CORPORATE COUNSEL SURVEY ROOM FOR don't rate the services of outside law firms as any more impressive than their rivals.
How law departments rate their external law firms.
Our lead law firm is clearly better than its nearest competitor for most of our work.
15%
Quite a few firms could do most of our work equally well.
8% Be more concerned with costs 1
Understand our needs better from a client perspective
Several other firms could do most of our work equally well.
34%
Be more creative / innovative overall
2 Be more commercial / practical 3 4
Be more concerned with results 5 Be more pro-active
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Our lead law firm's nearest competitor could do most of our work equally well.
44%
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IMPROVE Our annual survey of in-house counsel shows that 85 per cent of the time law departments
