This earlier this month I had the pleasure of attending Georgetown’s annual conference. This year’s event, Welcome to the Future: Trends in the Delivery of Corporate Legal Services, was held on March 9th.
In a welcome change of pace, I didn’t have any formal speaking obligations so I was free to take notes and enjoy the range of very impressive speakers from major US law firms, in-house legal teams and innovative legal support vendors.
The conference centered on the trends impacting the future of the legal profession and included lively discussions and debates on key issues such as the relationship between law firms and in-house legal departments, characterizing and defining value, the impact of legal brands and innovation in the legal services supply chain.
The conference’s self-described focus follows: “There is much talk in the air of a revolution in the delivery of corporate legal services – but what’s actually happening on the ground? This intensive one-day conference is designed to provide concrete insights into how corporate legal departments and outside service providers can collaborate to provide valuable and cost-effective legal services.’
Some key takeaways for me included:
Six Sigma and Pixy Dust
Part of the long-standing debate is whether law firms will act more like LPOs or if LPOs will act more like law firms (also recently discussed on an ABA podcast here.
The conference featured a visible example of a law firm acting like LPO. On a very interesting panel, representatives from Seyfarth Shaw and Wolverine Worldwide outlined their approach to a more known productive relationship using enhanced productivity approaches. What is titled ‘Seyfarth Lean’ is the application of Six Sigma lean and Seyfarth “pixy dust.” While there are continuing challenges with adoption internally and issues with compensation systems, the application of Six Sigma is certainly a step toward ‘law firms acting like LPOs’
More details on this arrangement are available in a previous ACC post.
Legal Supply Chain
As firms continue to embrace multi-source, multi-shore legal outsourcing, the mocker “LPO” may take on a new form as the ‘legal supply chain.’ The legal supply chain concept embraces work that is delivered in the most cost effective manner from a variety of sources. (The overall ‘supply chain’ orchestrator is either the law firm or the in-house legal team.) In addition to traditional LPOs, the supply chain also incorporates the likes of Axiom whose founder Mark Harris also spoke on the ‘legal supply chain’ panel at the Georgetown event.
As the closing speaker for the ‘legal supply chain’ panel, Pangea3 Co-CEO David Perla spoke on various LPO topics including:
• The findings from a survey conducted by Thomson Reuters as they were exploring LPOs to acquire. The exercise surveyed why law firms and in-house legal departments worked with LPOs, (Hint: the primary reason was not cost.)
• The three components of quality (people, processes and technology) and how these specifically relate to LPO service delivery.
• How LPOs are not competitors with law firms because the overall pyramid of available legal work is always expanding due to the growing complexity of legal matters and an increasingly regulated business environment.
One of the interesting undertones of the Georgetown event was the dissolution of DC-based Howrey. Partners voted on dissolution Wednesday of Georgetown event. More details and implications on this shortly.
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
LPO Conference Hits New York
Mark your calendars, a new LPO conference titled, “Examining Legal Outsourcing Strategies and Deciding What Fits Best for Your Company,” is scheduled for February 14-16, 2011 at The Sentry Center in New York, NY.
This conference, one of the first major LPO events in the United States in some time, will discuss how legal process outsourcing is fundamentally different from other types of outsourcing and will address the unique considerations inherent in LPO.
I am chairing the event and will host a distinguished line-up of speakers from organizations such as Chrysler Latin America, Integreon, Clifford Chance, Pfizer, Microsoft, Nokia, Milbank Tweed, Wilmer Hale, Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, Kaye Scholer LLP and Mayer Brown.
The conference will cover a laundry list of LPO issues and will help you:
Understand your obligations as a legal professional when outsourcing;
Assess outsourcing for contract management, a top emerging service area in 2011;
Understand the legal outsourcing options available to your company;
Learn the key factors to consider before making a decision to outsource;
Understand the scope of required conflict checks in an outsourcing arrangement;
Strengthen communications and clarify expectations between your company and the outsourced entity; and
Address the scope and content of required confidentiality agreements and their limitations.
