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More corporate legal teams making the ‘shift’ to ALSPs
In an increasingly complex legal landscape – one where in-house lawyers are under growing pressure to manage costs...
04 April 2025
By Lauren Croft
The ‘perfect storm’ ALSPs can help legal teams address in 2025
In the face of workload, budgetary, and technological hurdles, alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) – which...
04 February 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Evolving your corporate legal department at the pace of change
Law department leaders need to take a multifaceted approach to navigating uncertainty with agility, writes Jacob...
04 February 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
ALSP market share hits US$28.5bn
Despite an emerging bifurcation between those that use alternative legal service providers and those that do not, the...
30 January 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Stress, turnover ‘unintended’ consequences of digital maturity
Digitally immature law departments may not be as efficient, but there is a “peculiar positive upside”: lower stress...
12 November 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Fixed fee, alternate pricing arrangements increasingly offered by firms
The number of Australian law firms providing fixed fee and alternate pricing arrangements continues to grow, according...
30 September 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
‘Law within the big 4 is dying slowly’ despite disruption to Australian market
Following the recent KPMG restructuring, the current economic climate could mean that, despite continued disruption to...
07 August 2024
By Lauren Croft
Axiom names new Australian MD
Alternative legal services provider Axiom has appointed a new managing director and country head for its Australian...
18 June 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Spencer West enters Australian market
Global law firm Spencer West, which has over 300 partners worldwide and operates under a fee-sharing model, is...
13 May 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
HSF launches new ‘next-generation’ global ALT practice
Herbert Smith Freehills has launched a new global Digital Legal Delivery practice, combining its emerging tech, digital...
01 May 2024
By Lauren Croft
Alternative legal services providers: The future of legal work?
As client demands grow amid global economic turbulence, firms are being forced to be more efficient and innovative than...
20 September 2023
By Lauren Croft
LOD, SYKE expand to US
Global alternative legal services provider LOD and legal tech and operations consultancy SYKE are opening an office in...
27 September 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
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HSF promotes 3 in alternative legal services practice
Global firm Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has announced the promotion of three Australians in its alternative legal...
15 July 2022
By Jess Feyder
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LOD unveils governance and risk arm
Global alternative legal services provider LOD has continued to bolster its offerings by launching Comply, which will...
16 June 2021
By Jerome Doraisamy
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