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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