As a pre-conference warm-up, the conference website features several interesting podcasts by conference speakers including interviews with Lucy Bassli of Microsoft, Mark Ross of Integreon, and Cathleen Pedersen of Orrick. The Bassli podcast is of particular interest and outlines Mircosoft’s work outsourcing contracts with Integreon as announced earlier last year.
If you have any interest or involvement in legal outsourcing, you won’t want to miss this event.
This conference, one of the first major LPO events in the United States in some time, will discuss how legal process outsourcing is fundamentally different from other types of outsourcing and will address the unique considerations inherent in LPO.
I am chairing the event and will host a distinguished line-up of speakers from organizations such as Chrysler Latin America, Integreon, Clifford Chance, Pfizer, Microsoft, Nokia, Milbank Tweed, Wilmer Hale, Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, Kaye Scholer LLP and Mayer Brown.
The conference will cover a laundry list of LPO issues and will help you:
Understand your obligations as a legal professional when outsourcing;
Assess outsourcing for contract management, a top emerging service area in 2011;
Understand the legal outsourcing options available to your company;
Learn the key factors to consider before making a decision to outsource;
Understand the scope of required conflict checks in an outsourcing arrangement;
Strengthen communications and clarify expectations between your company and the outsourced entity; and
Address the scope and content of required confidentiality agreements and their limitations.
As a pre-conference warm-up, the conference website features several interesting podcasts by conference speakers including interviews with Lucy Bassli of Microsoft, Mark Ross of Integreon, and Cathleen Pedersen of Orrick. The Bassli podcast is of particular interest and outlines Mircosoft’s work outsourcing contracts with Integreon as announced earlier last year.
If you have any interest or involvement in legal outsourcing, you won’t want to miss this event.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Reducing Legal Costs
While it may not help you reduce your additional girth from that extra large serving of Thanksgiving turkey covered with mashed potatoes and gravy, this conference will help you trim your legal spend.
ALM is hosting their second annual Controlling Legal Costs conference in New York this December 8th-9th.
I will be moderating a panel on LPO featuring prominent legal counsel from Abbott and CA. Some of the discussion points for the panel include:
1) What are the value-adds and considerations for general counsel when outsourcing and offshoring? Many legal professionals assume that all “outsourcing” is performed offshore and that the only value provided by LPO vendors is low cost labor. What is the value of a “managed review process,” technology integration and expanded capabilities. What is the purchasing decision process of general counsel on the panel. How did they make their decision to outsource on or offshore? What value were they seeking from their LPO engagement and what were they seeking to avoid?
2) What are the trends for LPO and the specific approaches by GC’s in the coming year? Where do the panelists see their work with outsourcing trending in the coming year? What are the panelists' thoughts on industry trends, GC’s LPO strategies and ethics/regulatory changes.
I believe there is still some room at the conference. Contact the organizers if you’re in the area and interested in attending. Additional details available here.
ALM is hosting their second annual Controlling Legal Costs conference in New York this December 8th-9th.
I will be moderating a panel on LPO featuring prominent legal counsel from Abbott and CA. Some of the discussion points for the panel include:
1) What are the value-adds and considerations for general counsel when outsourcing and offshoring? Many legal professionals assume that all “outsourcing” is performed offshore and that the only value provided by LPO vendors is low cost labor. What is the value of a “managed review process,” technology integration and expanded capabilities. What is the purchasing decision process of general counsel on the panel. How did they make their decision to outsource on or offshore? What value were they seeking from their LPO engagement and what were they seeking to avoid?
2) What are the trends for LPO and the specific approaches by GC’s in the coming year? Where do the panelists see their work with outsourcing trending in the coming year? What are the panelists' thoughts on industry trends, GC’s LPO strategies and ethics/regulatory changes.
I believe there is still some room at the conference. Contact the organizers if you’re in the area and interested in attending. Additional details available here.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Global LPO Conference II
Day Two: Sunday November 14, 2010
Day two of the Global LPO Conference kicked off with a much anticipated panel featuring Lalit Bhasin and Mark Ross of Integreon (the only LPO named in the Writ Petition).
