As law firms invest in establishing robust functions across their businesses, Baldwin Boyes’ support companies in developing this new core area within any firm.
Business Managers lead day-to-day operations, financials, strategy, and profitability of a business unit, often labeled as a stepping-stone from a finance position to a COO role. They perform the role of a “GP” to the practice group, ensuring all the plates continue to spin.
Business Managers often stem from a traditional accountancy background but it is not uncommon for HR, Management Consulting, Operations, or ex-legal professionals to transition into this type of role.
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Transformation is the strategic implementation of new practices to improve overall business operations, including people, processes, and technology. Businesses can quickly become better aligned with their corporate vision by investing in robust change initiatives.
Companies undertake transformation initiatives to remain competitive and introducing new technologies to increase profit and turnover or to accommodate M&A activity. At a corporate level, transformation usually influences change in one or more functions.
Internally, we have experienced recruiters equipped with a network of cross-functional consultants dedicated to implementing effective business and technology transformation programmes. We draw on our consultant’s experience working with professional services firms to create a competitive offering designed to introduce the most proficient change and transformation professionals into businesses looking to implement change.
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Commercial Finance functions in law firms have evolved significantly over the years. Professionals in this space are analytically-minded and often move into these types of roles from a traditional finance background.
Baldwin Boyes has a strong network of expert business partners who influence and advise on the commercial decision-making of lawyers. Those in our network possess the ability to successfully communicate financials to non-finance stakeholders and are often aligned with a specific practice group or sector.
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Legal Managed Services is a consultancy/outsourcing offering. Partnering with an in-house legal team, typically offering the following services: management consulting, talent optimisation, quality and risk management, revenue realisation, contract management, and contract review and remediation.
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“Legal operations” (or legal ops) describes a set of business processes, activities, and the professionals who enable legal departments to serve their clients more effectively by applying business and technical practices to the delivery of legal services. Legal ops provide strategic planning, financial management, project management, and technology expertise that enables legal professionals to focus on providing legal advice.
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Legal technology is the use of technology, including software, to improve the efficiency of delivering legal services. As the legal working environment progressively adapts, legal technology aids overall productivity in a competitive space. The use of legal technologies will streamline practices to ensure that the firm can offer cost-effective legal solutions to each of their clients on a regular basis.
This space is in a state of growth as a number of firms are adopting legal technology and integrating new practices into their day-to-day operations. Innovation within this space tends to revolve around the development of new technologies, each catered towards delivering a high level of service for the client. Trends in this area progressively focus on the engagement and application of this technology and encouraging a product suitable for the end-user.
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Pricing and Profitability professionals provide the analysis behind a lawyer’s charge rates to create a competitive yet profitable offering. Often involved in client negotiations on the firm’s behalf, they partner closely with their counterparts in Legal Project Management.
As the global legal market becomes increasingly competitive, ensuring pricing solutions are attractive to clients is a crucial way of securing future business. Those in our network focus on improving practice group profitability and manage client expectations through innovative pricing solutions.
Successful pricing professionals combine strong technical ability with creative persuasion techniques.
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Legal Knowledge Management (or “KM”) helps law firms win and keep business. For law departments, it supports more efficient and effective operation. In a market where clients demand value and efficiency, KM is an essential approach to reducing cost while maintaining quality.
KM captures and reuses lawyers’ collective wisdom. It consists of both processes and systems that identify, save, profile, disseminate, and use prior work and accumulated expertise to solve legal and business problems. KM is beginning to lead or support legal project management and process improvement.
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