopher Niesche | October 29, 2023

Kate Marshall, who left KPMG in December and then took a career break, will now serve as Law Squared's chief legal officer, overseeing the firm's practice groups.

2 minute read
International Edition

The Big Four: Not So Scary After All

By Paul Hodkinson | October 20, 2023

For all their talk of growth, it could be a long time before the Big Four's progress in the UK—the biggest single legal market they can operate in—poses a threat to large law firms, writes the London Lawyer.

4 minute read
International Edition

KPMG Law 'Moving Towards' £100M Target

By Jack Womack | October 19, 2023

Like its rival Deloitte Legal, KPMG's legal arm is expected to land in the UK Top 50 in the next two or three years.

2 minute read
International Edition

Deloitte Legal Closes in on UK Top 50 as Revenue Rises Over 20%

By Jack Womack | October 11, 2023

Deloitte Legal's total lawyer headcount in the UK has also increased and is now comparable with some of the country's Top 50 law firms.

3 minute read
International Edition

Eversheds' Konexo Hires 3 Former GCs to Expand Alternative Legal Services Offering

By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | September 27, 2023

The ex-in-house lawyers, who hail from companies including Virgin Atlantic and HSBC, are expected to add an extra dimension to Eversheds' offering in the increasingly competitive ALSP market.

3 minute read
Pro Mid Market

Former Tank Commander Turned Managing Partner: Traditional Legal Business Model Is 'Broken'

By Justin Henry | January 31, 2024

Greg Williamson's law firm, OGC, only hires lawyers with 15 years of practice and substantial in-house experience in order to give clients more cost predictability.

8 minute read
Legaltech News

Tech Transformation Means 'Different Things to Different People': A Chat With Legalweek Speaker Jeff Ikejiri

By Isha Marathe | January 25, 2024

KPMG's tax and legal ops principal Jeff Ikejiri believes that alternate legal service providers (ALSPs) will be primed to take on more complex legal work, and more comprehensively help clients grapple with generative AI.

6 minute read
Pro Mid Market

A Year Under Arizona's Revised Ownership Rules: Axiom Leaders Reflect

By Justin Henry | January 23, 2024

"We're actually seeing a lot of traction with our enterprise and small and medium-size business clients to actually think about Axiom Advice & Counsel as another law firm alternative to their panel law firms," said Axiom's CEO David McVeigh.

10 minute read
Law.com

'I Was Always Frustrated': Talc Federal Bankruptcy Judge Wants This Rule to Change

By Amanda Bronstad | January 22, 2024

In a Jan. 10 letter, U.S. Bankruptcy Chief Judge Michael Kaplan of the District of New Jersey asked the Federal Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure to change a rule that prohibits bankruptcy judges from appointing special masters.

6 minute read
The Legal Intelligencer

Considerations of the Unauthorized Practice of Law in the ADR Process

By Samuel S. Woodhouse | January 8, 2024

The statutes and case law related to the unauthorized practice of law are designed to answer the question of who can advocate on behalf of the parties in arbitration. Specifically, the cases and statutes set the boundaries with respect to whether one must in fact be a lawyer to represent parties or whether lawyers can cross state lines and represent parties in states in which the lawyer is not a member of that state's bar.

8 minute read
The Legal Intelligencer

Resolving Litigation: Equal Empathy for Tenants, Landlords Highlight 'Radical Neutral Advocacy'

By Rich Lee | January 2, 2024

Mediation starts the moment everybody signs the confidentiality agreement and can go on for months. If there's no settlement, it's just suspended. There's no failure because mediation can always start again. I stress that with parties and lawyers. We can always come back.

9 minute read
The Legal Intelligencer

The Strategic Advantage of Using Joint Valuation Experts in Legal Disputes

By Sean Saari | December 20, 2023

Employ a jointly retained valuation expert. This underused approach can pivotally shift disputes, especially where emotional entanglement clouds judgment, as in divorce or business ownership conflicts.

4 minute read
Law.com

PwC Loses More Attorneys in Australia as Partners Leave for Construction Boutique

By Christopher Niesche | November 15, 2023

Nine Australian partners have left since PwC's tax scandal made headlines.

2 minute read
Law.com

The Law Firm Disrupted: 'Do You Want a Piece of This or Not?'

By Dan Packel | November 10, 2023

One leading alternative legal service provider is playing the long game when it comes to broader reforms to law firm ownership regulations.

4 minute read
Legaltech News

Legal Solutions Provider Morae Global Acquires UK-Based Exigent

By Cassandre Coyer | November 1, 2023

The acquisition expands Morae's reach across five continents and doubled its personnel.

2 minute read

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