Bhasin started his address by acknowledging that the liberalization of the Indian legal profession was, “critical and controversial.” The primary thrust of his address was that domestic Indian law firms need to be offered a “level playing field” by liberalizing the legal profession (such as lifting restrictions on law firm adverting) in order to effectively compete with large, sophisticated international clients. Until these restrictions are lifted, foreign lawyers have no right to practice,“from the soil of this country.” International law firms need to ensure they are, “staying on the right side of the law.”
As optimistic as one may be about the resolution of the Writ, one should keep in mind that a similar case filed in Mumbai in 1997 was not effectively resolved until 2009.
Ross provided a presentation on the ethics of legal outsourcing. Mark Wyatt, founder of The Lawyer, LegalWeek and the European Lawyer provided an entertaining perspective on the importance of media plays in the creation of transparency in the legal profession.
The most interesting part of the panel session was the question and answer session which followed. Bhasin defended his views on the closed state of the Indian legal profession. Further discussion ensued. One standout comment was made by Ganesh Natarajan, industry veteran CEO of Mindcrest, He said, we [LPO industry] are like “Moses parting the Red Sea” meaning that everyone in the industry is pulling in the same direction, but it takes time to accomplish the goals.
A number of additional speakers addressed a many different issues concerning the LPO industry, more than I possibly have room for, at this point.
More details in the upcoming November issue of our Fronterion Forefront newsletter. To sign-up for the newsletter, email forefront@fronterion.com
Day two of the Global LPO Conference kicked off with a much anticipated panel featuring Lalit Bhasin and Mark Ross of Integreon (the only LPO named in the Writ Petition).
Bhasin started his address by acknowledging that the liberalization of the Indian legal profession was, “critical and controversial.” The primary thrust of his address was that domestic Indian law firms need to be offered a “level playing field” by liberalizing the legal profession (such as lifting restrictions on law firm adverting) in order to effectively compete with large, sophisticated international clients. Until these restrictions are lifted, foreign lawyers have no right to practice,“from the soil of this country.” International law firms need to ensure they are, “staying on the right side of the law.”
As optimistic as one may be about the resolution of the Writ, one should keep in mind that a similar case filed in Mumbai in 1997 was not effectively resolved until 2009.
Ross provided a presentation on the ethics of legal outsourcing. Mark Wyatt, founder of The Lawyer, LegalWeek and the European Lawyer provided an entertaining perspective on the importance of media plays in the creation of transparency in the legal profession.
The most interesting part of the panel session was the question and answer session which followed. Bhasin defended his views on the closed state of the Indian legal profession. Further discussion ensued. One standout comment was made by Ganesh Natarajan, industry veteran CEO of Mindcrest, He said, we [LPO industry] are like “Moses parting the Red Sea” meaning that everyone in the industry is pulling in the same direction, but it takes time to accomplish the goals.
A number of additional speakers addressed a many different issues concerning the LPO industry, more than I possibly have room for, at this point.
More details in the upcoming November issue of our Fronterion Forefront newsletter. To sign-up for the newsletter, email forefront@fronterion.com
Monday, November 15, 2010
Global LPO Conference
This weekend I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the second Global LPO Conference in Delhi, India. The conference was a unique experience with a diverse collection of LPO industry participants and speakers.
Day One: Saturday November 13, 2010
The conference kicked off with a panel of LPO executives from Pangea3, Bhodi Global, Mindcrest and Integreon. Highlights included Mark Ross, representing Integreon,stating that the conversation with law firms has changed from “why LPO to how.” Sanjay Kamlani, representing Pangea3, noted that since clients have now seen LPO work and have proven it’s an effective concept, new adaptors are more likely to start working with LPOs in a much bigger way. Kamlani went on to state that he was “seeing growth that is different than in the past years.”
