‘Workflow’ is gaining currency within the legal profession, particularly within private practice. But its application can bring even greater far-reaching benefits to companies when deployed by an in-house legal department.
In 2002, RWE Thames Water resolved to provide standardised checklists to guide its lawyers around the world in complex infrastructure projects. The company undertakes ‘clean water’ and ‘dirty water’ projects for cities internationally, which require a broad vista of legal considerations ranging from vendor partnering and joint venturing, construction, competition/antitrust law, regulation, intellectual property, due diligence, risk management and a host of contractual documentation.
