Briefing February 2017: Let’s get flexible

Let’s get flexible  Briefing asks top 100 law firm leaders – plus the new band of freelance and virtual legal business – exactly how their agile arrangements are working. Download your copy now for FREE  What’s in this month’s issue? Feature: Business services leaders at Clifford Chance, DWF, Brodies, Keystone Law, LOD and Vario at Pinsent Masons offer up experiences and top tips for moving […]

Alternative mood music by Tony Williams, Jomati Consultants

This article was also featured as a opinion piece in the March 2016 issue of Briefing. To read the issue in full, download Briefing. The first alternative business structure licences were issued back in March 2012. Some firms used the ABS to admit ‘non-lawyers’ – CFOs, CMOs and so on – to partnership, or to add specialists such as tax […]

About the size of it by Andy Wansell, Boodle Hatfield

This blog post was also featured as an opinion piece in the July 2016 issue of Briefing. To read the issue in full, download Briefing.  Challenges faced by a boutique law firm often mirror those faced by the largest professional services organisations. The resources that Clifford Chance can deploy to understand and resolve inefficiencies are broad and deep, and when […]

Briefing Frontiers – A series of half day events

          Briefing Frontiers is a series of innovation events from Briefing. These events will be hosted at the world’s top law firms, and will welcome an exclusive group of at least 30 or more leaders in legal management from top-tier law firms. Featuring speakers who are leaders in technology and business innovation, the intimate […]

Robot mores by Damien Behan, Brodies

This article was also featured as an opinion piece in the December 2016 issue of Briefing. To read the issue in full, download Briefing.  Inspired by the Fringe Festival that lands here in Edinburgh ever summer, I was tempted to call this column “Aye, Robot” – concerned, as it is, with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in law firms. […]