Another panel featured Abhi Shah of Clutch, and Nigel Kissack of Pinsent Masons. Abhi extolled the need for LPO vendors with global reach to use a global delivery platform. Kissack shared his experiences establishing a captive document review service in South Africa. Kissack jokingly acknowledged that he, “invented the LPO, but had no idea that the industry had already existed.”
Following lunch, the highlight of the entire two-day event was a panel discussion featuring Alison Hook of the Law Society, Sakth Venkataraman of Cobra and me.
Hook started off by providing an update on the professional bodies who are shaping the ethical and regulatory guidelines regarding LPO. Hook urged delegates to engage with governments and bar counsels about LPO to create better understanding of the LPO industry by those who are regulating the legal profession.
I followed with a session discussion of how selling LPO services to law firms is, “one of the most unique things you have even done.”
The day concluded with a final session lead by Richard Reade of ISS and Antony Alex of Pangea3. Reade provided insightful and entertaining commentary about his work with an Indian-based LPO provider. Reade concluded by urging LPOs to deliver on quality and deadlines so he would not be “spanked” by the members of his board.
Such ended the first day of the conference which was followed by a gala dinner for delegates. More details on day two of the conference to follow…
Day One: Saturday November 13, 2010
The conference kicked off with a panel of LPO executives from Pangea3, Bhodi Global, Mindcrest and Integreon. Highlights included Mark Ross, representing Integreon,stating that the conversation with law firms has changed from “why LPO to how.” Sanjay Kamlani, representing Pangea3, noted that since clients have now seen LPO work and have proven it’s an effective concept, new adaptors are more likely to start working with LPOs in a much bigger way. Kamlani went on to state that he was “seeing growth that is different than in the past years.”
Another panel featured Abhi Shah of Clutch, and Nigel Kissack of Pinsent Masons. Abhi extolled the need for LPO vendors with global reach to use a global delivery platform. Kissack shared his experiences establishing a captive document review service in South Africa. Kissack jokingly acknowledged that he, “invented the LPO, but had no idea that the industry had already existed.”
Following lunch, the highlight of the entire two-day event was a panel discussion featuring Alison Hook of the Law Society, Sakth Venkataraman of Cobra and me.
Hook started off by providing an update on the professional bodies who are shaping the ethical and regulatory guidelines regarding LPO. Hook urged delegates to engage with governments and bar counsels about LPO to create better understanding of the LPO industry by those who are regulating the legal profession.
I followed with a session discussion of how selling LPO services to law firms is, “one of the most unique things you have even done.”
The day concluded with a final session lead by Richard Reade of ISS and Antony Alex of Pangea3. Reade provided insightful and entertaining commentary about his work with an Indian-based LPO provider. Reade concluded by urging LPOs to deliver on quality and deadlines so he would not be “spanked” by the members of his board.
Such ended the first day of the conference which was followed by a gala dinner for delegates. More details on day two of the conference to follow…
Monday, November 1, 2010
Conference Here, Conference There
Get out your passports, cash in your frequent flier miles and join some of the leading figures in LPO from law firms and corporates.
The Conference There:
I have the pleasure of speaking at the inaugural Global LPO Conference in Nodia, India November 13th-14th.
I will be speaking on how vendors can tailor their approach to law firms whereby engaging firms’ expectations and developing compelling differentiators. As a sneak preview, the points I’ll be hitting include:
• How selling to law firms is different than anything that you’ve ever done before
• The top 5 barriers and misconceptions to overcome
• The 6 primary areas law firm clients really key on
• How the dynamic changes in the LPO market impact how you sell and what you can do going forward
The Conference Here:
I will also have the privilege to speak on a panel at the upcoming Controlling Legal Costs conference in New York City December 8th-9th.
The panel will feature several prominent general counsel detailing their work with LPO, either directly or through their respective law firms. More information is available here. Additional details are coming shortly.
Both conferences look to be very engaging – and both have my recommendation. Conferences are typically a great way to keep your finger on the pulse of the industry. Hope to see you out and about, either here or there…
The Conference There:
I have the pleasure of speaking at the inaugural Global LPO Conference in Nodia, India November 13th-14th.
