In sum, even though the Report mentions alternative structures only briefly, and expressly advocates for only a limited form of them (
minority nonlawyer ownership) in a lukewarm manner, a close reading the Report suggests that its authors in fact enthusiastically support alternative structures.
And allowing for
minority nonlawyer ownership of law firms might be just a preliminary phase in ultimately allowing for majority nonlawyer ownership.
Not exact matches
And
nonlawyer minority share ownership?
The immediately preceding post examined in detail one element of the Haeri Report, which expressly recommends that law firms be allowed to open their share capital to
nonlawyers (specifically, to persons who are not members of one of France's regulated legal professions), provided that
nonlawyers remain
minority shareholders.