You probably thought, after implementing your Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, that it would be the solution to all the problems in your practice – but the reality is that you’re facing more challenges than ever. It is a waste of time and money Here is how to turn your situation around so that your PMS […]
SproutIT, Legal IT Specialists, today announced that leading barristers’ chambers, 9 Gough Square has selected the LegalIT Cloud and managed services from SproutIT. Founded in 1946, www.9goughsquare.co.uk is a leading common law set of barristers’ chambers. They continue to be at the forefront of change in the legal profession, providing modern, professional and approachable legal […]
Nuix, a worldwide provider of information management technologies, is now an Industry Partner of the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT), the cybersecurity executing arm of the United Nations’ specialized agency, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). By partnering with Nuix, ITU-IMPACT is building the forensic expertise necessary for it to fulfil its global mission […]
African law firm, Webber Wentzel, has deployed BigHand’s digital dictation technology to enhance its document production processes, improving productivity and efficiency. The BigHand solution is providing visibility of workloads across departments and, in doing so, is transforming the way in which transcription work is shared. It’s improving the turnaround time for the creation of legal […]
There is no doubt that the recent floods in the UK have caused countless problems for UK residents and businesses alike. There are many unpredictable scenarios that businesses have no control over as a result of the recent flooding – system failures, fire and theft, damage caused to servers and irreparable damage to physical documentation […]
EY has appointed Addleshaw Goddard corporate managing partner Phillip Goodstone to establish its legal capability in the UK. The big four accountant is thought to be in the process of being authorised as an alternative business structure (ABS), enabling it to become a legal services provider in its own right. The move follows the entry […]
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has become the latest international firm to establish a base in Seoul. Skadden’s newly opened Seoul office is the firm’s seventh in Asia pacific and 23rd worldwide. It will be led by the firm’s head of Korea practice Young Shin, a corporate partner who was previously based in its […]
All law firms are now taking diversity seriously, but the gender imbalance just won’t go away. Pinsent Masons and Herbert Smith Freehills are the latest firms to target greater female representation at senior levels. But are women simply voting with their feet? HSF targets 30 per cent female partnership by 2019 Pinsent Masons targets 25 […]
Singapore is a hot destination for many international firms now, but what do the independent practices think? In an interview with The Lawyer Rajah & Tann’s managing partner Lee Eng Beng is insistent that staying local is the only way to go Rajah & Tann: staying local has its advantages Rajah & Tann and RHTLaw […]
Unilever has kicked off its first formal panel review, which could formalise relationships with Slaughter and May, Mayer Brown and Baker & McKenzie among others. Firms have been asked to pitch for work for the first time in the company’s inaugural review. The tender process is being organised by operations legal director Saswata Mukherjee. Mukherjee […]
Irwin Mitchell has secured a £60m rolling banking facility along with an additional £30m buffer in a joint deal with HSBC, Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). The finance package replaces the firm’s existing overdraft and is committed for a four-year period initially. According to the firm’s latest LLP filing, its overdraft facility increased […]
Singaporean firm WongPartnership has won a legal challenge over the bills it charged to a local hotel’s former general manager. The firm has been in a long-running battle to recoup the fees it charged to the Mitre Hotel and its former general manager Chiam Heng Hsien after representing them in a property battle between 2006 […]