{"id":1898,"date":"2023-06-08T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibj.be\/the-changing-balance-of-power-between-legal-departments-and-law-firms\/"},"modified":"2023-06-08T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T06:00:00","slug":"the-changing-balance-of-power-between-legal-departments-and-law-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibj.be\/en\/partnerblog\/the-changing-balance-of-power-between-legal-departments-and-law-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"The changing balance of power between legal departments and law firms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Corporate legal departments are facing challenges such as decreasing budgets, increasing workloads, and pressure to provide more cost-effective legal services. In fact, <strong>92% of organisations say they are changing the way the legal function operates <\/strong>and taking steps to address the most pressing challenges.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some of these changes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Optimising external counsel management<\/li>\n<li>Shifting more work in-house<\/li>\n<li>Digitalisation of internal processes<\/li>\n<li>Reevaluating outsourcing strategies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this infographic based on surveys conducted by EY and Wolters Kluwer, <strong>get<\/strong> <strong>insights on the major trends<\/strong> that are reshaping the <strong>in-house legal operating model<\/strong>, challenges faced when<strong> managing external counsel<\/strong>, and how corporate legal departments are <strong>strengthening their teams<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolterskluwer.com\/en-gb\/know\/insourcing-outsourcing-legal-departments?utm_campaign=wklswbe_legisway_nur_wp-inhouse-outhouse-tofu_cld&amp;utm_medium=partner_site&amp;utm_source=ibj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"btn\"><strong>DOWNLOAD THE INFOGRAPHIC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corporate legal departments are facing challenges such as decreasing budgets, increasing workloads, and pressure to provide more cost-effective legal services. 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