I will be speaking on how vendors can tailor their approach to law firms whereby engaging firms’ expectations and developing compelling differentiators. As a sneak preview, the points I’ll be hitting include:
• How selling to law firms is different than anything that you’ve ever done before
• The top 5 barriers and misconceptions to overcome
• The 6 primary areas law firm clients really key on
• How the dynamic changes in the LPO market impact how you sell and what you can do going forward
The Conference Here:
I will also have the privilege to speak on a panel at the upcoming Controlling Legal Costs conference in New York City December 8th-9th.
The panel will feature several prominent general counsel detailing their work with LPO, either directly or through their respective law firms. More information is available here. Additional details are coming shortly.
Both conferences look to be very engaging – and both have my recommendation. Conferences are typically a great way to keep your finger on the pulse of the industry. Hope to see you out and about, either here or there…
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Forthcoming Global LPO Conference
One of the first global-focused conferences on outsourced legal services has been announced by KPO Consultants.
It’s an honor for me to be invited to speak at this inaugural conference. Other prominent industry leaders scheduled to speak include:
• Sanjay Kamlani, Co-CEO, Pangea3
• Rahul Shah, AVP & Head – LPO Practice, Infosys
• Abhi Shah, CEO, Clutch Group
• Anand Sharma, CFO and Head – Management Services, CPA Global
• Patrick Burke, Senior Director and Assistant General Counsel, Guidance Software, Inc
• Richard Reade, UK General Counsel, ISS World
The conference will be held just outside of Delhi, India in Nodia on November 13th and 14th.
The Global Conference website states that the conference, “aims to bring together key executives with extensive interests in the legal outsourcing industry. The attending buyer segment includes Law Firm Partners, General Counsels and other senior In-house Counsels from leading US, UK and Canada based companies; while the vendor community is represented by senior most executives from leading LPO vendors from countries like India, Bangladesh, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Israel, Kenya, Mauritius, and South Africa.
Thus, it is our endeavor to bring the most significant executives from both the buyer and vendor communities together on a common platform to enable them to engage in meaningful and strategic dialogues to further their business interests.”
Further details are available at the conference website (www.globallpoconference.com) and will be updated on the LPO Source blog, as well.
It’s an honor for me to be invited to speak at this inaugural conference. Other prominent industry leaders scheduled to speak include:
• Sanjay Kamlani, Co-CEO, Pangea3
• Rahul Shah, AVP & Head – LPO Practice, Infosys
• Abhi Shah, CEO, Clutch Group
• Anand Sharma, CFO and Head – Management Services, CPA Global
• Patrick Burke, Senior Director and Assistant General Counsel, Guidance Software, Inc
• Richard Reade, UK General Counsel, ISS World
The conference will be held just outside of Delhi, India in Nodia on November 13th and 14th.
The Global Conference website states that the conference, “aims to bring together key executives with extensive interests in the legal outsourcing industry. The attending buyer segment includes Law Firm Partners, General Counsels and other senior In-house Counsels from leading US, UK and Canada based companies; while the vendor community is represented by senior most executives from leading LPO vendors from countries like India, Bangladesh, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Israel, Kenya, Mauritius, and South Africa.
Thus, it is our endeavor to bring the most significant executives from both the buyer and vendor communities together on a common platform to enable them to engage in meaningful and strategic dialogues to further their business interests.”
Further details are available at the conference website (www.globallpoconference.com) and will be updated on the LPO Source blog, as well.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
C5 Conference Wrap-up
While a bit thinly attended in comparison to previous events in London, the C5 Legal Process Outsourcing conference was certainly a success in terms of discussion and speaker caliber.
One high point was the discussion on captive delivery centers led by three very knowledgeable men who are involved in the field of outsourcing. These included Evangelos Apostolou (BT Vice President and Chief Counsel APAC who established and managed the BT legal outsourcing captive in Delhi – including the recent transfer to UnitedLex), Mark Ford (director of the Clifford Chance Knowledge Centre), and Paul Rawlinson (Global Chair of Baker & McKenzie’s IP Practice who oversees Baker & McKenzie’s global delivery of IP services).
