The Conscious Comedy Club is back. Four fabulous comedians & 100 lucky law firm people will also get a pack of three NIO cocktails to enjoy on the night.

Knowledge is the fuel on which all business run. To make knowledge work you need to be able to share and collaborate securely, without friction.

In the world of professional services, the ‘three Rs’ are retention, reputation and revenue – with revenue being the most important by far. By measuring revenue, firms can better understand their own profitability and growth. Although distinct from one another, business development and pricing – two disciplines with the greatest effect on revenue – share one common requirement: data.

RPC – a leading international law firm with offices in London, Bristol, Singapore, and Hong Kong – has selected iManage Work 10 as its cloud-based Work Productivity platform for its 850 legal professionals.

Legal contract management - which refers to the processes that law firms use to manage the negotiation, execution and termination of contracts - is one of the most crucial activities of any successful business arrangement.

Global legal technology consultancy Pinnacle has acquired leading pitch automation vendor Enable Business Solutions Limited, in a move that will accelerate the joint company’s global expansion and bring together its risk, finance and business development expertise. The tie-up will see Enable’s two products, PitchPerfect and RevenueManager embedded within the consultancy and managed services capability of Pinnacle.

We interviewed Stridon’s Customer Success Manager - Nick King about the impact ‘lockdown’ had on our clients’ ability to continue running their businesses in the days following the Government announcement to ‘Stay at Home’.

LPM’s Legal IT Landscapes research in 2021 suggests that, in spite of disruption caused by Covid-19, law firms believe productivity has, in fact, increased. This coincided with accelerated migration to the cloud, as law firms have been quick to react and respond to the pandemic, realising the value the cloud can bring to greater efficiency.

With “other firms like mine” seen as the dominant competitive threat this year, firms must differentiate to achieve both revenue growth and improved profitability.

This report makes it transparently clear that technology transformation is number one on everyone’s agenda for 2021. This isn’t a significant deviation from prior years.

It is interesting that some responses here have shown that pricing and profitability is considered a high priority for firms over the next 18–24 months. This tallies with our own experiences when talking to law firms: a focus on key client programmes and ensuring that the work they deliver is profitable.

People management hasn’t traditionally taken centre stage in SME law firms, but this report suggests attitudes are shifting. Asked an open-ended question about where they’d spend their LPM-gifted £100k, respondents pointed to areas such as learning and development, recruitment, resourcing, collaboration and performance management.

The Briefing Frontiers 2021 Legal IT Landscapes report’s findings suggests that, in spite of disruption caused by Covid-19, productivity has in fact increased. This is coinciding with accelerated migration to the cloud, as law firms have been quick to react and respond to the pandemic, realising the value the cloud can bring to drive greater efficiency.