Sentences with phrase «legal headcount»

We have continued to see good levels of recruitment activity across most sectors and multiple hires within Chinese headquartered companies as they expand legal headcount due to business needs and global expansion.

The banks and telcos led this charge, steadily increasing their legal headcount as they discovered the value of having more lawyers employed internally to handle a variety of matters, especially the growing regulatory burden.

Not exact matches

The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in headcount related expenses of $ 5.6 million as a result of hiring additional employees to support our growth and, to a lesser extent, increases of $ 2.4 million in facilities related expenses, $ 1.1 million for audit, tax and legal fees, and $ 0.9 million in expenses for consulting and outside services.

The increase was primarily due to a $ 6.0 million legal settlement and a $ 1.6 million increase in employee compensation related to our increased headcount.

Legal Compass includes data on law firm financials, headcounts, diversity, lateral moves, office trends, practice area changes, news coverage, events and more.

Many businesses responded to the crises by reducing head count, and for many, the headcount reductions impacted their legal departments for the first time, leaving those remaining with more responsibility.

It is therefore notable that Hogan Lovells, which The National Law Journal ranked in 2017 as the world's fourth largest law firm in lawyer headcount, and which has more than 7,000 legal professionals in 49 offices, today announced that it has moved to cloud - based NetDocuments as its document management platform.

As I pointed out in a column last year at Above the Law, three conferences form a triumvirate of national legal tech conferences that draw the most attention and biggest headcounts: ILTACON, which is just around the corner, Aug. 13 - 17, in Las Vegas; Legaltech New York, which is Jan. 30 to Feb. 1, 2018; and ABA Techshow, which this year is March 7 - 10, 2018, in Chicago.

With heavy pressure on legal management teams to find ways to reduce costs and overheads, we have seen a significant temptation to decrease headcount in London's business services teams and an increased interest in the relocation of these roles to outside of the capital.

«Besides helping to ease my own transition to the company, their flexibility in allowing Debbie's role to evolve was the ideal fit for MSD's changing needs, enabling us to manage our legal spend without having to add headcount or rely exclusively on traditional law firms.»

Cost effective ad hoc legal support didn't exist and fighting internally for additional headcount was impossible.

Law firms should continue focusing on diversity headcount issues, but this alone should not define success, because there are so many variables affecting the legal diversity pipeline that are beyond the control of law firms specifically and the legal profession generally.

Profile • Busy, long - establish and respected solicitors • Legal advisors supported by secretarial team Challenge • Alternative resource needed for two secretaries on maternity leave • Maintaining quality of service despite a smaller secretarial team Results • No need to invest in expensive maternity cover, or replace headcount lost through natural wastage • Productivity driven by Dragon ideal for new fix - fee legal billing Legal advisors supported by secretarial team Challenge • Alternative resource needed for two secretaries on maternity leave • Maintaining quality of service despite a smaller secretarial team Results • No need to invest in expensive maternity cover, or replace headcount lost through natural wastage • Productivity driven by Dragon ideal for new fix - fee legal billing legal billing model

We work with companies who can't justify a permanent or full time headcount, but who do need access to an experienced and dedicated legal counsel who knows their business, on a part - time or project basis.

Ashurst is aiming to grow headcount in its Glasgow legal services centre by 50 % within the next 18 months, as the firm puts together a pool of freelance lawyers to support the base.

(i) BMO reducing its roster of firms from about 800 to 200 with further reductions planned; (ii) the clients of seven sister firms hiring me to help them get control over their legal spend and forge stronger and more value based relationships with their firms; (iii) the many small and mid-sized businesses who hire accountants to do all of their tax and structuring work because it is cheaper than dealing with lawyers; (iv) firms hiring me to help them figure out how to budget, set and meet client expectations without losing money; (v) «clients» who never become clients at all as they do their own legal work based on precedents that friends share with them; (vi) the various forms of outsourcing that are now prevalent (from offices in India to Tory's office in Halifax); (vii) clients hiring me to figure out how to increase internal capacity without increasing headcount in order to reduce external spend; (viii) the success of firms like Conduit, SkyLaw and Cognition (to name a few) who are taking new approaches to «big» and «medium law» work; (ix) the introduction of full time project managers in many firms; and (x) the number of lawyers throughout the profession who regularly don't docket chunks of their time in order to avoid unpleasant fee conversations with their clients.

This arrangement has three principal benefits: (i) We develop an in - depth familiarity with your business culture and legal needs; (ii) We maintain a long - term relationship, which facilitates efficiency of service (with no additional employee headcount); and (iii) We become an integral part of your management team.