A key theme arising from the discussions was the perspective that LPO is one of a suite of cost saving measures available to general counsel. Of the conferences that I have attended, the C5 conference provided the most insight into the in-house legal teams’ outsourcing perspective (both to LPO’s and their outside counsel). Prominent general counsel speaking at the event included Richard Reade of ISS, Richard Tapp of Carillion, David Symonds of Tyco, Stephan Regius of Borealis AG, Pavel Klimov of Unisys, and previously mentioned Apostolou of BT.
The smaller event size allowed for some highly interactive and insightful discussions on issues ranging from pricing, oversight responsibilities, day-to-day challenges of managing global service delivery and ethical issues surrounding outsourced legal services.
My thanks go out to all of the speakers at the event for sharing their insights, to C5 for the privilege of chairing the conference proceedings, and to all participated who made the event a fruitful one.
One high point was the discussion on captive delivery centers led by three very knowledgeable men who are involved in the field of outsourcing. These included Evangelos Apostolou (BT Vice President and Chief Counsel APAC who established and managed the BT legal outsourcing captive in Delhi – including the recent transfer to UnitedLex), Mark Ford (director of the Clifford Chance Knowledge Centre), and Paul Rawlinson (Global Chair of Baker & McKenzie’s IP Practice who oversees Baker & McKenzie’s global delivery of IP services).
A key theme arising from the discussions was the perspective that LPO is one of a suite of cost saving measures available to general counsel. Of the conferences that I have attended, the C5 conference provided the most insight into the in-house legal teams’ outsourcing perspective (both to LPO’s and their outside counsel). Prominent general counsel speaking at the event included Richard Reade of ISS, Richard Tapp of Carillion, David Symonds of Tyco, Stephan Regius of Borealis AG, Pavel Klimov of Unisys, and previously mentioned Apostolou of BT.
The smaller event size allowed for some highly interactive and insightful discussions on issues ranging from pricing, oversight responsibilities, day-to-day challenges of managing global service delivery and ethical issues surrounding outsourced legal services.
My thanks go out to all of the speakers at the event for sharing their insights, to C5 for the privilege of chairing the conference proceedings, and to all participated who made the event a fruitful one.
Monday, June 28, 2010
LPO Conference: London
This week the London-based event organizer C5 is hosting one of the few, if not only, two-day events on legal outsourcing. The conference – C5 Legal Process Outsourcing – is to be held in London at the St. James Sofitel Hotel.
In addition to presenting on legal outsourcing oversight and the outlook for legal outsourcing ethics, I am also invited to chair the two-day conference. Of that, I am quite honored (or rather “honoured” per the jurisdictional locale of the event).
The conference agenda includes quite an assembly of prominent and familiar faces in the field of legal outsourcing including:
Mark Ross, Integreon
Richard Reade, ISS
Neil Mirchandani, Hogan Lovells
Mark Ford, Clifford Chance
Nigel Kissack, Pinsent Masons
Peter Brudenall, Hunton & Williams
Professor Mari Sako, University of Oxford
Vince Neicho, Allen & Overy
Richard Tapp, Carillion
And a number of others…
More details on the proceedings will be posted later this week.
In addition to presenting on legal outsourcing oversight and the outlook for legal outsourcing ethics, I am also invited to chair the two-day conference. Of that, I am quite honored (or rather “honoured” per the jurisdictional locale of the event).
