Speakers at the event:
Jonathan Djanogly MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
Professor Stephen Mayson, professor of strategy and director, Legal Services Policy Institute
Ted Burke, chief executive, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
The issues discussed included:
- What are the major regulatory, technological, geographical and market-based forces of discontinuity faced by firms now and in the near future? How should firms respond?
- How will the economic and political outlook affect the legal services sector over the course of the new Parliament?
- How will the shifting regulatory goal posts impact on the ability of firms to make choices about future business planning?
- Will increased disaggregation of the market through LPO drive strategic planning processes within City law firms?
- How do firms balance the risks associated with growing a commercial practice with the need to ensure increasing returns?
- Is it possible to develop a robust strategic plan in the face of significant uncertainty about how the market will develop?
More information on this legal breakfast is available in the flyer.
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