Catégorie : Services professionnels et affaires juridiques
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Veille 5 avril 2019
Bloomberg Law Big Law Business – Law Firm Mergers Off to Strong Start in 2019 This rapid rate of consolidations so far in 2019 appears to be in line with last year’s pace. In 2018, the industry saw a record-setting 106 law firm mergers. Combining large firms can be fraught with complications in areas such…
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Veille 29 mars 2019
Lawyers Weekly – Legal ops hires to offer law firms improved client connections [T]he use of legal operations in law firms helps to define “the practice wisdom that our professionals internally have in their brains” that is not natural or intuitive to lawyers in every instance “as to how they actually impart that practical practice…
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Veille 22 mars 2019
Legal Evolution – Explaining Elevate’s Recent Acquisitions Let’s start with “Why did we start Elevate?” Back in 2011, we saw demand for legal services outstripping the growth of the economy, and that demand was being driven by trends such as the explosion of data, regulation, and globalization. Increasingly, legal was woven into the day-to-day operations…
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Veille 15 mars 2019
Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute – Building a Professional Sales Team within Your Law Firm [S]ale professionals take some of the burden of sales away from the partners, and thus remove a great deal of anxiety and stress related to originating business. And yes, while the word “sales” is still dreaded by some partners, those…
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Veille 8 mars 2019
Canadian Lawyer – Why law firms can’t compete Law firms are failing. They are failing society and clients by not providing accessible and affordable legal services and by offering the wrong services. They are failing their internal stakeholders by assuming only senior lawyers contribute to law firm success. These shortcomings can’t be easily fixed with…
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Veille 1er mars 2019
Legal Mosaic Legal Business Consulting – Clients Need Legal Services But Not Necessarily Lawyers Rebecca Sandefur, a sociologist whose career has focused on studying lawyers […] published an article making the case that lawyers are not required to resolve many common legal issues. Sandefur is acutely aware of and unencumbered by the legal profession’s cultural biases—a self-selecting,…
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Veille 22 février 2019
Real Lawyers Blog – Who Are Alternative Legal Service Providers Today? Rather than label ALSP’s being the alternative, why not call a law firm an alternative legal service provider also. On one side you have any argunbaly more expensive, inefficient and tech deficient model run by law firms. On the other side we have companies…
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Veille 15 février 2019
The Global Legal Post – US M&A deals top $1.5 trillion The US M&A market delivered another year of strong performance in 2018, and M&A executives are optimistic about 2019, according to a new report. The American Lawyer – Jones Day Holds an Edge as Firms Double Down on Brand Strategy “We’ve seen law firms…
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Veille 8 février 2019
The American Lawyer – Satisfied Attorneys Are the Overlooked Key to Revenue Growth One of the biggest differences I observed between corporate and legal is that corporations understand the correlation between client satisfaction and employee satisfaction and are vigilant about managing and measuring both. [T]he key to winning customers and clients was ensuring that the…
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Veille 1er février 2019
The Global Legal Post – ALSPs and Big 4 exceed expectations « The report reveals the two main users of ALSPs, law firms and corporate legal departments, have increased their employment of ALSPs and expanded how they use them. » Among law firms, use has become even more commonplace with 87 per cent of large law firms,…
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12 titres pour accroître sa capacité d’influence
Je faisais référence il y a quelques semaines au fait que, depuis un certain temps déjà, LinkedIn ne permet plus d’enregistrer et afficher une liste de lecture Amazon. Pour remédier à la situation, je publierai dorénavant dans la section « Bibliothèque » de ce blogue les titres qui figurent sur mes tablettes réelles ou virtuelles. En vrac,…
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La tentation de la pub
Un nombre croissant d’opportunités publicitaires se présentent chaque année aux firmes de services professionnels et la tentation est souvent grande de s’en prévaloir, même à fort prix.
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Redoutablement efficace, même en voyage!
Deux défis guettent quiconque doit se déplacer dans le cadre de ses fonctions : éviter que le travail s’accumule pendant la période d’absence du bureau (et devoir malheureusement en payer la note au retour) et demeurer disponible et fonctionnel pour son équipe et ses clients.
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Six mois au cabinet : quelques considérations
Lors d’un lunch d’équipe, vendredi, pour souligner l’anniversaire de deux collègues, j’ai secrètement levé mon verre à une autre occasion : mes six premiers mois dans un cabinet d’avocats à titre de conseiller en marketing. Je suis en mesure d’affirmer que ce qui me frappe le plus, ce sont les nombreuses opportunités qu’offre le milieu…
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Votre avocat est-il « made in India » ?
Un vent de changements profonds souffle dans le milieu juridique depuis une dizaine d’années, particulièrement celui des grands cabinets. La mondialisation s’y fait sentir, là comme partout ailleurs, et les firmes doivent s’ajuster.