sa.global – What your law firm billing data is missing and where it starts

The majority of CFOs have no reliable sight of what onboarding delays are costing them. And the most significant portion of that cost does not appear in any write-off report. Briefing’s CFO research surfaces a finding that looks reassuring on the surface. Among the CFOs who can measure write-offs linked to onboarding delays, the losses reported […]

sa.global – The onboarding problem most CFOs miss, and why it leads to revenue leakage

CFOs attribute onboarding friction to compliance. The commercial exposure the data reveals sits somewhere else entirely, and at an earlier point in the timeline than most firms are looking. When the Briefing CFO research asked CFOs to name the two factors that most significantly slow down their onboarding process, compliance dominated. Compliance check speed and compliance complexity […]

sa.global – The onboarding standard law firms are missing and what it is costing them

Every gap left open at onboarding compounds. Time that’s never captured becomes a margin shortfall no one can explain, and terms that are not locked become billing disputes months later. The question is whether these are isolated failures or evidence of a broader operational pattern. Our recent CFO Briefing research suggests it’s the latter. No respondent in […]

SA.global and Briefing insight: Why law firms lose more revenue than CFOs realise

Briefing and sa.global are conducting a year-long research program with UK law firm CFOs, tracking where revenue leakage occurs across onboarding, matter management, invoicing, and collection. Independent findings published by Briefing Live each quarter. sa.global point-of-view series published alongside. View onboarding findings here “The process feels acceptable. The data it produces is not trusted to […]

sa.global: How to scale law firm operations without losing control

Key takeaway Scaling a law firm on fragmented systems does not just create friction. It creates structural risk that compounds with every office, jurisdiction, and matter added Law firm growth amplifies existing fragmentation. It does not create new problems Law firm management at scale depends on visibility that does not require manual assembly A connected […]

sa.global insight: why ‘reasonable’ may be the most expensive word in your firm’s onboarding process

Ask a law firm CFO to rate their onboarding and most will land somewhere in the same comfortable middle. Good. Reasonable. Nothing to alarm us. Not one respondent in the Briefing Live CFO research rated their firm’s onboarding as very strong. The market has found a settled position and it calls it adequate. That answer is honest. […]

What your firm’s billing data is missing and where it starts – sa.global

The majority of CFOs have no reliable sight of what onboarding delays are costing them. And the most significant portion of that cost does not appear in any write-off report. Briefing’s CFO research surfaces a finding that looks reassuring on the surface. Among the CFOs who can measure write-offs linked to onboarding delays, the losses reported […]

Why multi-jurisdiction law firm operations fail without a connected system- sa. global

Key takeaway Multi-jurisdiction law firm operations break when systems built for one region are extended across many without a connected data environment Global law firm compliance cannot be maintained through manual tracking when requirements differ by jurisdiction Cross-border legal billing fails when tax treatments, currencies, and billing formats are applied outside the matter workflow Law […]

sa.global announces 10-year operations transformation partnership with TLT

sa.global, a specialist legal technology partner, today announced a landmark 10-year transformation partnership with TLT , one of Europe’s most innovative law firms, to implement evergreen, its unified legal industry cloud platform built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Azure. The partnership represents a significant modernisation programme that will consolidate finance, human resources and practice […]

Legal practice management automation for efficient law firms – sa.global

Most law firms assume administrative effort increases because matters become more complex or volumes rise. In reality, overload sets in when information has to be manually moved, checked, or re-entered as work passes between people and systems. This fragmentation quietly multiplies administrative steps long before firms notice a decline in productivity. This is why incremental […]