Running a different race

Outsourcing the Core
Published in Managing Partner Magazine
On 15 June 2009, The Times predicted that the next two years will see a reduction in the number of lawyers employed in private practice in the UK by 10,000 (or over ten per cent). On 13 July 2009, the London Evening Standard carried a feature ‘Mumbai Law: 1000 City staff 'will lose jobs' as legal work goes to India, outlining Indian law firms providing outsourced services to UK law firms and corporates.
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Primus Inter Pares
Published in Managing Partner Magazine
Observation and experience over the past 20-plus years have led me to formulate the 'First Law of Professional Firm Management'. It can be simply stated and I have found it to be true in firms of all sizes, shapes, hues and colours. It is most strikingly accurate among partners neither tasked with current management responsibilities nor with any historic experience of such roles.
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Business Development
for Law Firms in Dubai
Andrew Hedley will be speaking about the challenges of business development in an uncertain economic climate as well as leading a half-day workshop focused on developing strategic clients at the IIRME Business Development for Law Firms conference which is to be held on 23rd and 24th November in Dubai. For more details click here or for a copy of the conference brochure click here.

Cambridge Marketing College
In his role as the Course Director of the Professional Diploma in Professional Services Marketing, Andrew Hedley writes 'tips and tricks' snippets for students which appear in every issue of PSMG magazine. Click on the month to read the July and September pieces.