The conference agenda includes quite an assembly of prominent and familiar faces in the field of legal outsourcing including:
Mark Ross, Integreon
Richard Reade, ISS
Neil Mirchandani, Hogan Lovells
Mark Ford, Clifford Chance
Nigel Kissack, Pinsent Masons
Peter Brudenall, Hunton & Williams
Professor Mari Sako, University of Oxford
Vince Neicho, Allen & Overy
Richard Tapp, Carillion
And a number of others…
More details on the proceedings will be posted later this week.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Chicago Entrepreneurship Conference
This coming week I have the pleasure of speaking at the Chicago Entrepreneurship Conference hosted by Minogi and iFoundry. I will be speaking on global business and entrepreneurship through my experiences at Fronterion. Other prominent speakers and event details include:
In a globalizing and challenging economy, the next generation of creative entrepreneurs will be reinventing the business world. Join featured speaker Laura Hollis of the Univeristy of Illinois, Carl Nordgren of Minogi, Zach Kaplan of Inventables, Phil Tadros of Doejo, Loran Nordgren of Kellogg, James Interlandi of Virtual General Counsel, Michael Bell of Fronterion, Nate Kontny of Inkling Markets, Vishu Ramanathan of ThinkLink, Jonathan Naber of the Illini Prosthetics Team, Darren Marshall of Doejo, and Jason Tillery of ThinkLink at the Creative Entrepreneurship Workshop that will guide you through the creative processes of founding your startup, avoiding startup pitfalls, and connecting with creative entrepreneurs in the midwest and abroad.
The event will be held at the University of Illinois Chicago campus Saturday April 17th. More information is available online.
In a globalizing and challenging economy, the next generation of creative entrepreneurs will be reinventing the business world. Join featured speaker Laura Hollis of the Univeristy of Illinois, Carl Nordgren of Minogi, Zach Kaplan of Inventables, Phil Tadros of Doejo, Loran Nordgren of Kellogg, James Interlandi of Virtual General Counsel, Michael Bell of Fronterion, Nate Kontny of Inkling Markets, Vishu Ramanathan of ThinkLink, Jonathan Naber of the Illini Prosthetics Team, Darren Marshall of Doejo, and Jason Tillery of ThinkLink at the Creative Entrepreneurship Workshop that will guide you through the creative processes of founding your startup, avoiding startup pitfalls, and connecting with creative entrepreneurs in the midwest and abroad.
The event will be held at the University of Illinois Chicago campus Saturday April 17th. More information is available online.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
EMRG Conference Overview
This past week I had the pleasure of speaking at the EMRG conference at the United Oxford and Cambridge University Club in London.
The event featured a number of prominent speakers in the legal outsourcing community including several experts written about in the case studies of our Implementing a Successful Legal Outsourcing Engagement book, Richard Reade, general counsel of ISS, and Nigel Kissack of Pinsent Masons, both pioneers in their respective outsourcing endeavours, gave informative and engaging presentations.
The conference was both well-attended and well-received. I spoke on the topics of engagement structures, vendor selection and cultural considerations.
The overall disposition of the conference was that legal outsourcing is not an exclusive solution, but is rather one of many effective approaches available to law firms and general counsel as they seek to provide increased value for their legal services.
The event featured a number of prominent speakers in the legal outsourcing community including several experts written about in the case studies of our Implementing a Successful Legal Outsourcing Engagement book, Richard Reade, general counsel of ISS, and Nigel Kissack of Pinsent Masons, both pioneers in their respective outsourcing endeavours, gave informative and engaging presentations.
The conference was both well-attended and well-received. I spoke on the topics of engagement structures, vendor selection and cultural considerations.
The overall disposition of the conference was that legal outsourcing is not an exclusive solution, but is rather one of many effective approaches available to law firms and general counsel as they seek to provide increased value for their legal services.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Conference Round Up
Legal and legal outsourcing conferences seem to be abounding both in the UK and Stateside.
Georgetown Law School’s Law Firm Evolution: Brave New World or Business as Usual?: Occurring March 21st through March 23rd. The conference features a unique amalgamation of academics, law firm leadership, general counsel and legal industry thought-leaders.
EMRG LPO Masterclass: Hosted in London on March 25th. I will be speaking on a panel dealing with a number of topics including engagement structures, vendor selection and cultural issues as they relate to ensuring successful legal outsourcing engagements. Fellow panelists include Mark Lewis of BLP and Mark Ford of Clifford Chance.
The Lawyer Conference: In a yet to be confirmed location in London on June 17th. The Lawyer Conference always draws strong interest, particularly amoungst the major city firms.
