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Stories about how corporate legal departments are restructuring and finding creative new ways to manage budget and outside counsel spend, leverage technology and work with their outside counsel more efficiently.
By Jack Womack | April 18, 2024
The combination of Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling goes live on 1 May, with the former Middle East head acting as senior partner.
2 minute read
By Maurice MacSweeney, director of legal finance at Harbour | March 26, 2024
Harbour's Maurice MacSweeney says firms that prioritise innovation in pricing, new tech, and external finance, will end 2024 in good health.
5 minute read
By Jack Womack | December 19, 2023
The appointments include new heads in Dubai and Riyadh.
2 minute read
By Charlotte Johnstone | November 27, 2023
The exits follow the Paris office's shift towards life sciences, tech, private assets and private capital, as arbitration teams across the industry continue to be conflicted out of lucrative cases.
2 minute read
By Trudy Knockless | October 30, 2023
A newly released survey found departments also are trying to save money by switching from large law firms to smaller ones, and by leveraging artificial intelligence.
2 minute read
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | October 19, 2023
Meanwhile, Tesco has added one extra firm to its previously single-firm legal roster.
2 minute read
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
By Jack Womack | Paul Hodkinson | October 4, 2023
The firm inked an alliance with KWM China in July and had been expected to take on the vast majority of the lawyers from across five offices in Europe and the Middle East.
3 minute read
By Jennigay Coetzer | September 21, 2023
'We continue to be involved even in countries where politically speaking there are issues,' explains Linklaters' recently-appointed head of Africa, Justin Faye.
4 minute read
By Cassandre Coyer | September 14, 2023
The Legisway Benchmark for Legal Departments report from Wolters Kluwer and the European Legal Tech Association (ELTA) showed that many corporate legal teams in Europe are still at the early stages of their digital transformation.
3 minute read
By Diana C. Manning, Benjamin J. DiLorenzo and Kyle A. Valente | April 18, 2024
This article discusses the contours of closing out a file by sending a closing letter (also referred to as an end-of-engagement letter) and examines the potential consequences that may flow from failing to properly communicate the end of an engagement to a client.
5 minute read
By Trudy Knockless | April 17, 2024
GCs see adopting technology and more efficient processes as crucial to freeing up their time so that they can stay on top of risk management and strategically advise fellow colleagues and the board, FTI Consulting and Relativity say in a report.
3 minute read
By Trudy Knockless | April 8, 2024
"As GCs prepare their departments to be tomorrow's value center, they will need to be as ready to advise the business on these future issues as they are comfortable today advising on labor and litigation matters," Thomson Reuters says in a recently released report.
3 minute read
By Maria Dinzeo | April 3, 2024
"As more people leave, there's more work to do, causing more people to leave. It's a potentially vicious cycle that can, ultimately, spin out of control," said a report from Axiom and Wakefield Research.
3 minute read
By Amanda O'Brien | March 28, 2024
While sources pointed to failed discussions over how to transition beyond the leadership of founding partners Angelo Genova and James Burns, Burns said the firm has "built a brand which will continue beyond its founders."
4 minute read
By Greg Andrews | March 21, 2024
Chief Legal Officer Ava Harter is leaving Whirlpool, and receiving $2.9 million in severance, in the wake of the company's decision to make her job a non-executive position.
5 minute read
By Trudy Knockless | March 20, 2024
One challenge for legal departments is that it is hard to demonstrate the value of something not happening—a threatened lawsuit not being filed or a regulatory fine not being assessed.
3 minute read
By Trudy Knockless | March 5, 2024
"If it seems like you're raising the red flag on every level of risk at every issue, you're not going to be able to build that relationship," said Ashlin Quirk, general counsel of Axiom.
7 minute read
By Amanda O'Brien | February 27, 2024
Partners Bradley Henry and Kathleen Shannon lead the team, which is divided between New York and Washington.
4 minute read
By Diana C. Manning, Benjamin J. DiLorenzo and Kyle A. Valente | February 22, 2024
As with all new technologies, AI brings with it a plethora of potential benefits in the form of improving efficiency and reducing costs. Law firms and lawyers are increasingly engaging with AI programs and tools in conjunction with document reviews, legal research, contract drafting and the preparation of legal briefs.
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