Learning lessons from virtual businesses – LPM magazine, February 2017 – Virtual possibility

This month, LPM magazine asks if SME firms can learn virtual management. Download your FREE copy now Feature: We speak to Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, former president of the Law Society and founder of Scomo (the UK’s first virtual firm), to find out how legal leaders can manage law firm workers from afar.  LPM Birmingham: We cover […]

Industry case study from MiniSoft: Credit where credit’s due

This article was also featured as an industry case study in the February 2016 issue of Briefing. To read the issue in full, download Briefing. A strategy of international expansion has clearly served DLA Piper rather well – securing the firm steady and balanced growth by globally meeting diverse client needs. But it also comes at a perhaps surprising […]

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 […]

Controlling interests by Nigel Kidwell, Paragon LawSelect

This article was also featured as a column in the May 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM. Lawyers rarely give evidence. I suspect that most of us who have say the same thing: it isn’t the most enjoyable of pastimes. It is, though, sometimes unavoidable. One such occasion was just last month, when […]

Industry interview with Minisoft: Ruling the chase

This article was also featured as an industry interview in the June 2016 issue of Briefing. To read the issue in full, download Briefing. You could possibly describe the evolution of law firm account management as the adaptation of processes in line with a more sophisticated understanding of what a firm needs to be chasing to maximise its chances […]

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 […]