General Counsel and law departments face unprecedented challenges. They include: how best to provide law firm caliber legal advice and services; combine legal, business and company knowledge in advising internal clients; reduce and manage legal costs; avoid litigation and regulatory issues; and demonstrate the value of the legal function to top management.
Doing more with less is an ongoing challenge for most law departments. Solutions can be found in conducting an objective analysis of the current situation, applying relevant best practices, developing appropriate plans and strategies, and aligning process improvements and technology solutions that work.
Baker Robbins and Hildebrandt International Law Department Consulting Services have over 20 years of experience assisting clients in tackling the issue
s and concerns that law departments face. We work closely with the law department to understand the nature of its business and its goals, using relevant benchmarks and best practices. We view technology as a tool to facilitate process and policy change to achieve desired best practices that are appropriate for the department.
Through this philosophy, we have earned the trust of many law departments and gained a reputation as the industry leader in developing solutions for every aspect of a law department practice.
Small Investment, Big Return
In addition to our core Law Department services, Baker Robbins offers targeted services to address specific needs. Priced affordably, law departments have the opportunity to work with our industry-recognized experts on key initiatives for only a small investment of time and money.
- Legal Cost Containment - Evaluate current practices to determine if there are opportunities to improve the law department's cost containment measures.
- Alternative Fee Arrangements & Value Billing - Base non-hourly billing arrangements on real information instead of supposition -- it's easy with the right tools.
- Convergence & Outside Counsel Evaluation - Working with the right partners is critical - learn to start a convergence program or determine if yours needs a tune up.
- Global E-Billing - We can help you to understand how it's different and provide strategies to successfully implement e-billing outside of the US.
- Outside Counsel Guidelines Review - Requirements should be concise, meaningful and measurable. Make these a tool for supporting corporate legal goals!
- Case Assessment - Reduce costs and minimize risk with early case assessment!