As ranked by The American Lawyer's Global 100, the combined global legal practice is among the top 20 by headcount, as well as one of the 15 largest US - based legal practices, per the National Law Journal's NLJ 250, according to a press release at the firm's website.

Late last year, CLOC, the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium, released the results of its first annual State of the Industry Survey, looking at such metrics as legal spend; legal department and legal ops headcounts; commonly used e-billing vendors, contract management systems and alternative service providers; and law firm evaluation prioriLegal Operations Consortium, released the results of its first annual State of the Industry Survey, looking at such metrics as legal spend; legal department and legal ops headcounts; commonly used e-billing vendors, contract management systems and alternative service providers; and law firm evaluation priorilegal spend; legal department and legal ops headcounts; commonly used e-billing vendors, contract management systems and alternative service providers; and law firm evaluation priorilegal department and legal ops headcounts; commonly used e-billing vendors, contract management systems and alternative service providers; and law firm evaluation priorilegal ops headcounts; commonly used e-billing vendors, contract management systems and alternative service providers; and law firm evaluation priorities.

I have to make a business case like anyone else looking for investment, so when I need more headcount I go to the chief executive and say we're altering a few things, but we're probably looking at a few extra heads and if we don't we're going to face big external legal bills.

In this lively discussion, we'll take a deep dive into issues surrounding what a strong legal department looks like; when and how to make the case for expanded headcount; and what should legal be doing — and in what order — to optimize performance and drive efficiency.

Our global headcount grew to almost 500 Associates, with lawyers, technologists, process specialists, project managers and legal operations consultants in the US, Canada, UK, Continental Europe, India, Philippines and Australia.

According to The Economist,» [The Big Four] have now reached a size where they outgun most law firms: by headcount, PwC's legal arm is the world's tenth - biggest, and all four networks» law divisions are in the top 40 by this measure.»

In the best Dilbertesque tradition, a lot of them are cutting or freezing Legal's resources and headcount, ordering GCs to do more with less without much direction or assistance.

Open to in - house legal teams which are based in the Middle East and have a headcount of six or more lawyers.

Open to in - house legal teams which are based in the Middle East and have a headcount of five or less lawyers.

The Innovation Catalog captures legal - service delivery innovations that are currently being implemented by law firms in the AmLaw 200 (US - headquartered firms based on gross revenues), the Canadian Top 30 (based on attorney headcount), and the Global 100 (122 firms on two lists ranked by revenues and headcount).

So the big question marks that remain are: will a market correction / decline in at least the growth of internal headcount or budgets in legal departments mean a corresponding decline in the ops sectors of larger law departments?

A steady rise in profits and revenues expanded headcounts and significant salary increases have provided plenty of job opportunities in a broad range of legal positions.

Why is kCura growing so rapidly when its client base — traditional legal service providers — appears to be stuck in a pattern of flat or declining revenues and headcount?

Among the central Party authorities consulted were: Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Central Organizational Department (in charge of cadres); Central Staffing Commission (in charge of headcount); Central Political Legal Committee.

Even though a majority of most legal budget is still spent on outsourced services, most departments surveyed have shown an increase in internal headcount and / or the plan to add more team members and more budget again this year — often paired with the growth of their client organizations.

Even if the headcount ratios are in balance, there may still be gaps in legal coverage and compliance due to inadequate training or insufficient exposure of the legal department to the business.

He cut Tyco's spending on legal matters by 20 per cent without reducing headcount or reducing the department's coverage of critical legal matters — and in a move widely followed in the City, Mr Faure slashed the number of law firms that Tyco dealt with from more than 280 to only one.

«Insight into how General Counsel reconfigured an in - house legal department simultaneously increasing legal coverage, lowering costs, while managing headcount».

A general counsel recently lamented to me: «My legal team has been cut by 10 % as part of the organisation's headcount reduction exercise, I have been told to cut my external legal spend by 20 % and make it more predictable.

Our Onsite legal resource staffing service offers the flexibility to quickly meet changing demand with trusted, proven resources and without the risks and overhead of adding permanent headcount.

Prior to her current role Christine was the Managing Director of Japan from late 2009 and under her management Hays Japan launched four new specialist businesses (Office Professionals, Supply Chain, Legal and Insurance), doubled its consultant headcount and added a third location in Shinjuku, to complement its offices in Tokyo's Akasaka business district and central Osaka.