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The changing balance of power between legal departments and law firms
Corporate legal departments are facing challenges such as decreasing budgets, increasing workloads, and pressure to provide more cost-effective legal services. In fact, 92% of organisations say they are changing the way the legal function operates and taking steps to address the most pressing challenges.
Some of these changes include:
- Optimising external counsel management
- Shifting more work in-house
- Digitalisation of internal processes
- Reevaluating outsourcing strategies
In this infographic based on surveys conducted by EY and Wolters Kluwer, get insights on the major trends that are reshaping the in-house legal operating model, challenges faced when managing external counsel, and how corporate legal departments are strengthening their teams.
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