Big Law’s greatest marketing and business development challenge? Lack of focus and targeting, according to LexisNexis InterAction survey

Law firms pursuing too many new business opportunities is adversely impacting their business development efforts, according to a study released today by LexisNexis InterAction. This lack of focus and poor prospect targeting was among the top obstacles for business development success, along with a lack of follow-up and heavy competition. As was the case during […]

Azzurro Associates selects LexisNexis Visualfiles for Azzurro Law Ltd

Innovative and growing commercial debt management business, Azzurro Associates, has selected LexisNexis®  Visualfiles™ as the legal workflow and case management platform of choice for its newly formed commercial legal recoveries business, Azzurro Law. Visualfiles will enable the firm to efficiently and flexibly manage the debt recovery process across the life span of portfolios handled by […]

LexisNexis discuss the new SRA rules – what will they mean from a practical standpoint?

The SRA is introducing new standards, that are scheduled to take effect on 25 November 2019, to allow solicitors greater flexibility in how they work and simplify accounting rules. These changes continue in the vein of a less prescriptive approach to regulation by the SRA, while making it easier for the public to gain access […]

A fundamental disconnect between skills set ideals versus reality among solicitors: Latest Bellwether research finds

The latest Bellwether report titled, ‘The Good Solicitor’s Skill Set’, published today by LexisNexis UK, a leading global provider of information and analytics; finds a deep disconnect among solicitors between their ideals and reality of skills set needed by the profession. 9 out of 10 solicitors agree that good business and human skills are important […]

Stress in legal profession misunderstood; Bellwether research paper reveals

The latest Bellwether research paper titled, Stress in the Legal Profession: Problematic or Inevitable’, published today by LexisNexis UK, a leading global provider of information and analytics; highlights that stress is an endemic issue in the legal profession with two thirds of respondents currently experiencing high levels of stress despite the confident ‘business as usual’ […]

LexisNexis launches InterAction® for Office 365®

Delivered through an innovative hybrid cloud technology model, InterAction for Office 365 ushers in a new era of embedded CRM to instantly empower professionals and maximise client & relationship data LexisNexis® InterAction®, a leading client relationship management (CRM) solution purpose-built for legal and professional services, today launched InterAction® for Office 365®, an advanced, high-performing application […]

Culture matters

Jon Whittle, market development director at LexisNexis, says in order for SME law firms to survive in the future marketplace they need to have a client-first culture. Creating a client-first culture in law firms is always going to be challenging because there’s often a lack of understanding in the lawyer-client relationship, says Jon Whittle, market […]

Walker Morris invests in Lexis Visualfiles to deliver efficiencies and create market differentiation

Top 100 UK multi-disciplinary law firm Walker Morris is investing in Lexis®  Visualfiles™ to deliver the stringent technology, efficiency and risk management requirements of customers and effectively compete with other high calibre law firms in its market segment. Initially the solution will be deployed to the firm’s mortgage repossession department, with a subsequent implementation to […]

Fieldfisher rolls-out LexisOne to German office network

Shortly after the roll-out of its ERP system, LexisOne™, in Belgium; European law firm, Fieldfisher, has now deployed the solution across its network of German offices including Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich.  LexisOne is a cloud-native SaaS solution built on Microsoft Dynamics 365, which Fieldfisher has used to replace eight other core business systems. Fieldfisher […]

Lupton Fawcett predicts a 15% saving in operating costs with Lexis® Visualfiles™ implementation

UK commercial law firm Lupton Fawcett LLP, has selected Lexis®  Visualfiles™ to replace its incumbent practice management system.  This thriving Yorkshire law firm will roll out the market leading case management solution firmwide, to over 250 staff; and is predicting a 15% saving in overall operating costs with increased innovation and quality of service delivery. […]