BLP's Lawyers on Demand to launch Manchester pilot
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is to launch an on-site pilot of its Lawyers on Demand (LoD) service in Manchester following the low cost centre's opening this summer.
June 26, 2014 at 01:03 AM
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Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is to launch an on-site pilot of its Lawyers on Demand (LoD) service in Manchester following the low cost centre's opening this summer.
LoD aims to trial its services in Manchester in early autumn following a local recruitment drive for lawyers, which will start with finding commercial and corporate law specialists.
The business plans to replicate LoD's on-site model in London, which offers organisations access to freelance lawyers on secondment-style arrangements, as well as recruit more local lawyers for its remote working service.
LoD practice development director Tim Bratton, who is overseeing the launch, will be speaking with prospective clients, while co-ordinator Robin Kinley will be working on recruitment in the lead-up to the pilot.
Bratton said he expects the offering will mainly focus on listed and well-known blue chip companies across various sectors.
Bratton said: "We found there was demand [for this] from our lawyers working on an on-call basis while based in the North West, who have to commute to London for on-site work. This, when added to the fact that Manchester has the second-biggest legal market in the UK and a vibrant corporate scene, drove the decision to set up an offering in Manchester."
The service is also looking to partner with local organisations in a bid to further its reach.
The move comes as BLP prepares to launch a low cost legal services centre in Manchester this summer, as part of a new four-strand approach to servicing clients.
In addition to the Manchester base, the model includes extending LoD's services to include virtual transaction teams, as well as developing BLP's use of third party sourcing and expanding its internal legal process improvement team to analyse and improve processes and workflows for clients.
LoD, which provides freelance lawyers to in-house teams and law firms on a temporary basis, has won a number of clients since it first launched, including Google, the BBC and Barclays.
The legal services provider posted turnover of £9m in 2012-13. It employs 200 lawyers and has so far completed over 400 assignments for blue chip clients.
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