Again some of the questions are geared more for corporate and
commercial law firms rather than those serving private clients.
Not exact matches
In Los Angeles, that kind of space has been specifically positioned for more creative
firms,
rather than those in fields like insurance,
law and finance, according to John D. Zanetos, senior vice president for brokerage services at the
commercial real estate services
firm CBRE in Los Angeles.
From my perspective, although UK
law firms have made great strides in this area, they still tend to approach diversity in a
rather mechanical fashion whereas, for their US counterparts, diversity is largely part of their
commercial DNA.
In Canada, most medium - to large - sized
law firms depend on
commercial legal work,
rather than litigation, and hence there is much less emphasis here on eDiscovery.
Rather, throughout their 40 combined years of experience, they understand the fluid connection between both business and real estate
law: owning a property and owning a business often go hand in hand, so why not have the same
firm handle all your
commercial and property needs?
Rather than building full - service
firms, they are concentrating on areas of
law that complement their existing services: immigration, which sits nicely with expatriate tax work; labour, which goes with human - resources consulting; compliance;
commercial contracts; and due diligence.
Commercial law firms see the downturn in corporate work
rather than a reduction in fees as the biggest threat to profitability.