The Fortune 1000 company assembled a cross-functional team of the highest order comprised of internal legal counsel, external legal advisors and
multiple outside law firm representatives, as well as finance administrators, consultants and IT experts.
While there are times when reliance on the bright, sparkly
firm is needed (i.e., niche company work), solely relying on
outside law firms comes with downsides — namely the sizeable hourly rates and the oft unnecessary hours of research that may need to be done and the
multiple hands (i.e., the education of associates) that touch each matter.