Sentences with phrase «pedigreed law»

While tongue in cheek, and surely subject to exceptions, it reflects the reality that there is a growing body of legal work that simply won't be sent to the most pedigreed law firms, most typically because general counsel are laser focused on value, namely quality and efficiency.

However, as the survey and financial analysis reveal, this ends up opening the door for other law firms (as well as non-traditional providers) to slip in and chip away at what we all once assumed were unassailable relationships between the most pedigreed law firms and their clients.

The results suggest that GCs are increasingly willing to move high - stakes work away from the most pedigreed law firms (think the Cravaths and Skaddens of the world)... if the value equation is right.

Not exact matches

Last week's Wall Street Journal story on Axiom, a law firm cum high - end temp agency that outsources pedigreed, former Biglaw attorneys to corporate law departments on an as - needed basis, attracted plenty of discussion in the blogosphere, with bloggers like Bruce MacEwen giving the Axiom concept high marks for innovation.

Disruptors such as Netflix, Amazon and Uber threaten to dethrone industry giants, and uncharted situations caused by new cloud computing law and self - driving car regulations can stymie even the most pedigreed of lawyers.

«AdvanceLaw finds high quality counsel like we'd find at the most pedigreed of law firms, but who tend to be more efficient.»

This AdvanceLaw survey suggests that clients are serious about moving high - stakes work away from the most pedigreed (and expensive) law firms.