There has been plenty of cost cutting at law firms of late - and, unsurprisingly, in-house lawyers are asking where the savings will go."I hope firms are scaling back in an intelligent way that will make them more competitive," says Bupa general counsel (GC) Paul Newton. "The bottom line is that some of these savings have got to find their way into clients' pockets, not just partners' pockets."
April 01, 2009 at 09:10 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
Bupa general counsel Paul Newton talks with Alex Aldridge about law firms’ reaction to the recession, why advisers still don’t give value for money and what brought him to the law
There has been plenty of cost cutting at law firms of late – and, unsurprisingly, in-house lawyers are asking where the savings will go.
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