C5’s Conference Legal Process Outsourcing – The Latest Drivers, Issues and Solutions Considering LPO as Part of Your Wider Legal Costs Management: Hosted June 29th and 30th at the Sofitel St. James Hotel in London.
I have also been invited to present on a host of issues that relate to legal outsourcing at the C5 conference which include but are not limited to managing legal outsourcing vendor relationships, recognizing legal outsourcing opportunities, and ensuring quality of the legal deliverable. The conference has quite an impressive cadre of speakers (myself excluded) from both major City firms and UK corporates.
Georgetown Law School’s Law Firm Evolution: Brave New World or Business as Usual?: Occurring March 21st through March 23rd. The conference features a unique amalgamation of academics, law firm leadership, general counsel and legal industry thought-leaders.
EMRG LPO Masterclass: Hosted in London on March 25th. I will be speaking on a panel dealing with a number of topics including engagement structures, vendor selection and cultural issues as they relate to ensuring successful legal outsourcing engagements. Fellow panelists include Mark Lewis of BLP and Mark Ford of Clifford Chance.
The Lawyer Conference: In a yet to be confirmed location in London on June 17th. The Lawyer Conference always draws strong interest, particularly amoungst the major city firms.
C5’s Conference Legal Process Outsourcing – The Latest Drivers, Issues and Solutions Considering LPO as Part of Your Wider Legal Costs Management: Hosted June 29th and 30th at the Sofitel St. James Hotel in London.
I have also been invited to present on a host of issues that relate to legal outsourcing at the C5 conference which include but are not limited to managing legal outsourcing vendor relationships, recognizing legal outsourcing opportunities, and ensuring quality of the legal deliverable. The conference has quite an impressive cadre of speakers (myself excluded) from both major City firms and UK corporates.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Legal Outsourcing Conference
Fronterion Managing Principal Michael Bell has been invited to participate on a panel for an upcoming legal outsourcing conference in the UK this March.
The panel will also include Mark Lewis (Partner at Berwin Leighton Paisner) and Mark Ford (Director of the Clifford Chance Knowledge Centre). Both are also recognized thought-leaders in the legal outsourcing community.
Topics to be addressed in the panel discussion:
• How to communicate with clients (of the law firm) about outsourcing initiatives.
• What are the insurance exposure issues that must be addressed?
• Specific points to review during the vendor selection process.
• Building in cultural nuances of the onshore client when offshoring.
• Different types of engagement structures when working with outside vendors.
• Core vs non core outsource/captive/offshore?
• Lessons learnt to date: People/Process/Technology/Knowledge Transfer issues
The UK, which has seen a number of significant announcements regarding legal outsourcing initiatives recently, is a geography of growing interest for alternative delivery of legal services.
More details about the upcoming conference are available through EMRG.
The panel will also include Mark Lewis (Partner at Berwin Leighton Paisner) and Mark Ford (Director of the Clifford Chance Knowledge Centre). Both are also recognized thought-leaders in the legal outsourcing community.
Topics to be addressed in the panel discussion:
• How to communicate with clients (of the law firm) about outsourcing initiatives.
• What are the insurance exposure issues that must be addressed?
• Specific points to review during the vendor selection process.
• Building in cultural nuances of the onshore client when offshoring.
• Different types of engagement structures when working with outside vendors.
• Core vs non core outsource/captive/offshore?
• Lessons learnt to date: People/Process/Technology/Knowledge Transfer issues
The UK, which has seen a number of significant announcements regarding legal outsourcing initiatives recently, is a geography of growing interest for alternative delivery of legal services.
More details about the upcoming conference are available through EMRG.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Total Practice Management Conference Update
This Thursday and Friday I attended the inaugural Total Practice: Get a Life conference in Chicago
In addition to wide range of pertinent topics across the legal industry, the conference included a panel segment on legal outsourcing domestically and abroad. While the outsourcing discussion remained at a fairly high level, the attendees were very attentive and interested in the opportunities available.
Put this one down for your calendar next year.
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