Consultancy
Smarter Law Consultancy expertise includes: Business development, Change management, Client satisfaction, Collaboration & workflow tools, Contract lifecycle management, Document automation, E-discovery & litigation process, Generative AI, Human capital, Law firm practice management, Legal operations, Managed services, Matter management, Organisational design & development, Outsourcing & alternative staffing, Knowledge & research services, Pricing, Talent assessment & coaching, Technology implementation and Vendor selection.
"[AvisBudget's] application of..Smarter Law..is holding up three years later. Avis’s provision of services to the business clients is well aligned to corporate strategy and priorities, and their radical outside counsel convergence, along with conversion to new pricing models, is persisting. [A]ll of the law firms are renewing, so the stated goal of achieving a “win-win-win” in the Smarter Law Firm — Client Relationship section has been met. Looking at a real world success of implementing.. Avis reduced cost by 30 percent after enlisting [Smarter Law Solutions] to conduct an independent assessment — [the] case has been made and proven."
Michael K. Tucker
Then-Executive Vice President,
General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer
Avis Budget Group
"After a thorough analysts of the Legal staff, clients, and Legal expenditures; the Smarter Approach review was able to verify the challenges I thought existed, expose inefficiencies I had not been previously aware of, provide valuable feedback from clients/stakeholders and the Legal staff, and offer benchmarking data to help me quantify just how far off the top quality service mark the Legal Function performed."
"Most importantly, the Smarter Approach model was able to deliver a road map to improving the Legal Function's service delivery with suggestions that covered the quality and deployment of staff, best use of outside counsel services, improved communication strategies with clients, and efficient use of technologies for commodity legal work."
"I did my homework before engaging the services in this matter. It did not appear to me that there were any comparable service providers that could perform the comprehensive work that [Smarter Law Solutions] was able to articulate so clearly, and demonstrate a record of success with other clients".
"We were able to build a business case to increase internal headcount...The numbers were so big, it was pretty much validating in and of itself."
"[Our law firm] increased our share of wallet in [target industry sector] by 300% in 12 months - at increased profitability - following a Smarter Law transformation of our pricing, marketing investment and business intelligence strategy.
"[Our client] paid $4.75M for work that effectively amounted to $350,000 of billable time thanks to the solutions-oriented, incentive-driven consultancy structure designed by the Smarter consultancy: because [client] saved itself $73M as a result of [our law firm's work]. Frankly, the more senior partners here were surprised."
Senior Partner & Business Development Leader, US "white shoe" law firm
"Bringing in a consultant was important because not only has Smarter Law Solutions] done this before but [CEO, Trevor Faure] also has an objective stance and an understanding of the pain points"
"He was able to help us build the internal capabilities so that we could take over the management of the business model we have developed that will work for us.
"We're happy with the progress we've made and the new structure. We are excited about where we're going."
"We wanted to have transparency. [T]here have to be smarter approaches. Firms we instruct need to have flexibility and be rate competitive.. it won’t be less money, more work, but instead more certainty around a broader bucket of work for the preferred firms. There will be benefits for the company…and there will definitely be some lessons learned."
David Stark Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
"If you want to understand how your legal department’s costs compare to others, talk to [Smarter Law Solutions], highly recommended."
Roel Staes Senior Vice President Legal, General Counsel Europe at FedEx Express