Change can be hard, especially for clients who have come to rely on a particular lawyer as their trusted
external legal adviser.
The Government is gearing up to unveil its long - awaited panel of
external legal advisers — nearly two years after starting the review process.
This is a seminar that will be of interest to executives in the premium rate and wider telecoms industry, as well as their in - house and
external legal advisers.
Heathrow Airport Holdings is set to kick off a tender process to appoint
external legal advisers, after it was cleared to push ahead with plans to bring the third runway at Heathrow Airport into operation.
In Akzo Nobel, for example, the European Court of Justice held that the law of the European Union superseded that of the relevant national jurisdictions; therefore, in competition cases internal counsel's advice will not be privileged — nor will that of
external legal advisers who are not EU - qualified lawyers.
This is so important for
any external legal advisers to understand — particularly for consultants.
Legal & General (L&G) has completed a review of
its external legal advisers, with Allen & Overy replacing Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on the new - look panel.
Aerospace and defence giant BAE Systems has completed the first major review of
its external legal advisers in the UK for more than a decade, with law firms including Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters among those making the grade.
BT has finalised a review of its network of
external legal advisers in the UK and Ireland, alongside the appointment of more than 140 law firms to advise it around the world.
PayPal has told
its external legal advisers that they risk losing out on work if they are not making «meaningful» progress on diversity.
Scottish law firm, Morton Fraser, has been appointed as sole
external legal advisers under the Scottish Government Framework 2015, providing...
In selecting
external legal advisers, such clients inevitably ask the following questions, which lie at the heart of the differentiation challenge:
By their nature these laws and codes bind members of the legal profession and do not apply to or restrict disclosure by clients of information and advice provided by
external legal advisers at the client's request.
Bloomberg, Mergermarket, and Thomson Reuters also provide regional and country - to - country tables to measure the performance of
external legal advisers in various locales.
And finally we have a network of excellent
external legal advisers in each territory in which we operate who keep us abreast of regulatory and legal developments affecting the industry, and trends in transactional structures which enable us to be competitive at all times.
Not exact matches
DLA Piper, DWF and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) have won places on Uber's EMEA
legal panel after a review of the taxi company's
external advisers.
The NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) is gearing up to launch a review of its
legal panels, as it emerges that confirmation of the Government Procurement Service's new core roster of
external advisers has been delayed once more.
The
legal team played a vital role in the Penton deal, providing project management skills and acquisition and structuring expertise, as well as coordinating between internal stakeholders,
external lawyers, financial
advisers and investment bankers in the UK and the US.
What I omitted was the level of revenge that in - house
legal advisers now intend to exact on their
external advisers.
The Practitioner's Guide to Global Investigations has been designed for
external and in - house
legal counsel; compliance officers and accounting practitioners who wish to benchmark their own practice against that of leaders in the fields; and prosecutors, regulators and
advisers operating in this complex environment.
Construction and engineering company Costain Group is to review its
external panel of
legal advisers later this year.
Dentons has won an appointment to Network Rail's
legal panel following an
adviser review that has seen the rail operator's core
external roster cut from 12 law firms to five.
In a move that ought to be watched closely by the likes of
Legal Zoom and Rocket Lawyer, Merlie Calvert, formerly director of business legal services at LHS Solicitors will shortly launch Farillio, an online community for individuals and businesses to access all their legal documents and know - how for a monthly subscription fee of # 8, supported by a network of external advi
Legal Zoom and Rocket Lawyer, Merlie Calvert, formerly director of business
legal services at LHS Solicitors will shortly launch Farillio, an online community for individuals and businesses to access all their legal documents and know - how for a monthly subscription fee of # 8, supported by a network of external advi
legal services at LHS Solicitors will shortly launch Farillio, an online community for individuals and businesses to access all their
legal documents and know - how for a monthly subscription fee of # 8, supported by a network of external advi
legal documents and know - how for a monthly subscription fee of # 8, supported by a network of
external advisers.
10:25 am The next session looks at why collaboration in
legal operations is critical to success — in years to come, what will the relationship between in - house teams, their
external advisers and
legal vendors look like?
Judges will be looking for effective quarterbacking of overall
legal strategy as well as evidence of hands on management of
external advisers; how decisions made in
legal strategy underpinned the company's brand; and where appropriate, how the nominee managed multi-jurisdictional issues.
There is no simple way for internal
legal teams, who are working with
external advisers, to achieve a snap - shot of the status and billing for
legal matters, without having to engage in protracted communication.
Why not have a GC permit the panel firms to have a continuous
legal data flow to these
external advisers?
Disruption alert: New digital
legal hub to launch In a move that ought to watched closely by the likes of Legal Zoom and Rocket Lawyer, Merlie Calvert, formerly director of business legal services at LHS Solicitors will shortly launch Farillio, an online community for individuals and businesses to access all their legal documents, know - how for a monthly subscription fee of # 8, supported by a network of external advi
legal hub to launch In a move that ought to watched closely by the likes of
Legal Zoom and Rocket Lawyer, Merlie Calvert, formerly director of business legal services at LHS Solicitors will shortly launch Farillio, an online community for individuals and businesses to access all their legal documents, know - how for a monthly subscription fee of # 8, supported by a network of external advi
Legal Zoom and Rocket Lawyer, Merlie Calvert, formerly director of business
legal services at LHS Solicitors will shortly launch Farillio, an online community for individuals and businesses to access all their legal documents, know - how for a monthly subscription fee of # 8, supported by a network of external advi
legal services at LHS Solicitors will shortly launch Farillio, an online community for individuals and businesses to access all their
legal documents, know - how for a monthly subscription fee of # 8, supported by a network of external advi
legal documents, know - how for a monthly subscription fee of # 8, supported by a network of
external advisers.
Kim's triage capability manages a
legal team's workload, allocating cases to the appropriate in - house or
external adviser and generating real - time management information about the department's work in progress.
External HR $ — this represents the cost of non-staff (e.g., contractors / subcontractors /
advisers) allocated to tasks in the
legal matter.
Corporate
legal teams are under pressure to handle more work in - house and develop a more sophisticated and joined up relationship with their
external advisers.
Amalgamating
legal expertise, Gosine drew in
external counsel from Stewart McKelvey and
external regulatory
advisers with complementary skills, eliminating overlap, reducing inefficiencies, and maximizing his resources.
She works with intermediaries and
external advisers to set up bespoke structures while, as in - house
Legal Counsel, she provides internal advice to Salamanca Trust and Fiduciary on all aspects of its trust business across its network of offices.
Dr Welp has been behind reducing
external legal expenditure by more than 60 % while building an internal
legal department, an experience which taught her the importance of presenting
legal risks and cases as a business case: «For lawyers it's key in order to be seen as a sparring partner and
adviser to the management to talk their language and connect your goals to theirs».