Near-shoring: one in four GCs would question value of work from firms without low-cost option
More than a quarter of general counsel would be unlikely to appoint a law firm to a panel or for a major piece of work if it did not have a form of low-cost support centre.
October 01, 2014 at 05:10 AM
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More than a quarter of general counsel would be unlikely to appoint a law firm to a panel or for a major piece of work if it did not have a form of low-cost support centre.
A survey of senior in-house lawyers carried out by Legal Week found that 23% would "probably not" pick a firm without a low-cost centre as they would "question the value I was receiving". A further 5% said they would never appoint such a firm.
The findings of the survey suggest that, while some buyers of legal services expect firms to offer alternative models, many others still question the quality offered by near-shoring or outsourcing.
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