Eversheds has abandoned plans to set up a legal process outsourcing (LPO) venture with consulting firm Accenture and is instead drafting up options for an in-house alternative.

The top 10 law firm is in the early stages of designing a new in-house model intended to offer better value delivery of routine and high-end legal work, with the creation of an in-house facility at one of the firm’s regional offices staffed with paralegals one option under discussion.